Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-09


VI lily happenings and clothes,
or. to put the most impor-
tant first, clothes and family happen
ings. Make your ear alert in a street
car or in a restaurant and Listen to
what women and girls converse about.
Weddings and funerals are events
which particularly open girls food
gates of talk Two girls in a restau-
rant lately were talking of a certain
Toms funeral. tom, he looked jist
grand. didn't hep Yes, he did look
jist grand, but your John, he looked
grand, too, jist like he was asleep"
Eyes. our John looked grand too. But
Mary Ann. she felt so bad when Tom
died, because she'd jist buried her hus-
band six months before And he look
ed jist lovely too' And they passed
on, and l saw them no more.
Two men took their places. / OBJ
serve men have three topics of con-
versation, with an occasional fourth.
The regulars are things to eat, trade
and graft politics. The occasional
topic is conquests among women, par
ticularly if the men be under middle
age. BEST meal in Hubton, near the
depot" said one of the two new
Corners. Yes" says the other, "but
you git the boss beefsteak in Ameriky
at the Uncle Josh grill ROOM" A
pause broken only by sounds of masti-
cation Then one said something about
a girl. WELL" answered the other,
with his mouth full of pork chop, II
hain't got no use for that kind of a
girl. All she wants is for a fellow to
spend money on her" YES" re
marked the other, and this ones mouth
was full of pancakes and sausage,
''she's bound she'll git there" ''Well,"
/ hain't got no use for her." said he of
the pork chop. Now. as between wo-
mans talk of clothes and family hap
penings, and mans talk of things to
eat, trade. personal politics and ex-
ploitations in feminine fields, which is
wiser and more instructive? Is there
any choice between them?
Mrs. G. NJ. Clark Atkinson, the sue
cessful woman publisher, has her
trademark inscribed with the motto,
lie success est I'm devoir" (''Success is
dutys). To achieve success is I'M
doubtedly a duty we owe to ourselves
and to human progress. Whether in
her field of homemaker or in business,
it is as much woman's duty to give
good account of herself in the indus
trial world as to achieve good man
ners and cleanliness of person and
maintain good character.
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Mrs. Hoster is an English lady who
has worked for years to keep the wages
of typewriters and stenographers, as
well as the educational qualifications
of the girls themselves, up to a high
standard. She earnestly enjoins type
writer's and stenographers, besides per-
fecting themselves in English construc-
ton, to learn also one or more foreign
languages. She impresses on girls that
both conversational and commercial
knowledge of foreign tongues is nee
essary for one who today would reach
the highest places in clerkships. In
our country this suggestion is even
more valuable than in England. A
thorough knowledge of how to speak
and write German. Spanish or French
| will double stenographers chance of
profitable employment Spanish and
German are especially demanded COM
mercially.
Note. -One of the leading Salvation
Army authorities in America says, in
our teachings we impress it upon our
women to keep their tempers under all
circumstances" Just so. This advice
is as good outside of the Salvation
Army as in.
Better be an old maid than an old
FOOL says George Eliot. One of my
friends, who is single woman and a
lawyer, quotes this occasionally, and
adds also out of her own head, 1T is
better to be gray than green.
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Deceit and treaehery are the refuge
of the coward.
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Do not underrate or despise beauty
of person. Beauty is a gift of the gods
and is to be cherished and made the
most of, whether in oneself or in an
other. Beauty of soul and mind and
care of the body will fortunately make
anybody attractive in person, and the
time is coming when all women. and
men, too, will be beautiful.
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Tie Women's Christian Temperance
union is taking measures for the care
and protection of girls who arrive in