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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
HOW Women Rest

How differently men and women in
dulge themselves in what is called a
resting spell. 81 guess I'll sit down and
mend these stockings and rest awhile"
but her husband throws himself upon
the easy lounge, or sits back in his
armchair, with hands at rest and feet
placed horizontally upon another chair.
The result is that his whole body gains
full benefit of the half hour he allows
himself from work, and the wife only
receives that indirect help which comes
from the change of occupation. A ply
stefan would tell her that taking q ten
minutes rest in a horizontal position,
as change from standing or sitting at
work, would prove more beneficial to
her than any of her makeshifts at rest
ing. Busy women have habit of keep
ing ON their feet just as long as they
can, in spite of backaches and warning
pains. AS they say, II used to think
must do thus and SO, but have grown
wiser and learned to slight things"
The first years of housekeeping are
truly the hardest, for untried and I'M
familiar cares are almost daily thrust
upon the mother and homemaker.-
Leslie's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

Is provided. Close to the mounting of
the hair clamp is loose sleeve, to
which the two grips are pivoted, while
the iron extends back midway between
the two On this extension two toothed
wheels are loosely mounted with cor
responding racks attached to the under
grip. The neatest part of the whole in
vention Is the little sliding clutch
which rotates with the iron and can
be thrown into connection with either
wheel to revolve the iron in either di-
rection. The iron is thus made to curl
the hair in the right direction on both
sides of the head by simply sliding the
clutch into connection with its proper
wheel and gripping the handles togeth-
er in the hand, keeping it contracted un-
til the hair has become heated and the
curl will keep its shape, when the hand
is relaxed and the clamp opened to re-
lease the ends of the hairs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

will be noted in the Central American
States. The completion of the canal
will draw American capital into these
countries, which have hitherto been al
most constantly at war among them
selves. 4 demand for protection VIII
ne created and the official presence OF
the United States would act as a
wholesale restraint on our hot-blooded
southern neighbors. Ii is possible that
the canal will In time bring about D
commercial union of Central America,
under protectorate of the United
States, a result which would be of the
greatest benefit to the whole western
hemisphere.
Finally, the construction of the canal
will give us an immense advantage IN
trade with South America. At present
Germany and England each beats rs In
that direction Altogether, 1t Is beliey-
ed that the lsthmian canal will prove
to be a greater stimulus to trade than
nny other one thing which could be
accomplished, whether 1t be decided TO
finish the old Panama canal or estab-
lish an entirely new waterway by the
Nicaragua route.
Fourteen Times Surveyed.
Since the conception of the project
of canal across the Isthmus of Pan
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

guarantee of interference of any other
country. 1t is this last clause which
gives us the right TO fortify the canal,
Probably this will never be done, as
the most effective way to control the
canal in time of war is by means of
the navy. 1t is held that if we control
both approaches of the canal, as we
shall do. it will be all we need.
The first effect of the canal will be
San Francisco from sixty to sixteen
days. thus bringing about great IN
crease ir water freight, with proper
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
Fun for the Children.

Anyone can perform these soap-bub-
bic tricks by the exercise of little
care. To make a bubble rest upon a
flower dip dahlia or other stiff-petaled
flower into the solution, and then with
pipe or funnel blow a bubble upon
the top of it.
TO make bubbles and noise dip the
end of an ordinary tin fish-horn well
INTO the solution and blow gently until
quite large bubble has been formed.
Then four or five loud blasts may be
sounded on the horn without injuring
the bubble in the least
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
Cameo Belt Pins.

Since the large belt pins of blue
enamel have become so generally used
they have lost distinction, and the old
fashioned cameo pins have once more
come into notice and are now the
smartest fasteners for the crossed ends
of ribbon belts. These are similar TO
those worn in former years by our
grandmothers, and have usually some.
severely beautiful classic head sunken
in thin rim Of gold and bordered by
tiny eorkscrew spiral Of the same
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

tionate lessening of rates. Further
more, 1t will bring the ocean shipping
industry into close competition With
the transcontinental railways, thus re,
ducing rates all around. Even now It
is cheaper to ship imperishable goods
by water. Loads of freight daily come
into New York from points west of the
Alleghenies TO go out in the eoastlng
vessels around Cape Horn and up The
other side to San Francisco.
Another result Will be an increase in
the volume of trade. There will be
enough for both vessels and railroads.
Still another and very important effect
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

