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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

extensions" to the attic some n.
rangements for work corner in the
way Of table and toolchest should be In
cluded. The possession Of this kind Of
a den leads directly to the wish for
manual training, born of the desire to
"make things" which are suggested to
the owner, and with the boy Of any
mechanical ability the working annex Is
almost sure to be the most appreciated
part.
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Zinc placed upon the fire in a stove
will extniguish chimney fire. The
fumes from the zinc create a gas which
smothers the flames. Salt is also useful
in the same capacity. Remove funnel
and throw salt in.
Should chimney refuse to draw and
the stove smoke, tie rope to fiatiron
and drop down chimney.
A new stuffed armchair has been
invented which has reading attachments
similar to those of an ordinary wooden
chair. Under the overstuffed arm there
is a reading shelf, which turns out, and
to the under side Of it there is fitted a
drawer that slips into the thick side
Of the chair when it is closed
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Woman Stulked by Lions.
Z The Thrilling Experience of Mrs. L.
- Hinde in Africa. So
RS. Z. HINDE, whose husband
S,'is sub-commissioner of the
:. Rritish East Africa Prntec.

torate,; has had the remarkable expert
ence Of being stalked by lions, and the
still more remarkable fortune Of living
to tell the tale. It was on the Uganda
railway, in spot historic for the raw
ages Of man-eating lions, that Mrs.
Hinde met with the thrilling adventure
which she relates.
Camping out, the party (which Mrs.
Hinde was could hear with horrid reg
ularity the screams Of the wretched vic
Tins as they were carried eff for the
man-eaters' nightly repasts.
The camp was seventy miles from
the nearest correcting link with the
outside world, and communication had
to be kept up daily by native mail run
ners. It was the habit Of the lions to
keep pace in the long grass with the
runners on the track, and, having
selected the most appetizing member OF
the party, to pounce upon him and carry
him off into the bush. ~: ~.
On one occasion, when out map-mak-
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Hinde came upon a
party of dozen lions, possibly the
man-eating troop. Mr.. Hinde fred
twice, dropping two Of the beasts. He
then suggested that Mrs. Hinde should
ride back to camp, while he approached
the two lions, who might be dangerous
even tho mortally hit. ~ ~.
After riding for half an hour Mrs
Hinde looked back and saw six Of the
lions following her. The two native
gun-bearers ran away, leaving her un
armed, alone with her sais, am houl
from camp. - s.
She set off at fast gal1op, the sais
running by her side. In their patti
arose an angry rhinoceros, which fec
from them on to the lions.
Mrs. Hinde reached camp in safety
while Mr.. Hinde was held up by the
rhinoceros, on which he did not venture
to fire for fear Of turning it on Mrs
Hinde.- -Blackwood' s Magazine.
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positive and opinionated Emily the
amiable little girl who only year ago
was like wax in maternal handss Some
times parents resent the change, some
times it puzzles them, sometimes they
meekly bow their heads before it, and
are willing, in the slang Of the day, to
be turned down, to be effaced by the
juniors, to take back seat, and stay
there. rs. : ~: - r. .s...,. -... ~. 20
The mood Of discouragement is the
worst of moods. It-has not the slightest
excuse for itself. Whatever other ad-
vantage your children may have, you,
being older, are their superiors in sew
era1 absolutely indispensable things to
those who travel the road of human life.
You have knowledge which the school
does not teach and cannot impart. Your
angles have been rubbed off in the con-
flicts and the frictions which come
socially and in business to grown-up
men and women. You have had ex-
per1ence. She is hard teacher, but
her lessons are immensely valuable.
You know instinctively what lire Of con-
duct to take in emergencies which battle
those who are unskilled in meeting new
situations: A knowledge Of men is
often worth much more than mere tech
hica1 discipline, and this Is why we
must always discount the brilliant grad
uate, who has only academic honors and
has not yet been tried in the school of
practical life.
There are ways Of keeping pace with
the juniors that are well worth trying.
I have received not once, but times
without number, letters from mothers
who felt that they must hide their di-
minished heads in the presence of the
cultivated sons and daughters, who had
brought home from college and univer.
sity sheaves Of learning which the
mothers could never hope to touch.
/ "About all I am good for" wrote a
mother one day, "is to dust Amy g
books and make her clothes, and keep
her friends outside her door while she is
writing poetry" Poor little mother!
