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the fun in thing without perceivlng the
idea back of it, but the book reviewers are
so rarely funny that we can only JOY in
any touch of hghtuess in their moods.
Delsarte has always been intensely anus
ing TO many of us. and when the name is
coupled with homework IT is really a little
too much. But coupled with anything we
have always refused to accept the cult Sc
Tiously, and when a few years ago a young
woman in sandals and draperies exploited
Omar in a Delsarte dance we fairly hooted
at her. But she went to Berlin, made a
wonderful success and had a theater built
for her by subscription. BY and by she
will come to New York, under the manage
ment of some sincere art lover, and We will
pay 81 a seat to see her.
And in the same manner the notion of
homework and hygiene and even OF house.
work and aesthetics, is not so frtghtfully
funny as It would at first seem. If We
wait while and let an Idea sink in II often
takes on reality.
Doctors all over the country are nova
days prescribing homework as cure for
faded nerves A finely organized feminine,
trembling like q race horse her heart gal
Looping in ragtime, her fingers tattooing the
head of her Pomeranian pup. steps from
her carriage and enters the consulting
room of a fashionable and expensive ply
stefan.
In a broken voice she begins to relate a
poem In high-class symptoms. Not the
ordinary thing, of counsel Dear me-no!
No pains in the back of the neck about
this case. She has taken a dislike to those
she ioves-she shudders when her husband
kisses her Why even dear little Toots-
and she breaks down and weeps over the
Pomeranian pup. Then when the radiators
rumble and sizzIe it drives her fairly wildi
SEe takes no interest IN clothesi
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HUGGED A BEAR.
This Girl Did, and Gave Him a Cooks
to Keep Quiet.

From the Seattle Post IntellIgencer.
Bear hugging is an amusement which
few people, especially young ladies, would
care to indulge in. and 1T IS seldom that
one would have the chance to embrace
real live "bruin' in his native haunts.
even If he-or she-had the nerve and the
inclination to try 1t. The opportunity,
however came not long ago to Miss Bessie
Wells, a pretty little Texas lass, who Wis
tied in Seattle recently, and she startled
w. D. Cameron. who happened TO be with
her at the time, by giving ull-grown
cinnamon bear in Yellowstone Park Il good
squeeze around the neck. The bear, how
ever. much to the relief of Miss Wells
| companion did not reciprocate the caress,
although he seemed to enjoy it.
Miss Wells is the ffteen-year-old daIgh-
ter of "A wealthy cotton dealer OF Austin.
Texas She is a beauty of the true south
ern type, mbued with the daring spirit and
nerve that so often are found In the west
ern plains girl, and is large for her age.
Recently, with her father, her aunt, and her
| grandfather, Col. w. g. Walling, a typical
| southwestern character, she starred on Il
| tour of the northwest. The party visited
Seattle a short time ago, and from here
went TO Yellowstone Park There they
made the journey through the park In one
of the wagons utilized for tourist travel,
| and Mr.. Cameron, a repras entlrive Of the
Saturday Evening Post, who came To this
city a few days ago. happened To be in the
party during that trip. He described MISS
Wells daring escapade follows:
"Our party had stopped for the noon
hour luncheon, and. while the meal was
! being prepared, Miss Wells and 1 starred
out TO pick a few berries. We had gone
but short distance, when, about hum
bred yards away, saw large cinnamon
bear browsing among the bushes. Knowing
that all the animals I'm the park are more
or less tame, we approached the beast
held UP my hand and the bear, thinking
that I had something for him 10 eat, ste0d
on his hind feet and reached up. but, find
ing that he had been deceived, shook bis
head angrIly and walked away. My young
Communion then ran back to the wagon and
returned with a few cookies. Again we APP
nroached the bear and Miss Wells held enc
OF the cookies up in her hand. The bear re-
peated the same performance lie had gone
through with me, but this time he found
something. Miss Wells gradually Grew
back her hand while the animals head was
over her shoulder, and them while he was
eating the cookie, she reached around his
neck with her other arm and Rugged him
tightly. My heart seemed to stop beating,
but l dared not yell for the animal would
be startled and attack the girl. When lie
had finished eating the cookie however.
lle merely d-opped down on all fours again
and sauntered off into the brush. In all
Iny experiences / have never seen a more
rseEicss or daring and even dangerous ac-
ton bg n Young lady
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ings at the public library or In the books
which they bring to their homes from tina
institution. Others, and happily the number
is not so large, occupy their spare time at
night in diversions of a character not cal
culated to bring them rest or physical fit
ness for their labors of the following day.