The world Is interested In fight Of
canals with the center Of attention dl-
rected to Central America, that vexa-
tlous narrow strip of land connecting
the great American continent. For the
first time ln-eleyen years the Congress
of the United States Is arranging for
the construction of the isthmian water
passage, with forces ranged In TWO fac.
tons one holding out for the compile
ton of the Panama canal begun 50
long ago by the Frenclman, Deles.
seps, and the other advocating the CON
structon of an entirely new passage
through Nicaragua.
With the new Hay.Pauncefote treaty
with England ratified, It will be neces-
sary to consummate negotiations with
the Central American States. through
which, or along the border of which,
the chosen route extends. 1t has been
maintained that strip of land ten
miles In width along the canal should
be bought. but the constitutions of the
Central American States forbidding
such sale, the only way remaining Is
to acquire nominal control of the land
by treaty. We would then have the
right to police the strip or do anything
else we pleased with it. 1t Is fact
that sovereignty of the strip Is not
needed. Control is all that is neces-
sary.
While the proposed canal Is to be
neutral, the United States will have
the right to close it against an enemy
In time of war, the fact that we guar
antee neutrality not operating against
the establishment of Notifications IL we
see fit BY n principle of international
law, all treaties are abrogated with
the country with which we are at war.
The new treaty which replaces the
Clayton Bulwer treaty with England
provides that the United States shall
do all the work of building the canal,
assume the responsibility of safeguard
ing 1t and regulate Its use by all ma
tons on terms of equality without the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
Sensible Clothes for Children

How broad and strong are the sensl-
BILE shoes now worn by schoolgirls! No
wise mother will attempt to compress
either the waist line or the foot of her
little daughter. Little girls should be
'expansionists' and have full charge
TO acquire the capital of health and
strength, upon which they must draw
in adult life. A ''skin-tight" dress is
mistake, even if the little maid has a
thick waist. 1t is shame to put stays
or tight underclothing on little girl
before she is IA years old She is really
child, and should enjoy childs priv
ilege of wearing loose, warm, light
clothing which does not interfere with
her movements
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
New Cure for Consumptives.

A doctor has written to the London
Times suggesting the running of motor
ears at a speed fully up TO the legal
limit as means of administering the
open-air treatment to consumptives.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
CONTEST CANALS
Result Means Much TO The Pan
ANA Company.
A WATERWAY FIGHT.
May End In Loss Of Many Millions TO
the Old Ship.canEI Concern.

Nicaragua Project Most In Favor
There Is Not Much Difference In Cost
and to the Ordinary Observer the
Natural Advantages Seem TO he
About Passage More Quickly
Made by Panama Route-Great In
land Sea i'm Nicaragua.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14

who should desire 1t, was allowed by
Great Britain to bring in 1000 negroes
from jamaica. This number has dwin-
died, through death, desertlon and 9TH
err causes, to about half the original
number.
Nearly Half Completed.
According to the original designs and
specifications, the Panama canal is now
Just 40 per cent completed. The At
lantie side is open to a distance of
thirteen miles. the excavation varying
In depth from Is to 29la feet. This has
been filled in to a certain extent by silt
deposits from the Chagres river, in the
bed of which the canal part way lies
On the Pacific side a length of about
three miles IS cut to a depth of & to
90 feet. In Panama bay a channel has
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
Rotary Curling Iron.

The common curling iron has been In
use so long that there seemed to be no
possibility of the inventor taking it up
and improving it at this late day, but
now Edward Myette, of Fairhaven,
Wash. appears to have overcome Its
one objectionable feature. A moments
thought will prove that it Is not very
handy to turn the handles over and
over in the fingers until the hair Is
wound up on the heated iron, and 1t is
to accomplish the winding automatical-
" that the attachment here illustrated
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-14
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dations of married life. Therefore the
Young woman who believes that she
has promised to mary the man Of all
others with whom she would live her
life according to the marriage service
would, perhaps, do well to think little
over a few suggestions as to her con-
duct. For when you are in love, and
before Won are married, is the time to
sift and formulate your theories and
plan your life. The worst mistakes are
sometimes run into by simple drifting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
WHERE DIVORCE IS EASY.

Divorce is even more easily managed
in Syria than it is in America, for in
America there are at least some law
court proceedings to be gone through,
whereas in Syria three words spoken
by the husband will do the deed and
put the woman out of the house.
These words spoken, the wife drops
whatever work she may be engaged in.
takes her youngest child (the others be-
long to their father) and goes back to
her fathers house, where she remains.
a disowned and degraded creature. until
another purchaser comes forward for
her. If the woman's husband repent
and desire to have her back. he engages
professional tool-generally q half
witted person. who makes q living in
this way-to marry her and divorce her
next day. The reason of this is that a
man may not take back his divorced
wife unless she has since been married
and divorced by another man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13


