Middletown transcript., 1905-11-15
OUR WOMAN'S COLUMN

| wonian's head on the silver dollar.
kid" Mccoy, the prize fighter, ha
married widow with three young chi
dren
Tea leaves moistened with vinegar re
move the discolorations in glass causet
BY flowers.
"Mamma, why is it there will be nj
marrying in heaven ?' "There wouldn'
be men enough to go around, my deal
Child"
They who worry much work little
Give fretful thoughts the busy signal
Commander Eva Booth, of the SALIVA
ton Army, was taken with what the
doctors called appendicitis in New York
the other evening. She is a grand little
woman.
At the 36th annual meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society oil
the methodist 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
the 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, a woman has
been taking up a collection among her
friends for the purpose OF raising money
enough to secure divorce. II 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 a 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 tournament in
which young women contested. In an
hour Miss Darlington typewrote from
with her eyes blindfolded, 8, ZOO
words.
The world will watch with marked in
terest the effort to establish scientifically
The existence OF the human soul should
Mrs. Charles F. Joy of St. Louis establish
4 ST ,000,0 university in Santa Barbara,
CAL, to study soul and other psychic
phenomena to make it useful in everyday
life.
Say to one who asks you to call again,
Thank you, you are very kind" III
you do not care to go again, this is
polite and noncommital. II
you do care to 60 again, you can add, 81
'hal be very glad y but it is not neces.
'ary that you should-the first remark is |
for all occasions.
Always save your egg shells and use
hem for the purpose OF cleaning bottles |
md cruets. Store them in a box, and
when you wish to wash the bottles crush |
he shells up very fine, partly fill the |
,ottles with them. pour hot soapsnds over
hem. and then shake we'll. Rinse out |
n clear water, and your bottles will be |
bright and clean.
FACTORIES are not the fashion in Iceland;
ver, thing is made at home, as in the old
lays; homemade broadcloth, an artistic
,roduct of the handloom, is more beauti-
ul than any produced by machinery.
enough little Iceland is the
cry castle and capital of woman's rights,
more than seven thousand women belong
ng to the Woman's Political League, all
+ whom can vote for all elective Offices
xcept members of the legislature.
A set OF rules has lately developed in a
nit in court which, if followed out,
1ould enable men to make their wives
appy. These rules found in a letter
ut in evidence, ran as follows: ali
our wife is pretty, tell her SO if she's
aucy, kiss her ! if she is good cook,
ommend her; if lonely, stay at home
18th her." A corresponding rule las al
pady been given to wives to make hus-
ands happy. 1t is not sentimental but
erse, simple, and practical. Feed the
rute. ."-Ex.
A girl has out -of-school duties to her
lther as well as her mother. Fathers
1il early and late. Some OF them get
cry little good oil their homes except on
unday, that blessed rest day which
omes once week to give freedom from
usiness and opportunity not only for the
orship of God, but for loving compan-
,nship in the household. When your
lther nes in at night tagged and weary
ith the long day, his heart warns and
is face lights up with a smile if his
aughter is ready to welcome him, to
i've him the easiest chair and tn enter-