After the evening whistle blows the la
borers on the construction works, the men
who work with pick and shovel and wheel
barrow, who drive dirt carts and perform
heavy labor may be seen with the empty
dinner pail on their arms, trudging along
toward their homes. Here may be seen a
string of colored men from the House Office
building, the new municipal building and
other large works, striding along and per-
haps whistling or humming a lively air as
they feel the consciousness that one more
days work has been done and the time
for rest has come. From the railroad
works issue hundreds of italian laborers
who have been deep in the excavations and
handling heavy materials all day. They
strike out In groups for their camp where
the gang cook is preparing their evening
meal. In the night they engage in games
Of cards, etc. And occasionally some of
them are attracted by the lights of the city
and stroll off to the town, where they
wander up and down the streets and catch
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days work is over that affords the working
girl much pleasant anticipation during the
hours of la Dor.
AT night the girls may be seen a some
private home or dancing school, attired In
their best gowns and participating in every
dance with as much energy as though they
had been resting every day for week so
as to be lively and vigorous for that very
occa sion. And they stay at the dance until
midnight seldom showing signs of fatigue
and never missing a two-step or waltz
or a quadrille, and apparently enjoying
every minute of the festive occasion.
They may be tired out when they get
ready to leave, but under the stimulus Of
the evenings excitement and pleasure they
have no thought of fatigue. On the NOR
row, too, they may feel the effects of the
previous evenings pleasure, but what does
1t matter? They must have some enjoy
ment,- and there is little enough time and
opportunity for 1t.
The boys and young men as they pour
forth from the stores pause just outside to
roll a cigarette or light their pipes before
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we should make it ourselves and. what is
more important, make It properly-why, 1t
would be funnier than Rogersbrother.
We want careers, we wish to high-think
and some of us to high-kick just a fad
and timekiHer, but one part Of our lives
that we might make a pleasure we relegate
with a frown to the downstairs reg1on-that
is, If we have a downstairs. Most of us
are, however, living in flats and apartment
hotels, and our husbands grin and patiently
take us to chop the hotel menu when the
girl leaves the home menu pals, feeling
pityingly that we are, after all, only wo-
men, which means that we are irresponsible
fools, unable to run our homes.
Some of us are seeing the dawn of a new
day in art. in politics and in social condi-
tions. There is another day coming in the
kitchen also The question is a big one-it
is breaking up our homes, and taking the
very roofs from our heads, just because
Penelope failed to appear this morning, or
Belinda has gone off with our husbands
shirts in her neat imitation alligator valise
x X
We must give up the pink stars we are
chasing and turn to this problem that is
ours to meet, we women. We must go back
back to the spinning wheel by the fireside.
We are on the wrong path for the higher
life. To mount the heights we must get
our feet on the earth. and just now we are
up in the air.
We have confused idea that there is
something degrading about saucepan. 1t
is true that it has no wings, but really, It
is a very antique institution and means
more than bonbon dish. Therefore it has
more poetry whether IL contains a peach
souffle or a potato.
Thoughtful wrnkled persons with spec
tacles have plugged away for years at the
problem of how to bring women to a real
ization of homework esthetics with little
success. Some think that bows of baby
ribbon an all the pots and pans and little
texts in frames on the walls would lure us
from the clubs and the shops to that part
of the home that to US now means the low
the almost debased-where the iceman and
the milkman and the butchers boy keep
merry company and carry away each day
orders that never seem important until the
bills come in.
some time from the depths when the cook
has left and we are silently and surreptf-
tiously putting empty bottles on the dumb
walter
That is the point upon which we must
move, uniformed in huge aprons and rub
Der gloves, bearing Invisible banners ready
to grapple with Wrong Idea-to learn to
do things ourselves so that we may know
a few truths and hard facts TO huri at
the maid of all work when she bats us.
