Middletown transcript., 1905-11-18
OUR WOMAN'S COLUMN

"Kid' Mccoy, the prize fighter, Ina
married Il widow with three young chil
dren.
Tea leaves moistened with vinegar re
move the discolorations in glass canset
by flowers.
Mamma, why il it there will be M
marrying in heaven? "There wouldn'
be men enough to go around, my deal
cl.ild"
They who worry much work little
Give fretful thoughts the busy sign !.
Commander E:a Booth, Of the Ss' "a
ton Army, was taken with whs/ the
doctors called appendicitis in New York
the other evening. She is grand little
woman.
At the 36th annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society OF
the Medthodist church held in New York
the ladies pledged to raise $542, ,779 the
coming year.
One of the foolishnesses OF woman
and OF man, too, for that matter-is to
invite pneumonia and kindred ills by
wearing mosquito netting around the
ankles in the chill blasts of winter.
II cloth such as is used for dusting
and cleaning is dampened and laid over
the registers, when the furnace is being
shaken, the annoyance of dust flying
over the rooms will be obviated.
When baby is born among the Ar
menians of Russia the nurse takes the
infant and covers the entire skin with
very fine salt. The salt is left on the
baby for three hours or more and then
tie child is washed with warm water.
Ink stains may be removed from white
goods with lemon and salt. Cover the
satin with fine salt, squeeze the lemon.
juice on it, and rub between the hands.
A second application will be necessary
when the ink is obstinate.
Down in Massachusetts, woman has
been taking up collection among her
friends for the purpose OF raising money
enough to secure divorce. If the man
in the case doesn't feel cheap we may be |
safe in concluding that the lady deserves
freedom.
A floor should never be swept in room
where there is contagious patient. 1t |
should be washed with cloth and dipped |
in borax water, so that no dust annoys
the patient and no assortment of germs
are flung up in the air 10 drift out of the
window.
The moment woman's heart begins
to get sour and embittered the wrinkles
crop out ready for business. Her face is
as crinkled as paper lamp shade, and if
she ever looks sweet, and young again it
is because she has learned to keep her
heart sunny.
Miss Mary Darlington Of Springfield,
Mass, has the distinction OF being the
most expert typewriter in the United
States. She won $50 in a tournament in
which young women contested. In an
honr Miss Darlington typewrote from
lictatinn with her eyes bIindfolded, 8, 700
words.
The world will watch with marked in
crest the effort to establish scientifically
;he existence Of the human soul should
Mrs. Charles F. Joy of St. Louis establish
. 81 ZOO, 600 university in Santa Barbara,
Jal., to study soul and other psychic
phenomena to make it useful in everyday
ife.
Say to one who asks you to call again,
Thank you, you are very kind" I'll
you do not care to go again, this is
efficiently polite and noncommital. If
'ou do care to 60 again, you can add, 81
hall be very glad y but it is not neces-
ary that you should-the first remark is
ufficient for all occasions. 4
Always save your egg shells and use
hem for the purpose OF cleaning bottles
nd cruets. Store them in a box, and
then you wish to wash the bottles crush
he shells up very fine, partly fill the
ottles with them, pour hot soapsuds over
hem, and then shake well. Rinse out
D clear water, and your bottles will be J
right and clean.
Factories are not the fashion in Iceland: :,
very thing is made at home, as in the old
avs; homemade broadcIoth, an artistic
roduct OF the handloom, is more beauti-
u than any produced by machinery. ;"
uriously enough little Iceland is the ''
cry castle and capital of woman's rights, :.
ore than seven thousand women belong v
'g to the Woman's Political League, all - :,
whom can vote for all elective Offices :
zcept members of the legislature. =
A set of rules has lately developed in al
lit in court which, if followed out, e,
ould enable men to make their wives
appy. These rules found in a letter
1t in evidence, ran as follows: "If
'ur wife is pretty, tell her SO if she's
ucy, kiss her if she is a good cook, "
her; if lonely, stay at home b'
ith her." A corresponding rule has al IL
ady been given to wives to make hus- B
lnds happy. 1t is not sentimental but p
rse, simple, and practical. 'Feed the c,
ute. "-Ex. C
A girl has out ut-of-school duties to her D.
ther as well as her mother. Fathers d
il early and late. Some of them get U
ry little good OF their homes except on ~
nday, that blessed rest day which G
mes once week to give freedom from q
siness and opportunity not only for the II II
'rship of God, but for loving compan- y y
lship in the household. When your ia
herto mes in at night tagged and weary X
TIL the long day, his heart warns and \
face lights up with a smile if his =; =;
lighter is ready to welcome him, to IL
re him the easiest chair and to enter Nj