!, The sentimental girl who would sit writ
ing verses which she fondly fancied
poetical, while her mother continued to
drudge for her, was not worth her salt
No honest father or mother should en-
tertain a feeling Of awe because their
sons and daughters have bright weapons
while their own have grown rusty. In
tho last result, good working knowl
edge Of arithmetic is all that remains
for most Of us after long courses Of ad
vanced mathematics, and as for Greek
and Latin, if we remember a few
phrases we are doing very well.
{ It will be the same with the junior,
y by and by. They who would keep pace
with them should take pains to study {
little while every day, if only for tel
minutes. ] do not mean by this mer'
! desultory reading. AS we grow older
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esses. = All persons were to be ad-
dressed by their FIRST names and there
would be a penalty imposed if the pro
nouns ts3thee" and tSthoui' were not
used exclusively, Tt is needless to say
that it was a most enjoyable after
neon, and the girls looked so bewitch-
ing in their plain skirts, snowy ker-
chiefs and sinsply dressed hair, that
some Of the men who Ajust dropped
in, said they wished. that style might
become the fashion. These wholesome
refreshments were servedy gold-banded
white china and perfectly plain silver
spoons being used: Chicken salad, tiny
hot biscuit, eustard sin. old-fashioned
glasses, with brown crusty sponge
cake, tea and coffee. a;.7vtss: a:%, :o>' .s25'.
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Copyright. 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles)
~ sNCE in awhile the older ones in
the house are not only very much
~ impressed with the amount and
quality Of the knowledge which is the
birthright Of the juniors, but also they
are bit discouraged because they cam
not keep pace with them. ~
We often hear middle-aged men and
women comparing their schooldays un-
favorably with those of their boys and
girls. It appears to be taken for
granted that everything in the present
is necessarily very much better than
anything in the past. About this, am
not SO sure. I am Of the opinion that
far too much is attempted in the ordi-
nary school curriculum now, that too
much strain is put upon growing chill
dren, and that teachers, as rule, are
compelled by fierce competition to work
beyond their strength, and at fearful
expenditure Of nervous force.
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b There are too many studies under
taken at one time. The hours devoted
in a week to mathematics, literature,
science, music and art, spread over too
many subjects and are. therefore like
gold leaf, rolled out thinly, rather than
like gold nuggets, which may be trans
muted into useful coin. We attempted
less in older days. The children and the
teachers Of the period are alike caught
in the tolls of vast educational system,
before which we all bow down, and at
the altar Of which we all pay costly
tribute. T.. a:s...ae .-1 7.-t&
Sometimes this payment is wrung out
Of the lives and health and future
careers Of our children. Something's it is
paid at liberal rate by their teachers
When, as frequently happens, teachers
are compelled to spend their entire vaca'
tion in arduous study that they may be
ready for another years work, it is
from them the system claims It's tribute
However this may be, Of one thing we
may be reasonably certain, and that If
/ the fact that before very long the jun
iors will think, as juniors always do
they know more than their parents
guardians apd the rest Of the com
munity. Youth is season Of ferment
During it's earliest years docility and re
ceptiveness distinguish it, and in con
sequence childhood is lovely, and in al
the world there is nothing so sweet al
the heart Of the child. But somewhere
between IA and 20, when the currents
of the worlds activities begin to at
tract young soul, there come an ag
gressiveness, and an assertiveness, tha
are rather confusing to easy-goinl
fathers and mothers. Is this lad, 81
, confident, so conceited, soaware of hi
} own prowess, and Convinced Of his owl
}, powers, our modest Tom,. who, the othe
day, was all respect for our judgmen
and Difference to our vieWsf Is thi
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
Copyright by Helen 1r.n. 1utz.,

x Copyright by Helen Irene Lmts.l
kk SVV r HATS In a nanef' - !
M quoted airily, as Polly,
looking very pale and
pretty in the soft white folds Of her
dressing gown against the red da,mask
of her invalid g chair, faced me with
gentle defiance I'M her eyes.
sEverythingl" she replied uneom-
promisingly, 3Sit = a mans social show
window and if it is not attractive, nine
people out Of ten will not look at him
after the first introduetiom
a5sssBut i don't like frilly show-win-
dows, objected. VI
Reginald Stuyvesant,' isn't fri1-
", " declared Polly, cit Is merely rich
and impressive-and I've set my heart
sSstIt sounds like a fur-lined overeoat
and a solitaire stud, - remarked scath-
ing1y, "besides he will have to live up
to it and that would be cruel obliga-
tion to impose upon a child without his
consent. Mothers invariably choose
names for their children without a
thought Of the fitness Of things. Ny
son-er-John Henry, will never be
either a duke or a millionaire and peo-
pie will always compare him with his
name to his own disadvantage. I once
knew girl whose mother in a fit of
hope or Authorization had named her
Lily Blanche. She grew up coffee col
ored, and ended by bleaching her hair
to match her name, poor thing! Now
she looks like tiger Hly.''
