New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24

symptoms II sickness Il is believed the mortality
among the inmates OF the Zoo Will be greatly les
sened-
The Massachusetts Federation Of women's clubs
is not given talking much about itself but IT
has expressed its interest tho suppression Of
child labor in Georgia by establishing a model
school In that State. which is intended to aid In
OF land surrounding the liinRs There is model
kitchen in the school, domestic science being an
ana scientific strawberry culture are TO be taught.
Smart Londoners show a disposition to break
away from the conventional wedding present and
branch out for themselves. Many brides have
received typewrtters and automobiles Checks are
a favorite form OF wedding present. Lady Mary
Crchton one Of the seasons brides received a
Ladysm5h cleverIy Mounted in silver 10 FORM an
inNstand Mrs. St. John Brodrlck received a weird
necklace. taken from the neck OF Egyptian
ceived wondcrfu noc5ace ~ Indian D.aritn,aT
ship. formed Of fino specimens OF nearly every
known jewel.
Elderly INDEPENDENTLY elderly women-have
an exasperatng way of talking as il housewffeIy
skill Were the one thing above all others which a
man admires IN a woman" said a woman the other
day. I'm their scheme OF a happy home IL seems
TO be the gloriied ktchenma!d who plays the SUI
preme role and reinforced by the German Emperor
and his eXaltation Of the cleaning. cooking woman
they are fond Of tracing infeIicty wherever
or the wife. A similar opinion finds expression in
TIE familiar adaSes To the effect that YOU want
man 70 love you. you feed him well, that
ne way 10 a mans heart lies through his stomach
81, But Ike many of the things which people go on
cheerfully taking for granted, appears to be a
Ialiacy. In other words. faint So Thousands OF
marriages are happy marriages, in which the feni-
nine partner IS bur Indifferent washer and ironer
ana no cook: Girls who have never done a stroke
or housework in their lives marry with the same
ceierlty girls who born to the broomhandle
and rolling pin.
Truth TO tell there are Il great many things
more essential 10 mans happiness than the cook
ing and cleaning that go IN his house-and he
knows IT, Men are not half so material as women
seem 10 think, and the majority OF them more
IMAM the best housewife who ever lived TO make
them happy
At bottom most men are hopeessIy irretrievably
romantic. and the consideration that they cannot
make good bread does not carry n feathers weight
or influence IN the alteration which they pour out
az the feet OF their sWeethearts wives The fact
or the matter to be that what a man re-
sympathy OF a lovabIe, charming woman is n
thousand times 10 him than a carefully busted
parlOr or q i've course dinner
wholesome food properly cooked and served
punctuay. and clean. comfortable home are Ger
not keep well do his work 10 advantage but
there is no doubt ut ali that the run OF
55Ilnt OF ana 10 fI-'lI Ihiily or me
rehnements of housekeeping winch are placed on
their shrine by their domestic saints Of wives In
that they would far rather sit down 10 plate OF
cold beef and a of coffee for dinner with
charming well dressed woman opposite than 10 an
unmpeachable three course dinner in company
with an untidy. tired woman.
And great many or me domestic tragedies
whore middle aged husbands neglect their middle
aged wives for shy pretty, young women due
entirely the inability or the unwillingness OF the
to understand how il is after they have spent
years in darning their husbands socks so beeuti-
fully and giving hlm ms t1Yorite dishes to eat,
that he prefers the society of a girl who can't tell
an egGbeater from an icepick. Ungra teful wretch.
But the is not necessarily uugrateful. nor a
wretch He is simply expressing in unmista kah bic
terms the longing Of his soul for something
than the hnusewifely virtues which he is supposed
tn urfr a