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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
LEARN TO WALK WELL.

A contemporary has been waxing
eloquent over the woman who walks
well. and lamenting the rarity of grace
and dignity In the average woman's
gait. And 1t must be confessed, If the
woman whom one sees in the streets
of the metropolis be taken as an ex-
ample; waddling walk or little
mincihg tripping steps seem to be all
prevalent.
An English woman walks worse
than any other woman. The French
woman steps out with 1ightness and
ease: the American with a fine
strength and an air as If the pavement
belonged to her. and should he hon.
ored by the tread of her little shet;
and as for the Spanish woman. even
lighter and sinner of foot than the
daughters oy Jonathan, why hers is
the very prettiest Of motion.
An Engffshwoman, II may so ex-
press myself, is handicapped by her
feet. Tiers are far. very far. from the
neatest known, and her mauvaise
homie is showing them to watchful
world, how natural.
Poor thing, she is too often in a
hurry. She does more in her day
than any other woman. and it Is not
possible to be graceful while hustling.
Walk slowly fsays master OF de-
portment), with a quiet swing, but
with a swing. head back and your
weight on each foot in turn. Take
care not to rob yourself OF inches by
giving at the knees. Practise with a
book on your head at home, and say
to yourself meanwhile as sugges-
ton: 1.-THE poetry of motion. The
poetry of motion. "-Gentlewoman.
London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
THE STITCH IN TIME.

If you spy tiny hole in your glove
mend it without delay that it may not
increase in size. Mend it on the in
side of the glove with fine cotton of
the same color as the kid. Do not
use silk. for it soon wears out. Never
break off your cotton, but cut it. so as
not to draw your stitches too tight
and make the seam hard and uneven.
When sewing a split in a finger seam
insert finger into the glove so that
they meet and that is all. A ridge
would look unsightly. Neat mending
is facilitated by the use of small
sharp glove needle
Never neglect small repairs-a
stitch in time saves not only nine.
but ninety, Don't let buttons hang by
their last thread; darn small holes;
never wear dirty or tumbled lace!
brush off mud and bind frayed skirts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
RECIPES.

Snow Fritters-Beat one egg very
light and add gradually cup or half
a mint of milk; into another bowl sift
a cup and half OF flour; one-rourtn
of a teaspoonful of salt and pour the
milk and egg on the flour. stirring
thoroughly to prevent Jumps. Then
add a large, tart apple which has
been peeled, cut in quarters and chop
ned In small pieces. Last Of all. fold
in a large cupful of light. dry snow.
which has freshly fallen. Drop the
batter In small spoonfuls into kettle
of boiling hot fat, after rolling each
spoonful into a little flour. Cook I'M
til brown, or for several minutes
Serve Immediately with powdered
sugar.
Potato .Soup-Four large potatoes.
one small onion In which six cloves
have been stuck; piece of celery or
celery salt; cook till potatoes fall to
pieces: take, out onion and celery and
mash the, potatoes fine; pour In boil
ing. milk until consistency of thick
cream; beat one egg and take table
spoonful of butter; strain soup into
this season, and stir we'll Serve at
once.
Lemon Marmalade-Slice twelve
lemons and remove the pips: lay the
sliced fruit for twelve hours. or till
the, next morning. in Six or seven
quarts of water. and boil this all gent
" together for two hours. and again
let It stand till next day Then weigh
1t, add an equal weight Of sugar for
each pound of pulp. and boil all to-
gether till clear and beginning TO
set, when 1t should be potted and tied
down at once while hot.
Tomato Rarebit-A change from
the ordinary Welsh rarebit II one IA
fond of the flavor of tomatoes. is to-
mato rarebit. Stew one cup Of toma-
toes, and when they have simmered
FOR ten minutes, add one teaspoonful
of finely chopped onion; let this cook
for five minutes. and then add one
cupful of cheese that has been cut
into coarse pieces Let the mixture
cook until the cheese softens. then
pour our hot slices OF buttered toast.
This may be cooked In chatting dish
on the table.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
The Wind.


The yellow fox
Has his bed in the rocks;
The brown bird, in the tree
Her nest has she;
But the wind, come forth
OF south and north,
OF east and west,
Where shall he rest?
The snake, the eft,
Slips into the cleft;
The marmot sleeps sound
In the underground;
But the wind of the hill
Is wandering still;
And the wind of the sea,
When sleepeth he?
The clouds of the air
They slumber there;
Flowers droop the head,
And the leaves lie dead;
But the wind, the wind.
What rest shall he find?
When shall he roam
The wind road home?
ohm Vance Cheney, in The Century
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
viii Not Wed Runaways.