HWell, they couldn It call her Coffee
could >they9" inquired Polly. ,"Besides
4 her trial was nothing like that Of a
man I knew whose surname was Fugit
and whose father in burst of humor
christened him Tempus. He had a
panied expression when you joked him
on the subject that only long years Of
martyrdom could produce, and he was
the slowest human being I've ever
met
fstHow well you patch out my argu-
| ments, Polly! 1t is just as say. Peo-
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Mile. Merri's Suggestions for Affairs

velops, each one containing q souvenir
postal card, cut into odd bits, puzzle
fashion. The person who succeeded in
putting together her card first was
awarded souvenir-a foreign photo
graph plainly framed.
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A gift sent to a friend is >doubly well
come and much more appreciated if
accompanied by a sentiment.apropos Of;
the occasion. It gives a touch Of ih'di:
viduality and recalls to mind the old
saying, IA gift without the giver is
bare" The following jingle may just
fit an occasion: ~
To 60 with an umbrella:
''open me and raise ae high, . =
And In damp weather keep me nigh;
Or, even when the sun shines bright, q.
I'll keep its rays from you all right" F.,
To go with a pair Of gloves, sent as
valentine: .. o.. :scssgZs. :
"a little hand soft white hand =
= A hand know. it's, thine. - 49, ..... u-.
These gloves will fit. So may ask
That gloves and hand be mine?'
To send with a brooch at Christmas
time:
''Il1 hold your t1e or ribbon bow;
I'll help in any way you know;
On breast or belt or neck I'll stay
And stick there tight, this Christmas day."
To send with penwiper:
."0h! when in distant lands thou art,
(The time will come when we must part
And rivers roll tween me and thee},
Perchance thoult write line to me.
Your letter being finished, then
Here's wherewtthal to wipe your pen"
To go with a purse: -. >-s' ',.. .
''May your purse be heavy. and your heart
light .
To 60 with a cup and saucer:
'When out Of this cup you are drinking your
To go with a wedding ring:
II take you gift that God has given.
And l. love you" ~ -
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A novel economy contest between
four housekeepers may not be without
interest to our readers. It all came
about in talking over the extravaganza
and work connected with entertaining
and how far the true spirit of hospital
ity seemed to have been overlooked il
the mad rush and endeavor of each hos
tess to do just little more than "Mrs
So-ahid-So." " So out of this discussion
it was agreed that each one would Civ
luncheon, the cost for the four not. t
exceed one dollar; that they shoul
wear the simplest of gowns, and tina
they should bring their work, and on
should read aloud for one hour; also
each person was to tell or read som
item of current interest. Gossip was t
be tabooed, and meetings were to b
held once in two weeks. This is Gel
tainly step in the right direction. lie
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Keep Pace with the Children
~ Parents Shouldn't Take Back Seat

memory refuses to serve US because We
turn it out to pasture and let It idle
there, like a horse without its shoes,
when we should treat it as the traveller
in the Andes treats his pack-mule.
Memory will carry weight and be sure
footed if we give 1t something to do
every day.
Take up some line Of work in which
you once excelled; whatever 1t was, be-
gin again, review a@little, Investigate a
little. Do not suffer yourself to be de-
frauded Of what belongs to you. After
short time you will discover to your
surprise that old ideas, associations and
traditions long dormant are springing
up and will give you second harvest.
Take the very common illustration
that is to be seen in almost any house
where there is piano. In the days OF
her girlhood, the mother used to play.
Her music was creditable, If not extra
ordinary, and it gave good deal of
pleasure to her family and friends. But
she lost her proficiency. She continued
to practice during the months that fol-
lowed the honeymoon, but the dimpled
finger Of the first baby laid an arrest
upon her hands. For years she never
touched the keys, altho in the intervals
Of patching trousers, darning stockings
and kneading bread she often paused to
correct the time or assist the reading
of one Of her little daughters who was
taking lessons. The girls, and very
likely the boys, play very well, and the
home does not lack the enjoyment Of
good music well rendered. But the
mothers talent, long since folded IN a.
napkin, is buried 80 deep that she can
not find it. If she ventures now and
then to stray into an old-fashionsd ar
rangement, or play haltingiy, one Of tha
waltzes that used to be popular, she is
ashamed and self-conseious, and afraid
that the young people will laugh at her.
