The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-11
ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.

/ Of course the blase young damsel
i who is in the babit of lunching, din
! ing and supping at Sherry's, the Wal
dorf, or at our own Minnesota club, is
not overawed by the sonlber magnifi-
cence of the omniscient and omni-
| present waiter.
| Not so, however, the girl whose town
outing and restaurant visits are mark
| ed in the calendar with flaming red.
She endeavors to appear at ease and
manages very well before the maids
and hall boys, but when at last she
| is seated at the table her courage oozes
out at the patent leather tips of her
I smart little shoes, her hands grow
cold and she wishes that she had run
| into one of the hundred resorts of
women shoppers where there are no
| such superior beings to take away
appetite.
! Before she had reached the hosiery
she had determined that she was not
| going to be frightened into selecting
some of the every day routine of things
| to eat, just because she could order
| them without that trying ordeal OF
reading the menu under the CLASSY
| eye of the waiter. She was determln-
ed on culinary treat, yet nine times
| out of ten when she is under the
| hypnotic spell of the waiter she will
| order beefsteak, hashed brown potatoes
and a cup of tea when her soul was
| longing for frogs legs, sauce tartare,
| champignons fraise and bahia au rhum
| When she pays the bill for her steak,
ETC., she is furious at her tinlidity and
| disappointed that she permitted the
ogre to destroy her pleasure. Ii the
| walters would only learn to be unob-
| servant under these conditions their
attentions afterward would be doubly
appreciated by many feminine pa
iron who regards eating in a restau-
| rant as an event of more than ordinary
| Importance.
/ There is a small town in Sweden
which will very probably soon be de-
| serted by those of it's residents who
| are unusually stout. The reason is
| because the local authorities recently
issued an ordinance to the effect that
| they intend to impose a graduated
| tax on the residents, according to
| their weight, and to spend the money
thus collected in making public I'M
proVementS.
| Persons who weigh 100 pounds or
less will not be taxed; those who
weigh from LOO to 200 pounds will each
| be taxed SO a year; those who weigh
! from 200 to $50 pounds will each be
taxed Sc a year and a tax bill fer a
| larger amount, which will be in strict
| proportion to the weight, will be sent
| annually to every one who weighs
more than $50 pounds
! The refrigerator is one of the i'm
portant household appendages for
which the chatelaine must hold her
self directly responsible. Servants
are pone to be phenomenally care
less in this respect; and refriger-
| ator in bad condition is menace to
health. The position of the refrfger-
ator is important. 1t should not be
kept in the cellar or other damp 10
cation, but should always be placed
| where it can be well lighted and
drained. Never allow the drain pipe
| to connect with the sewer. A new
refrigerator should be allowed to stand
| from twelve to twenty-four hours
after the ice chamber is filed before
any article of food is placed in it.
| A considerable number of young
i women, according to a rural observer
| are engaging in the poultry business.
| and seem, from all accounts, to be
making a. success of it. A correspon-
/ dent tells of being in -aSChicago dry
/ goods store on Saturday. afternoon not
I long ago, when she Saw one of the sales
| girls receive her wages for the week
/ She was paidee$2, having. been in her
| place from s o'clock in the morning
i unttl u CIOCh III LIE cSC iliHSS SFOiJ
I day; it was necessary for her to be
| we'll and more OF less extensively
dressed, to be constantly on her feet,
| and to keep her temper and her self
| possession, frequently under trying
| circumstances. On the other hand,
| says our observer, take the case of the
| farmer girl. None makes less than 81
| per week, and many make So. They
work only two Or three hours a day;
| their surroundings are conducive to
| good health and cheerfulneSs, and they
| can dress as they feel inclined. The
] writer mentions the case of two young
! girls who sold last year an average of
! S. worth of eggs every week during the
| spring and summer.
| Salt is another simple home remedy
| whose properties are not always APP
preciated Warm salt water, held in
! the mouth, will stop the flow of blood
caused by drawn tooth, and will cure
a toothache many times when other
remedies fail. 1t is also useful as a
| gargle for sore throat and hoarseness,
and salt water drawn UP in to the nos
| trils every morning will arrest the fur
| Their development of catarrh.
| 1t is a strange omission that the Day
| After, supreme and epoch making Pc
| riod of time, should have failed to re-
ceive the homage which is its just pre-
| rogative.
! De Quincy in his powerful bit of
word painting entitled 1.-THE Knocking
| at the Gate" dwells on the thought
that in Macbeth. the climax of the
tragedy, the moment most truly fraught
| with terror, is not the one in which
! occurs the murder of Duncan. or when
I the guilty pair nerve themselves for
| it's accomplishment, but the moment
when the first knocking at the gate is
! heard. With that summons from with
! out comes an instant and terrible real
| ization of what has taken place. In
that moment of horror is condensed all
the meaning of past crimeSand future
! retribution as in lightning flash.
The ma gnitude of what has happened
cannot be measured until the first
touch of reaction has been. felt. We
cannot tell what has really occurred
till the Day After. ,.q az
Harper's Weekly for Aug. 1 publish
ed some interesting photographs Illus
trating the expert horSemanship of the
women of the sporting set In Amer
lea who devote themselves to cross
country riding. The photographs in
the Weekly were taken of Mrs. Thomas
| Hitchcock Jr., one of the best horse
women in this country, and show the
various stages of a jump taken over
| high barred fence, from the take
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