Some years ago an anonymous English
man whote a series of articles for a Lon
don paper afterward published in book
as THE Domestic Blunders OF Women,
No one but an Englishman would have
dared to write so cruelty and unsparingly
of woman's faults and none but hem
minded man would have done so.
r,,,S Il ,IDo he
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Divorces Accounted For.
mi, the Los Angeles Times

From the Los Angeles Times.
81 see," remarked the Constant Reader
that in New York city every forty minutes
an immigrant arrives, every three minutes
somebody is arrested. every six minutes a
child is born, every thirteen minutes a
couple gets married."
every thirteen minutes" broke in the
listener; well, that accounts for so many
unlueky marriages.
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Il = household as a species of physical
culture and the humorous book
reviewers wrote amusing columns about
the manner in which the earnest writer
suggested quite seriously a combination
of Delsarte and dlshwashng.
Take the subject Of bed making. for in
stance. As a mattress was appraised for
the morning turning the houseworker was
to hold the thought of power take a deep
breath with the burden poised gracefully
a moment, then Tipping it back into place
the thought was 10 change to JOY, the
consciousness Of a responsibility fulfilled.
The sheets were 10 be spread with
thoughts OF purity, order, rest and so on,
until the frilled pillows were placed with
beauty and symmetry occupying the brain
lobes back of the ears.
And I'm like manner this brave woman
proceeded through the gamut of the days
work from busting to doOrmat shaking,
each with its high thought as an accom-
pauiment and corresponding stretching
and exercising OF the particular muscles
that We're called in play
The gray matter was to be agitated in
accordance with every move, and by the
time the author had reached stove polish
Ing and shining the kitchen faucets II will
at once be seen that there was much to
cause the frivolous to smile.
She was dreadfully In earnest and she
knew what she was writing about which
always helps some, but she etherialized her
idea so completely that TO the ordinary
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given and observe the living panorama as
ii passes by.
Here comes group of girls, walking at
a rapid rate and chattering merrily over
incidents in the days work or else over an
ticipated pleasures to come during the even
Ing. To see them after the store closes one
would scarcely identify them as the clerks
who a few minutes before had hung YEARLY
over the show cases and counters, limp as
the window draperies, while they watched
the long hand of the clock drag itself slow
ly around to closing time.
"What do you think that new, fresh
young foorwalker wanted of me this after
noon?" asked one of the girls, pretty miss
with blonde hair, of her companions He
wanted me to make date with him for the
dance down at IS Hall tonght?"
ooh, gee, the freshly; you'll be getting
stuck up" remarked another of the group
Il don't think much of that smarty myself
and he don't hang around where little Elsie
dispenses tooth brushes and knickknacks."
IS pose YOU made the date, all rght?'
chimed in another of the girls.
Never" said the blonde girl, pro-
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TT He 6 O'Clock whistle sounds "the
n kneu Of parting day" and moment
q later forth from the department
stores. the shops, the factories and
other scenes of daily toll surges Washing
tons tired thrcng of workers. 1t is the Sig
nal for rest from the days labors, and no
harmonious note from any musical instru-
mcnt is so sweet in tone TO the people who
work with their hands through the long
hours OF the day as the shriIl Shrek of the
whistle that heralds the cessation from toll
and the approach of rest.
Scarcely has the blast sounded in The de-
partmeut stores and shops than the girl be-
hind the ribbon counter hurriedly drops the
roll Of silken bands the dressmaker throws
her scissors and threads and needles into
her worl<basket. the milliner lays down the
half trimmed bonnet. the saIeswoman a.
the cosmetic counter puts away her pow
ders. the Iaborers lay aside their picks and
shovels, the mechanics In the factories
leave their machines and hang up their
aprons-and all over the city the weary
men and women. boys and girls who have
been at work from eight to ten hours fare
forth from their places of employment and
start for their homes In the gathering
gloom.
s. i.