Yet women may triumph over this par
alyzing terror Of ridicule, and with in
tention and earnestness may set about
the difficult task Of recovering what
they have lost. By dint Of daily ex-
ertions, by beginning over again, prac-
ticing as faithfully as if they were
children, and attending classes in music,
they may succeed in recovering lost
ground, to their very great satisfaction.
One Of the most futile things that any
of US can do is to give up supinely to
the eTcroachments Of the years. We
may still do whatever we wish, If we
have courage, belief in ourselves and
enough ambition for faithful endeavor.
Nobody who early subsidies into an arm
chair and sits with slippered feet on a
hassock will ever keep pace with the
juniors. There must be scorn of lam
guor, determination to forge ahead, and
initiative that does not lack individ-
i uality, If we are to remain young in the
face Of time.
Margaret E. sangstsr.
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us hope that there may be many more
economy elubs,> for they are. greatly
needed all over the country y u -a&
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For a change from. things Japanese,
we shall call this affair a Chinese party.
Send out invitations on red cardboard,
with the; writing running UP and down
the page; watch a .rChinaman in a
laundry make out his bill and you will
get the idea, The gorgeous flag Of our
oriental friends may be used most
effectively with the bright cotton cloth,
known as Turkey red. Use quantities
Of red and yellow flowers either real or
of tissue paper, Of course, the ever
pleasing Chinese lantern. will swing
from every available spot; also the
paper umbrellas and fans. Throw SUI
perstition to the winds and arrange pea
cock feathers in tail vases against a
red background. They are in great.
favor with our yellow-skinned neigh.
bers. e.. -..,..s 49,, go. ,s4s.
Spread the dinin.g-room table with a
scarlet cloth and if possible use the
beautiful Canton china. The center
piece should be a. Chinese lily; the
bulbs may be purchased; they are not
expensive, nor hard to grow. Rice and
chopsticks should figure in the refresh
ments; then there could be sandwiches
made from salmon or sardines, tea both
hot and cold, and eandied ginger bon
bons. s..
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At wedding supper, the guests
found at each plate a dainty, little white
basket made from spun sugar and filed
with candied puffed rice, colored pink.
The question was asked why rice was
always used at a wedding, and one Of
the guests related this pretty tradi-
tion:, ..- .S~ 81 ..,.. ., -. ,,..a...~ ID.
: In the early ages doves were sym,
bolical of peace and happiness. A
bridal party in passing along a thoro.
fare SO frightened these gentle birds
that they few away in alarm. To avert
the, bad omen which their fight signi
fed for the newly-wedded pair, rice
was thrown in profusion to allure them
back. The strategy was successful, and
the couple were so prosperous ano
happy that ever since rice has beer
used as a symbol Of good luck, peace
and plenty. -.
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: A jolly set Of girls were deploring
the dilapidated condition of their
wardrobes, after the summer at various
resorts, and were wondering how they
could get ready for an afternoon fol
strange girl whom they wished to. dc
special honor. They solved the prob.
} lem by issuing invitations for a
tQuaker tea party The guests were
!: asked to coma attired as ttQnarkar.
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Copyright, 1905.

$SOpSrlShIs 1oo~sJ
.~ HIRTY- SIX persons were invited
to this enjoyable affair. Six
tables were distributed thru the
rooms at which six guests were seated
and served, and stringed Instruments
played softly during the repast. The
place cards bore musical quotation,
and violinist, pianist, soprano and
/ e. baritone took part in the program.
They were all good friends of the hos.
tess Each table had a different flower,
with candle and shade to match; for
instance, one table had long-stemmed
American Beauty rose at each place,
with the candle shade Of the same beau
tiful crimson; one table had snow
white lilies, another yellow roses, and
another carnations, etc. The menti was
very simple, but exquisitely served:
First, grape fruit therely chilled, sweet
breads grilled on toasted bread fingers,
potato croquettes, asparagus salad, Or
ange ice, bon bons, salted nuts, French
coffee and cheese waters. Here are
some of the quotations which were done
In fancy lettering:
''sfusic exalts each Joy, allays each grief"
Here will sit, and let the sound of music
break ears
the murmur Of love the notes Of Bird
I'VE know they music made in heaven
IF music be the food Of love, play on.''
