New-York tribune., 1903-03-17

Edwin Atkinson says that the LORD gave the
food and devil invented the common Iron stove
and range" Mr.. Atkinson Is authority Tor the
statement that one quart OF high grade Kerosene
will do more and better work than 120 pounds OF
anthracite and much forty feet OF gas burned
at the rate Of five feet hour. There are thou
sands Of housewives who when they find they can
bake their bread and pies as perfectly ana as ex-
peditousIy in a kerosene stove as in coal range
VIII be glad to change Baking and toastng. nave nave
hitherto been the weak Spots IN ASI9Sene e So
but the scarcity Of coal has reveaeo 20 ,dns mahy
than coal and gas.
ThirnbIe parties are form Of Lenten indulgence
permitted to the faithful in San Francisco
''Thirbes from o'clock" read the invitations
and when the guests assemble 1t is to spend the
afternoon in making pinafores for an orphan asy-
Ium Or white work for home for cripples- Ma
teriaIs are found by the hostess Three or four
baste one the machine, the others make put-
s%easops e say on Fifteen chiIdren dresses ali
ready put on down to the last hook and ad eye o
long ago. At o'clock thimbles and scissors are
Ga1TW enten salads ices tea and sandwiches
absorb the attention Of the young seanstresses
The ranks Of the National Union of Women
Workers Of Great Britain divided over the
question Of harmaids. The Glasgow magistrates
having reaffirmed their determination TO make
the unemployment of women g condition OF
granting licenses a committee OF the Women
Workers petitoned the London magistrates to con-
slider the advisa oility Of taking similar actlon;
workers Of Edinburgh and Liverpool were strenu-
quSy opposed o TO fgGa to s e 6res Sharply ct
cised the action of the committee. the non-eIn+
peS the eIlsion SiI1 Of 1852 young women from calling
which might'be conducted usefHiy ane "a &
partments Of the wo1nan's labor market which are
Teady Themselves similarly and for the
present at least it is not likely that the oarhos
will be disturbed
The AngIo-saxon race. according to q writer in
The London Queen" has a tremendous capacity
for silence. Recently" he says Y have been traV-
cling and seeing at close quarters people OF nearly
all European nations. well as Americans, ARABS
negroes Berbers OF these the English and Amer
iSans seem doctrae 90 reRaTdng the vanity OF con-
tlnuaI chattering often see English people sitths @
amanger, regarding. with certain frigd surprise.
their tel t1 fq a1 afteg sad to be- brilliant
co1versationaliss in general society put theg haVe
family parties welkin ring with their
Iproar The peculiar. complaining sound Of Ital-
ian voices seldom ceases even for a moment, put
3 RaT ~ ,nbroen m Silence and in the hotel which
am now STAYING dne tb evesy 9bnp 9Tebtns a5d two
strapping daughters. who seldom utter woFd
and never carry on continuous conversation
Though the fact IS not generally known. Lord
v-oIseIey was one Of the few persons ever permit
ted write to Queen zen vSt9T s IN 9b1ec the r5 o ADDRESS
british sovereign is a strange mixture Of the hrst
and third person @ our %Sle Lord Woise
ley conducting his yictoEious caTPaignsd tnf r
snvthinE In the dispatches that would interest her
Onenfnes for women in South Africa appear 10
r. MANY and varied. woman writing on this
subject says the peculiarly OF this country is Its
unfamiliar conditions of life. Luxuries are more
in demand than necessities. The range Of employ
znents open women is a wide one. varying from
domestic service to beauty doctoring But every
thing is much more expensive in this newly opened
land: living in the TransVaal Is at least 100 per
cent dearer than in London. I>aundresses are
scarce and the calling IN small favor among the
s.indRent ladies' at the Cape who fear socia!
ostracism IL they turn TO the washtub- This and
tbe IA ri that doves being sent out 10 some
bnuses needing decent furniture. throws curious
side light on the state of affairs In TINS country
NJ recent upheavaI. There are chances for mucf
money to be made by clever women caterers at
railway stations: but the difficulty Is to get houses
These are few and far between and the rehtaiS
enormous.