among the natives now, which win
make them able to take the white mans
civilization II anything will.
The pretty schoolmistress fnds soon
that her pupils drop on more and more.
The boys say they must help their ia
theirs grow tomatoes. tend the chocolate
grove or plant bananas The girls must
wash clothes or mind the baby for their
mothers or go to church or to q funeral.
Any excuse will do for the incorrigibly
lazy little animals to keep away from
study and discipline.
And yet 1t is the only thing to do-to
catch these brown Malays young and
make them go to school and make them
learn the English language and train
them also to Industrial trades. Nothing
will do this short Of an ironclad COM
pulsory education scheme, and no
teachers can perform the work SO well
as our American schoolmistresses. The
only especial talent their brown pupils
possess Is the musical one. In quick
ness OF ear they TAR surpass white chill
dren; they play stringed instruments
almost by intuition. The singing les
sons now q part of the course in Amer
Tagal0 children II the teachers will
not too soon become discouraged and
If the government. as it should do,
forces its young Filipino wards, like its
Indian youth, to attend the schools and
be trained to regular discipline, by and
by the American schoolmistresses VIII
have made their impress.
MARILLA WEAVER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
FAIRNESS TO WOMEN.

We have heard overmuch of late of
the fact that women have never become
artists or poets or creators of the very
highest order. judged by the male
standard. The insinuation is unfair be-
cause biased. Women have never had a
real chance to equal men and to argue
that because they have never attained
the level of a Shakespeare or a Raphael
therefore they are inferior to men gen
orally is to condemn them because they
do not rise superior to the average man.
How often have men produced a Shake
speare or a Raphael? And men have
had the start of centuries.
Take England only, have not two of
the greatest, If not the two greatest, OF
her sovereigns been women? How
many men novelists are on a par with
George Eliot? Have not certain women
shown their ability to hold their own
in scholarship with men in these days
The average man is not the intellectual
equal of a Miss Fawcett
The real handicaps women suffer are
domestic. They have to keep the home
beautiful while their husbands are
striving after those triumphs which
may mean Immortality. There is one
thing at any rate that the progress of
women has proved, and that is that the
larger the7voice women have in affairs
the higher are the moral ideals enter
tanned by the community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
A SPLENDID eoLERo.

There is clever French actress. Mile
Louise Fagette. who in addition to be-
ing possessed Of q lovely voice, much
humor and vivacity is also the owner
of wonderful bolero. valued ct no less
q sum than $15o, Geo.
Whenever the lady wears this costly
garment. certain number OF defec-
tives In irreproachable evening attire
grace the stalls and, while vigorously
applauding the lady's efforts. keep q
watchful eye ON this valuable item Of
her attire.
Thu bolero consists Of = network Of
gold and silver studded with diamonds
In q Louis XIV. design. These precious
stones are supplemented with pearls.
rubies. sapphires and emeralds, while
In the front II huge diamond appar-
entity holding strings OF pearls. Upon
the left shoulder appears I true lovers
knot of diamonds bearing huge -tur.
quoise In the center.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
American SChOOlliStreSSeS
In the Philippine Islands

ME- lady teachers who sailed
gayly away from Pacific ports
by tens, by thirties and by
sixties to our burning bright
isles of the sea in the far east
are at length beginning to understand
themselves, the Spanish language and
their pupils. OF these ladies there are
three classes-those who went to see
the world and meet fresh adventures,
those who went with the expectation
certainly OF fulfilling their pedagogic
duties to the utmost. but at the same
time finding ways in those rich isles to
better themselves financially beyond
the receiving of mere teachers wages
and why not ?-and finally, the compar-
atively small third class that started in
the true missionary spirit of enlighten-
ing the benighted natives and lifting
them up to the plane of civilization, SO
called. Those who went to better them
selves while they teach and those who
sailed on the missionary crusade alike
hail in many instances from New Eng
land.
The remarkable perspicacity of the
United States government is specially
instanced in its sending teachers OF
sewing at 81, 200 year gold and trans
portation both ways to instruct the
little brown Malay girls in the art of
scanning. heTnming, telling and hem
stitching when at any of the places
where the schools will be established in
the islands there is hardly Malay wo-
man or girl who cannot already sew by
hand better than any of the good Amer
lean ladies who have Travelled 10000
miles to instruct them. Any Tagalo
woman around Manila will show you of
her handiwork upon pima cloth speci-
mems so exquisite as to put to the blush
the best of our vaunted art embroidery,
and as for mending, darning and
patching these same native women
and girls can shut one eye and surpass
the neatest repairing that even a
Yankee housewife may put upon di-
lapidated garment. The Spanish nuns
taught the native girls and women to
sew wonderfully, as the splendid altar
cloths and vestments in the Philippine
churches show, and they taught them
not much else, except to say their pray
ers observe holy days and go to church
regularly This the brown women and
girls do, to their credit, but the inner
emit Christian virtues-morality, telling
the truth, not coveting or stealing ones
neighbor's goods, particularly the
neighbor who is ones employer-these,
alas, have never yet struck in on the
Filipino of either sex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13