''Theres music in the air.
t'Theres music in all things, If men had
ears"
There were eight numbers on the pro-
/ gram and encores were not responded
To-; 1t is wisdom to have ones enter
| tainment too short rather than too long.
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This was luncheon given to young
woman on the eve Of her departure for
Europe. The table centerpiece was a
toy dray piled high with miniature
trunks, and the place cards were dress
suit cases with the name of the guest
written and pasted on the side. A sill
ver travelling cup in a case of leather
was the favor at the guest Of honor g
plate. After the luncheon had been
served, the maid brought in a pile of
! steamer letters, one from each person;
they were read "en voyage" When
! the desert was served, the maid ap-
peared with kilograms, and one by one
they were read by the favored guest.
OF course, these had all been previously
4 prepared and sent to the hostess. At
the finish Of the menu, before the guests
left the table, the little dray, with it's
l horses, was helped to 60 the rounds of
the board, and a trunk was unloaded
at each place; they were filled with
4 after dinner mints. The trunks and
dress suit cases were candy boxes, and
the. dray was borrowed for the occa-
B sior from a small boy in the neighbor.
\ hood. - -.
\ After luncheon, the hostess passed en-
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g And hel sign it to everything he.
writes. lf he should become an author
on a painter or musician, it will be.
staring him in the face in great black
letters and when he goes to the senate
or the White House Or
{ ssOr to Jail, q suggested.
esOh, Jack! q cried Polly reproaeh-
fully, talking that way and about
your own son!S'
'soh, were we talking about my
sont Z inquired politely, Il thought
we were speaking of Reginald Stuyve-
SAINT, My son is john Henry Peter Gut
ting.
Polly shuddered.
''Ugh!" she exclaimed. S9Why, why
do you want to name him that?"
s'Don It speak so disrespeetfulY Of
my family name, = I replied. 'sAny-
body would fancy it was Nero or Alb
solom or Henry the Eighth! I want to
call him that, because it will mean about
forty thousand dollars to him in cold
cash. There's Uncle Henry Peter, on
whom we can depend for a ten thousand
dollar legacy, and my father, John
Henry Cutting, who is good for a fat
birthday present, and Aunt Susannah,
Uncle JohN Peter1s wife
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Do you know what think, Jacka'
interrupted Polly looking at me darkly,
eeI think the women of your family
were all either down -trodden creatures
without minds of their 7own, or else
they were cold -blooded, hard hearted
mothers who for a few paltry dollars
would sell their sons and daughters
birthrights. That's what / think
That s. the hollow moekery Of it'll A
poor, unconscious child is named for q
lot Of eoneeited old relatives and sent
out into the world branded for life. By
the time he is old enough to, realize
what has happened to him, the relatives
are all dead and there he stands tick
eted, tagged. Tt is just as If you hac
hung q. card around his neck markee
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pie with significant or high-sounding
names never live up to them. The only
George Washington ever knew was, q
perfect Munchausen, for telling wonder
full lies. Children named after Charles
Dickens always grow up ignoramuses
and hate to write even as much as a
dinner Invitation. John Wesleys in
variably turn out scapegraces and black
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she ran toward me, like furry Of snow
and flung her arms about my neck.
"Poor old Jack!' she laughed, tax
ing my head on her shoulder and lean
ing over me with all her wealth of warm
sweet womanhood. "Poor old de-
throned Jack! But it shan It be so. I
shan't let him come between US and
momopolize me as some wives do until
we have grown thousand miles apart
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19He's my son too,'' Polly reminded
mo.
"a little red, wrinkled, imperious
creature has come between me and mine.
Give me my hat. He hasn t got my hat,
has hef Pm going to the club. =
Polly stopped in the middle of the
floor and wheeled suddenly about. Then
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sheep. Kitties and Dollies never fail
to reach the 2O0-pound mark before
they die, and bear their names with
resignation. Marguerites
are anything but shy and innocent,
Ruths anything but constant, Violets
anything but modest. What you want
is good straightforward non-committal
name, not practical joke ~
"But Reginald Stuyvesant isn't a
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Lullington church, near Eastbourne
England, is said to be the smallest
church in England; perhaps there is
none smaller in the world. 1t seats
eight persons.