Bishop Leighton Coleman Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Della
ware. has requested his clergy to be
very careful In marrying strangers.
at the same time expressing his own
determination to have nothing to do
with runaway couples. Wilmington,
Del, has come to be a Gretna Green
for clippers and the bishop means to
do his part in dfscouraging such hasty
unions.
Electrical machinery has taken the
place of that driven by steam in sew
eral of the principal Mineral oil works
in Scotland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
THINKING ABOUT FURs.

Just now the mind is likely to revel
In thoughts of furs.
There Is nothing like fine furs to
the average woman. Jewels have
charms. but we have them always
with us. Furs must be enioved for
brief season. says the Philadelphia
Re cord.
Fur turbans are announced. These
sre not small. and they will be trim
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
WOMEN IN INDUSTRIAL LIFE.

When the convention of factory in
spectors opened in Detroit it was
treated to an immediate sensation IN
the paper of Mr.. W. L. Bodine OF Chi
cago. He is superintendent OF COM
pulsory education in that city and the
title of his paper was THE Competi-
tive Life" The competition he had
especially in mind seemed to be that
between men and women, and he pro-
duced statistics to show the great IN
crease In the number of women ana
children at work for pay and the man
ner in which this displaces the WORK
of men. He passed on to staftle Els
hearers with the assertion that Wom-
an is destined to be the ruling sex
in industrialism More specifically ne
declared that man, like the Indian. IS
dying out and being driven out, thal
the birth rate among the women
workers is increasing and the death
rate decreasing, while the reverse is
true of male workers, and that DeIore
long man will be back NUMBER ana
be forced to the soil and those neids
of labor where only his physical en-
durance will save him in the struggle
for survival" There was more about
competition in the leadership OF So
ciety and such IKE, but this it is hard
ly necessary to consiaer
The other matter may not be quite
so bad as Mr.. Bodine imagines. For
instance, it may be better for man
to work in the fields or the shop than
to gather figures to show how mucn
he is injured by women who prove
that they are able to do well some
other things which men have been ac-
customed to do. If the women can
do the work which makes less physi-
cal demand, and if thew wish TO 40
it, where does the injustice come IN?
If the men who are likely to be as
placed do not like it 1t is open 10
them to fight for their places as they
would against other men, but it is
not dignified to whine about being
driven out by women. 1t would rot
be possible for this to happen unless
the women were really dangerous
rivals, and they could not be this IN
the long run unless they did the work
efficiently and could be depended on
to accomplish it day by day and week
by week.
There are those who believe women
should not take up anything that has
been mems work, no matter how well
they can do it. These rely on be-
lief that it is unworthy sof women to
work for wages, but admirable for
them to work twice as hard and with
half the independence in caring for
family and keeping house for a hus-
band. Against that contention there
is no reasoning. 1t does not rest on
reason in the first place, but on tradi-
ton and feeling and almost If not
quite on dogma, for the continued
practice of many generations 'and the
views which have grown up and
been transmitted with it, and in part
by reason of it, are held by the I'M
thinking as somehow involved in the
order of nature True enough, Saint
Paul said: Let the women learn
in silence with all subsection and
But 1 suffer not woman to teach"
but it was he also who said: Prove
all things; hold fast to that which is
good" And he is not the only man
who has been in two minds about
woman:-HartfortI Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
BE CAREFUL OF YOUR HAIR.

Don't NEEDLE with the color and the
beauty of your hair, II the locks were
defective there would be some rea-
son for fixing up the color. You can
tighten the color by washing the
tresses with about quart Of water in
which a teaspoonful of .bicarbonate OF
soda has been dissolved Be sure to
rinse the hair in several clear waters
If you use the soda. OF course. the
tresses will lose some of their soft
ness and gloss in this treatment.
When you think it over perhaps
you'll decide to just keep your lovely
hair clean and shimmery with the
usual shampoo and let the treatment
go at that.-Selected
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
HOUSEWIVES TO BLAME.

Miss Anna Barrows. in a recent lee
ture at Chautauqua, gives another
reason why girls should study domes-
tic science. She says in the matter
of pure food it is the ignorance of
city OF the producer that is to blame
for the trouble we are having. and
hence advises women to study for
themselves so they will know when
an article Is pure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
AN ARTISTIC LUNCHEON.

For a goldenrod and sumac lunch-
con. says Good Housekeeping, use
polisned table (the darker the wood
the better the effecD with q plenti-
tude Of dofIies, large and small, en-
broidered in yellow. For a centre
piece use tall, graceful vase hlled
with the goIdenrod and resting on q
circular mat of sumac leaves. This
is easily formed by arranging the
sumac leaves to converge to COM
mon centre where the ends OF the
stems meet. At each corner OF the
table have low bowls filled with gold
enrod resting ON sumac mats, and at
each cover carry out this design In
miniature. Scarlet place cards, WIN
name, date, and occasion In gilt let
tering will be consistent. Small ruby
tinted and gilt Bohemian dlsnes
holding the relfshes-consisting OF
orange straws sailed nuts, scariee
radishes. and yellow cream minus
can be scattered over the table. ana
will assist in carrying out the color
effect, which should also be observed
in the makeup of the menu, with
due regard for food harmonies. the
china service should also have a
touch of scarlet and gold in the dec
orations. The following menu is sug-
gested:
Mushmelon with salt and paprika
Clear tomato soup with egg balls
Lobster a la Newburg
Chicken croquettes with yellow Been
amel sauce.
Orange sherbet
Mayonnaise Of tomatoes
Waters Cheese
Cranberry water ice Golden CAKE
Coffee
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
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HEG MIX R9GAH
LINEN FADs AND FANcIEs.

