The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-04
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.


Especially Jim"
wus mighty good-looking' when I
Wus young;
Peart and blackeyed an slim.
with fellers a-coutin' me Sunday night,
Specially Jim.
The likeliest one Of en- all wus he.
clipper IN handsome an trim;
But tos D up my head an made fun
Specially Jim.
I got so tired o. havin' 'em roun'
Especially JimD
| l wrs- up my mind ia settle down
an take up with him.
So we .wus married one Sunday in
church,
twas crowed full to the brim:
Twas the only way to get rid of 'em
Specially Jim.
Bessie Morgan.
To trust in people is to summon the
trustable parts of their makeup to the
fore. Owen Meredith wrote; BE noble
and the nobleness that lies in other
mems bones, sleeping but not dead,
will rise to meet thine own" Trust
people and the trustworthless that
lies in other mems bones. ETC." Still
you cannot expect to wake a sound
sleeper in an instant, and you must be
little worldly wise in your caution.
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MANS EsOMONY.
A well-known officer has an idea that
he can manage the affairs of the pam
try better than his wife
my dear" said ne one day, that
baker of yours is cheating you. He
ought to give you even of these buns
FOR sixpence. can get seven for that
price"
So the major set off for the bakers
shop.
On arriving. he pointed to pile Of
buns on the counter, and said. In his
severest way:
81 want seven of those buns for six
pence"
But" said the girl in attendance.
mo butts in the matter" roared the
major. "If you don't give me seven
| ri go elsewhere and get them"
"welI. sir. II you insist" said the
girl "rll-"
81 do insist" said the major.
So the girl counted seven buns into
a paper bag. and gave them 10 the
major, who went OF nome grealiy
elated with his success.
"I,OOk what I1rnHeoS Sah ~
said TO his wife. IT got seven for SIX
pence" ,, Now.
yes" said his wife; but you nave
b.en cheated. These buns are ma
penny bunsr"-Spare Moments.
SITTING DOWN CLUB.
new cure for nervous American
irritable women, Is sand 10 De oi'
Down" The Louisville Courier jour
nal has the following: ,,,aa
nervous, anaemic women appileu
20 her phvsican for tonic. the doc-
tor looked at her over his spectacles
ond crowded: you don't need oos-
ing. madam! Learn to sit down!
Tbe woman looked at him in amaze
nent. and he went on to explain ina.
the average American woman had not
the slightest idea of how to spare her-
self or harbor her strength j.
won have acquired the habit OF
rushing through your work at the
highest possible speed. and ANYTHING
which will retard its progress Tor an
instant is obnoxious to you. study the
blessed gospel of sitting down." was
his final advice.
The woman has not only done this
but she has preached his gospel to
| many of her women friends who were
rarpidly nearing her own overweight
condition. Here are some of the ways
| in which she has learned to garner her
| strength:
She has washed her dishes at sink
| so low that she had been compelled
| to bend over II. but she never thought
of sitting down before the sink. Now
she has a DISTINGUISHING chair. Her
husband simply cut the arms off IA
| high chair which the youngest child
| had outgrown. Times was when she
| trotted back and forth between this
sink and the kitchen dresser with each
| dish and she wiped II. Now she has n
little sewing table covered with oil
cloth beside the sink and the dish
| washing chair" and she carries the
dishes away all at once. The sewing
| table can be folded up, and stands be-
| hind the cellar door. for her kitchen is
small and space is at premium.
The dish-washing chair Is also en-
| pioyed when she cuts and bastes cloth
ing for the children. She had always
| supposed that this task must be per-
formed standing and bending over the
dining-room table, but she has found
that a large portion of the work can
be accomplished from the vantage
point of the high chair.
Much of her ironing is done in the
| same way. She swings the ironing
| board close to the gas stove and turns
round on the chair when she wants
to change her iron. In this way she
can do the plain ironing. such as tow
els napkins and handichiefs, without
changing her position, and, while there
is a little unpleasantness from being
close to the gas stove. 1t doesn't COM
pare with the wasted vitality which
resulted from standing on her feet.
She has learned to sit down in n
comfortable cushioned chair to pare her
vegetables, hull her berries. ice her
cakes and whip her craem. When she
goes shopping she always sits down in
front of the counter as the most tir-
ing thing about shopping is standing
on the feet but she frankly admits
that the most estriking reformation
has been worked in her bedroom. where
every woman is supposed to rest.
Here she has learned to sit down
when she dresses her hair, manicures
| her hands and laces her shoes. For
| merly she stood before her mirror to
| dress her hair. manicured her hands
| hastily while walking from the bath
| room to the bedroom. and laced her
| shoes standing up. with the shoe she
was lacning raised on a chair.
IT had the greatest trouble to train
| myself to dress leisurely." she said.
II had the greatest trouble aoinin
'T had always dreaded the time and
strength 1t took to dress my hair
Many a time I did not curl it for no
other reason than the strength IT took