Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-19
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and how much more assured would
De their success! If in mental progress
one Is willing to take for granted what
others have discovered, and begin
where they leave of, why is 1t in mat
ters that are personally more import.
ant that human nature always refuses
to be guided and Invariably begins
anew?
Il know exactly what would make
my girls have good time in society,""
said a woman of experience, "but
they wfll not take my advice. They
Will see some day that am right. and
they are wrong, but, then, unfor.
tunately. it will be too late."-New
York Tribune.
The BLESSING of Educated wifes.
So long as women were absolutely
ignorant, men could pass as wise on
small capital; but the growing mind
OF woman lifts the mind Of man with
two great forces s-heredity and sex-at-
traction. Largebrained mothers make
better men, and the sweetheart who
Is wise as well as kind can do wonders
with her lover.
| Lord Chesterield's advice to his son
Is clear on this point. He strongly
urges him to marry a woman who IS
wise as well as rich, handsome and
well-born; ''for," says he, thou wilt
find there is nothing more fulsome than
a she-fool."
The Greeks would not have educated
wives, owing to prejudice, tradition
and general error; but, as they grew ca
pable Of more pleasure than the prim-
tive sex-relation allows, they sought
it outside Of marriage.
| It is wonderful how long a piece Of
idiocy will stick In the human brain.
Never was q more splendid develop
ment Of some mental qualities than in
Athens, yet there this antique igno-
rance remained bedded in the fertile
intellectual soil like bowlder in gar
den
They would have slavery, and they
would have ignorant wives, and-they
fell.
| To-day, with our new knowledge Of
the laws of nature, with our great adj
vance in freedom Of thought and ac-
| ton, there is still less excuse for U.S.
We know now that a nation is best
measured by the position Of its women.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in Success.
Her Reasons.
She bought hat-plain, prim and fiat
With feathers trained on Willingly,
1t hid her eyes like disguise
And touched one ear tiptiltingly; A
A homely thing Of straw and string,
And yet she proudly faunted it,
Twas all made clear by her "Oh, dearl
Another woman wanted itp'
She wears a dress-it cost DO less
Than ninety-fve simoleons;
It's faded tan, and looser than
That great coat of Napoleon's;
IS Fuckers SO, and flares as though
Some dismal spirit haunted it;
1t has no style-but she will smile;
Another woman wanted it!'
OF bric-a-brac she has no lack.
And still she's always buying morey
Weird wall designs and ugly stems;
Strange foods-she's always trying
| more.
/
A fake Maltese. We taunted her.
She sighed: 81 know I'm beat, but, oh.
Another woman wanted her!
Her married life is naught but strife
But what's the use to moralize?
| "He" has an awe inspiring jaw
| And I-delight-to-quarre" eyes,
Threats Of divorce or shows Of force
| Have never even daunted him.
And she'll confess: "Well, l said Yes
| Another woman wanted him!
W. D. Nesbit in Life.
Do Not Urge Your Child.
| If your child cannot concentrate Its
mind or commit to memory without
| great difficulty, or If it seems back
ward, do not urge it to study. No de-
velopment which is forced Is natural
or normal. The mind may be develop
ing unevenIy. When the brain cells are
more fully developed and the nerve
cells more mature, the faculties will
balance and the child will become nor
NAL, evenly developed. But he must
be encouraged instead of being dis
couraged, for otherwise the result may
be disastrous. 1t is cruel to keep tell
ing a child that he is dull or stupid,
or that he is not like other children.
The discouraging pictures thus i'm
pressed upon his plastic mind will cling
to it and become indelible in the brain
Of the man and handicap him for life.
Success.
Safe Way to Clean Carpets.
An experienced chemist says the
following recipe is warranted to re-
move soil and spots from the most
delicate carpets without injuring
| them.
Make a suds with a good white soap
and hot water, and add fullers' earth
to this until the consistency of thin
cream is secured. Have plenty of
clean drying cloth, small scrubbing