Middletown transcript., 1905-06-03
OUR WOMAN'S COLUMN

rust.
II you can wear almond green, it seem
to be the thing.
There is new red which is said to b.
really cool 'mking.
Quit wo once in awhile and taxi
time to renew your energies.
The whitewash coat is to be the rag
only it won't always wash.
woman has simply got to love some
thing, even if it is only man.
Omit thinking of yourself to the exclu
sion of everything and every one else.
Those new silk blouses cut like man.
negligee shirt are having tremendou:
60.
Many distinguished ladies carry big in
surance policies. Lady Curzon has about
half million.
Few people realize how great differ
ence the girdle and collar make in the
appearance of gown.
Many man gets down on his knees
in his wife's presence, but generally to
look for a lost collar button.
Five million boys of each generation
are needed by the saloons each generation
to keep the business going. Is your boy
one of the many?
The contractor in charge of the grading
of the Old Dominion railroad, Mrs.
Theedocia Beacham, is said to be the only
woman in America engaged in such work.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard, the novelist, is
fighting against the hoopskirt. Twelve
years ago this lady checked the move
ment by getting 2l 900 ladies to promise
not to encourage the evil.
The Scotch doctors insist that no but.
ter shall be used that is more than three
days old, and advise that young children
who are weak and puny be allowed to
eat as much as they desire.
At convention of women in Rich
mond, Va, the other day Mrs. Arthur
NJ. Dodge of New York said: ''The alb
solute limit of woman's capacity for
taking care of babies is eight, and she
ought never to have more than six"
Signora Cousino, of South America, is
said to be the richest woman in the
world. Her silver, copper and coal
mines yield her $685. month. Re-
ceipts from her stock farm are more than
those from the mines, and she owns a
large interest in fleet of steamships.
Who was Mother Goose ?-Her maiden
name was Elizabeth Foster, born in
1865, atCharlestown, Mass, and died in
1857, aged 92 years. In 1893 she mar
ried Isaac Goose of Boston; by this mar
riages he became the stepmother of ten
and the mother of six more.
The flower embowered home is the one
that attracts. Take, for instance, two
cottages in city, and without the flowers,
trees, grass and the one with these con-
veniences, and the one that gives the
best appearance will rent for SIS per
month more than the other that may be
in every way similar. There is no ques-
ton about the advantage of beautiful en-
they are both satisfying and
gratifying.
In Paraguay the women are lin the pro-
portion of seven to one, as compared with
men. The consequence is that the men
are taken great care of and everything
which is unpleasant or might be risky to
the life OF man is done by the women.
The streets are cleaned, ships are loaded.
oxen are driven by them and it is even
said that they have taken part in their
part in their country's wars, acting as
substitutes for their men folk.
"Get into the habit of taking rest at
noon," says Medical Talk. "Lie down, if
only for ten minutes, or five minutes. If
you cannot lie down, lean back in chair
and close your eyes. Rest, Relax. Even
if you do not sleep, rest. This practice
will make you live longer. 1t will m axe
you healthier while you do live. 1t will
probably make people want you to live
longer. 1t will take the tangle out Of
your nerves, the ,irritability out of your
temper. 1t will make your eyes brighter,
your face fuller. Try it"
The man who wrote Twinkle, twin
kle little stars" had the satisfaction of
seeingthe little star follow his instruct-N.
Y Sun. Similar happiness was vouch-
safed the author of 'Roll on, Thou Dark
and Deep Blue Ocean, Roll ''-Boston
Globe. Nor must t he equally delighted
old gentleman who cordially said: "Blow
We wintry Winds" be forgotten. -Clereland
Pain Dealer. '.But" finally ex-
claims the Chicago Tribune, "alas for
the person who wrote Backward, turn
O time in your fight! Time
didn't do it," And the lover who joy
ously exclaimed. "Speak to me with
thine eyes," he too. was disappointed.
This is sad, sad world.
Edward Atkinson, the statistician esti-
mates that the average American woman
may dress herself on $50 year. But
magazine who claims to have carefully
gathered his statistics from robe makers,
miliners and others engaged in the pre-.
paration of women's wear, alleges that
6 200 women in New York City spend no
less than $4O,OOO,OOO annually, or an
average of $4,000. In other words, less
than one per cent. of the women of the
great city spend on their clothing larger
sum than the cost of the eity's school sys-
tenn and nearly forty per cent. of the
city's budget. How many spend from
$1,000 to $4,000 is not stated, but the num-
Der is undoubtedly large. Few, except
ing the very poor, living in the cities and
large towns can dress comfortably on the
anu t named ly Mr.. Atkinson.
Magazine Notes