Another days toll is finished. The monot-
onous grind has ceased for fourteen hours,
and the respite is gladly welcomed. There
Is rush for the street cars, and this is one
of the periods during the day when the
strap holders union can be seen on the
cars in force. The streets and avenues lead
ing directly into the commercial section of
the city become crowded with the toilers,
who for various reasons elect to walk to
their domiciles All is hurry and hustle on
the streets. The street cars crowded to
their full capacity, go rumbling by on quick
schedules: delivery wagons and big trucks
roll noislly through the streets fastening to
their stables; the cry of the street fruit
vender calling attention TO his stock, re-
sounds above the other noises as he pushes
his cart along close TO the sidewalk and
the laughter and chatter of the pedestrians
they hurry along mlngle in the tumult
of sounds
But with all the hustle and hurry and
noise. the dominant note of the scene is one
of pleasure. The participants in the scene
are glad of their escape, even il only tenn
porarily, from the eXacting master. Toll.
They are glad that the days work is done
that their tasks for the time have been fin
ished and that they are free to engage in
whatever diversion may present itself.
Take up your stand at some corner OF
one of the main streets near the business
section after the closing signal has been
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But there are some of those who work IN
the stores and shops through the day 10
whom the 9 O'Clock whistle is not a signal
for cessation from labor. In nearly all the
department stores and In many shops OF
various kinds there are employed mothers
who must hasten home after their work of
the day and proceed to care for the wants
of a family of children whose father is
dead or else has deserted his family. To
these workers there is but little respite
from the driving of the hard master Ne
cessity, There are things about the home
that must be attended to-suppeT to pre-
pare housekeeping to attend to. mending
to do, and other things to look after-and
life holds little of rest and recreation for
them. Life means nothing but a struggle
for them from the time they arise early in
the morning until they retire late at night,
exhausted with the labors OF hard day.
The book OF toll is not read for them until
the stars have started downward In their
course and the moon is well on its way
across the heavens.
There are no evenings In the theater for
these unfortunate workers, no tripping OF
the light fantastic toe over waxed floors,
no joyous hiarity at parties. Their amuse-
ment and entertainment Ia the play OF their
children; their tripping is TO perform
some errand of necessity for their family;
their songs forced levity are TO still the
voice of grief of some little one.
But the lot of the Washington working
people generally is a prosperous and happy
one compared to that of working people
in many other large cities, and the number
of unfortunates who have to work both day
and night TO keep body and soul together
and provide for their fam...es, is very small
in proportion to the city's population.
higher standard of intelligence is found
among Washington workers than Is found
in most cities, the people who labor here
have better homes, dress better and have
larger opportunities for enjoyment during
their spare time than the workers in ma
1ority of the large cities Of the United
States.
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starting off for their homes. From their
conversation 1t is learned that the boys
propose to spend the evening at the theater,
the bowling alley, in the pool room or at
some party. OF course. their lady
friends figure in their conversation just as
much as my steady" figures in the talk Of
the girls.
The main Idea with both the younger
male and female workers seems to be TO
put in their time between supper and the
time to go to bed in some form of diversion
that will afford them the most enjoyment.
They have been steadily at work all day
and they expect to repeat the experience
tomorrow. The logical thing to do tonight
is to have a good time and enjoy them
selves.
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wish to escape from perfectly kept home
where every one lives up to his blue china.
Men, easily won by comfort and lack OF
servant squabbIes, will become a mixture
OF the Greek god and the cooling dove. Clubs
will get to be unpopular, for they will not
be like home even at their best. Intemper-
ance will be name, for only the wrong
home surroundings and imperfect nutrition
drive men to drink.
AS for the servant girl question, 1t will
be answered definitely at last. When wom-
an realizes that 1t is a pure joy to dabble
Limoges dishes and cut glass in a blue pa
pier mache tub of soapy water she will pre-
fer it to bridge. When she experiences the
thrill of delight the artist feels as she turns
out a Spanish omelet on a willow pattern
plate she Will know that a woman's life,
after all, need not consist of merely Mary
aiming.