For the schoolmistresses, they are well
enough. As to their pupils. that is an
other matter. One who knows, smiles to
think of the motley crew that greeted
the American lady teacher on her first
morning at school. Tiny girls, no more
than six, coolly walk to the schoolhouse
smoking cigarettes. while q long legged
boy of twelve maybe comes with no
clothes at all on except shirt, and that
a short one. If the lady be very con-
sentative, dyed in the wool with old
fashioned notions of propriety, her
blood is fairly curdled with the sights
and sounds that meet her on every
handful she gets used to them. There
is everything in getting used to things.
By and by she will not be even SUR
prised when, mayhap, as sometimes oc-
ours in Manila if the police are not look
ing, full grown Tagalo man will stand
at street hydrant, calmly divest him
self of every piece of clothing and in
the sight OF all men pour pail after pail
of water over himself. This is the
Spanish-Tagalo method Of taking q
bath. Propriety is relative.
The pupils of the American school,
mistress start out beautifully at first.
Oh; yes The natives are docile if they
like white person. The only way in
which they will ever be permanently in
fluenced is to awaken their affection
for the white people and then watch
them. They will bear it like most races
that have been oppressed for centuries.
The brown native is very anxious to
learn English. The children begin with
an enthusiasm that makes the teacher
feel as though she were ministerine
angel bringing gallon of cold water to
those perishing of thirst in desert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13

Socially, the bright spirited individ-
uals among the fine young women
teachers find life in the islands pleasant
.nough. NOW and then they group to-
gether and keep house in some worm
eaten, deserted old Spanish mansion
where aforetime lazy donnas slumbered
..way their lives in siesta and dreamy
lhocO1ate drinking To keep a carriage
with native driver costs not much in
the islands. The greatest expense is
the feed for the little horses because
The coachman purchases 1t and charges
two prices for it and besides steals
enough of it as he goes along to buy
i'm Respondent white linen livery and
Keep the animals from getting overfat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13

Then change. The second week the
attendance begins to drop OF. When it
comes to steady digging in at study or
digging in at anything else, your Malay,
old or young. is not there. Unless he
have Chinese blood in him he is incapa-
BILE of persistent effort. 1t is the Chi
nese blood, tolerably well sprinkled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
DAINTY NECK RuFFLE.

The sketch shows q very dainty silk
ruff1e, the silk round the neck being
very thfckly ruched. The Inevitable
couple of long ends in front complete
very satisfactory whole.
Lace and tulle ruffles are worn trim
med with ruchinss. and the effect is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13

In many new costumes the black and
white effect which has come to be
known AZ queens mourning" Il OBJ
served. This tendency il also displayed
In the spring coats and other outer gar
ments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13

Boarding houses are mostly unknown.
except where an American or English
woman has established one here and
there since the American occupation 81
Wherever the schools are there also
are garrisons or camps of soldiers. and
with the society of the officers families
yet. perhaps. the society of the
officers who have no families existence
passes pleasantly enough to the teach
ers that have learned to make the best
of things. Their friends at home would
not always recognize them. SO trans7
formed are they. In the States many
of them wore sober colored wooden gar
ments the year round. AS soon as pos
sible after arriving at Manila they
packed away their rubber overshoes,
their mackintosbes and every article
that had in it suggestion OF wool:
likewise their leather shoes. Now, shod
in white canvas foot covering, white
hated or with no hats at all, robed In
flowing pink or blue, ivory colored Or
yellow dimity bought of Chinese mer-
chant in a dingy, narrow street, the
aforetime tailor made women hardly
know themselves. They look uncom-
monty pretty. however. in the new garb.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-04-04
Overshoes for Horses.

Superintendent Hankinson ssys that
there is great ignorance on tie part OF
drivers as to what to do when horse
has fallon on the pavement The right
way, he says, is to "plt blanket un-
der the forefeet OF the horse, and then
give him whack aud he is up" SUI
perintendent Hankhson has been ex-
perimenting for some time and he says
he will soon have completed an over
shoe which drivers cen carry about as
they do feed bags, and put them on
their horses when the streets become
suddenly slippery. He believes that a
law will be passed forcing drivers tc
use it. That will be notable improve
ment, and it ought to be worth paying
attention to here in Syracuse, where
we have twice as much trouble pei
square yard from slippery pavements
as New York has.-Syracuse Post
Standard.