Servants will take the cue and the idea
of receiving pay for such delicious labors
amid the tiles and the porcelain of a mod
ern kitchen will make the position of house
| maid one for which waiting lines of cultured
and intelligent college girls will stand in
| their caps and gowns.
1t was Richard LIE Gallienne who discov-
| cred the exquisite poetry that turks In a
| line OF freshly washed linen drying in the
| sunlight. 1t IS true he was interested in
one particular petticoat when he rhapso-
| died in this wise over clothes line:
What numberless suggestions of ro-
! nance 1t awoke! What strange perfumes
| seemed TO watt from 1t, perfumes laden
| with associations so different from the
| green world where it now was. No wonder
| the wind chose 1t so often for a partner as
| 1t danced through the garden,"
| There is the esthetic side of the wash!
| The idea is right there, and If only our
| washladies would once catch It or if we
| ourselves could cultivate 1t we would be
! playing with pulley lines instead of tennis
| balls and rioting with fiatirons and lace
| ruff1es afternoons that we now spend at
| matinees
| In these new thought days those or as
| In the know are aware that the idea is the
| whole thing. The idea about homework
| has been radically wrong since that
| blessed day when Adam and Eve ate the
| apple without fruit knives or finger bowls
| There was no question as to who Should
! peel 1t or who should core it. how IL
| should be served and how on earth wera
| the dishes to be washed. That was es-
| thetic housekeeping if you want a sample
| The cook was not the queen of the Garden
OF Eden until the snake showed her The
| way He was the originator OF The INTEL
| ligence office system.
! 1t was when women began to wear feath-
| ers IN their hair instead of vine leaves that
| they woke TO the fallacy that the tasks OF
| smart thing and it was the very extreme
| of aristocracy not to button ones own
boots.
/ We have fed on this sort of thing for
ages 1t hurts us TO t41.a q slice of toast
unless We get it On n trsg aad the idea that
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The carpenter, the brick mason and other
artisans leave their work to go home, eat
supper, read the paper talk while with
the family and then to bed. Occasionally
the glare of the footlights attracts them to
the theater, but not very often, for these
men must work hard on the following day
and they need the rest. Some of the arti-
sans find profitable enjoyment in the even
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This man takes things seriously. and as
a reformer he would never get anywhere
with women. He wants TO force US with
graphing irons, when we only need to be
prodded with hat pins.
We must get at it and study this thing
out ourselves. Bossism in the kitchen
doesn't go, politics being even worse. One
wise woman once suggested that police
man should be stationed in the basement
of every home permanently to keep the
cook in order.
Beauty and light what we want In
this gloomy spot-radiance of spirit JOY,
yes even the abandon that makes itself
known IN the glad whistle not of the
robin. but of the eben one dallying with
the interior of the refrigerator, expert
encing an unconscious intoxication from
ammonia fumes that causes her glad soul
to assert itself in this manner.
That is the key for our revival song
the signal of rejoicing, the spirit rising
superior to the mistaken belief that to do
Homework II to grovel Let us if neces-
sary wreathe roses round the dishpans and
hang garlands In the mullioned windows,
SO that our womans eyes, caught with
their beauty, may linger there and learn
to see Alright.
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wee glimpses of the night life of the resi-
dents of the capital.
AS In many other respects Washington Is
q distinctive city with regard to its work
ing people There are two distinct classes
OF workers here, those who are employed
by private concerns and corporations and
those who work for Uncle Sam In the de-
partments. The latter have quit their
work, are out OF their places Of employ
ment, have done their shopping and are
probably in their homes, before the former
class of workers have started for their hats
and bonnets. The government workers are
better paid than those who labor for pri-
vate concerns. They work shorter hours,
too, and have more time for rest and recre-
alton. At 4:30 o'clock the departments
give up their stream Of employees and these
do not figure largely in the crowds that
fill the sidewalks just after the o'clock
whistle sounds.