LINEN FADS AND FANCIES.
For breakfast cloths white or ma
tural colored linen is edged with blue.
pink or yellow borders. Small hem
stitched napkins match these in color
and design. With colored linens,
hemstitching is preferred to fringed
edges. Nouveau art patterns are be-
ing employed extensively for the col
ored borders, such as conventional.
lied buttercups. peoples. etc. On
more expensive cloths enormous roses
or fieur-de-lis, magnificently shaded
outline the table top or form an ar
tistic cluster in the center.
In the realm of handwork on doi!fes
and centerpieces Irish embroidery Is
the most serviceable and best able TO
withstand hard usage. This Is simply
a fine satin stitch which stands out
very decidedly from the linen. Me-
dium-sized round doilies, with center
piece to match, have delicately seal
loped and button-holed edges, inside
of which are narrow borders of mar
guerites, shamrocks or similar minute
designs
Doiley sets of Japanese and Chinese
embroidery on Japanese grass linen
are enjoying tremendous vogue.
Chrysanthemums or carnations, done
both in white and dark blue mercer
lied cotton, decorate the sheer linen
One very striking set shows sapphire
hl,,a draoons in a network of blue
vines. These sell as low as IS ana
$40 a dozen.
The newest centerpiece show very
little renaissance lace, except as IN
the example just mentioned in connec-
ton with hand embroidery. If dolly
or table scarf has border or renafs-
sance lace, padded flower designs IN
coIored silks are embroidered on the
braid.-New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
FOR THE GRAY-HAIRED.

While there are many types of
gray-haired women they all fall into
two general classes: Those who are
prematurely gray young women, and
those whose white hair is quite legi-
innate and indicates an honorable old
age.
For the latter, nothing is more be.
coming than black, with ornamental
tons in either black or white laces.
Real white hair is usually accompan-
led by black or dark brown, or dark
gray eyes as the blue-eyed women
grow gray slowly. So the colors sug-
gest-1 are for dark, rather than light
eyes.
Dark green's in both olive and varie-
ties, dark silk blues and puppies, as
well as quite dark reds, are effective.
There is brown approaching a
fawn color that may be worn, but as
a rule browns are not becoming to
those with gray hair.
Creamy white can sometimes be
worn. as can white muslins and lawns
in the summer time, N~-~'~rne
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
NEW USE FOR LOVE LETTERS.

At a fashionable wedding at Lynch
burg. Va. little boy and girl pre-
ceded the bride and bridegroom up
the aisle of the church, each carry
ing silk pillow stuffed with the love
letters OF the bridal pair. The latter
knelt on the pillows during the cere
mony.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
WEARING SINGLE ROSE.


New York bellies have set the fash
ion of wearing single rose instead
of nosegay. The blossom is, of
course, the most perfect to be found,
and is worn where it will produce the
most artistic or startling effect,
A favorite place for the single rose
is directly in front at the point in the
escolletage. A girlfsh effect Is given
by wearing the rose just over the left
shoulder.
A school girl has adopted the fash
ion of wearing the rose tucked CO
quettishly under her hair. which she
wears coiled low:
The short girl has seized the oppor-
tunity of making herself appear taller
by using the rose at the top of her
head where the hair is knotted.
A pretty effect Is obtained by a
brunette who wears a deep rose
caught in her collar close to her
throat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

A different chain of beads to match
every frock is the rule of the particu'
lar ones.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24
WILL "HIT THE TRAIL.
Visitors At the Next Worlds Fair
VIII Have a Change from
"Midway" and ''Pike"

One event down" the Pike in St. Loui.
and took in" the Midway at Chicago
but it will be chit the trail" at the west.
ern worlds fair ut Portland, says the
Kansas City Star.
All Of these familiar sights which have
come to be expected of every well reg.
nlated amusement street" will be a part
Of The Trail, and many new startling nov.
elites are promised.
While the march of progress has
changed the character Of the shows, the
methods Of doing business will remain the
same. The harsh-voiced spieler will cry
out as of old, and the best spicler will
get most Of the people. Many of the
shows, probably most of them. at the
Lewis and Clark exposition will be of real
educational value, but does the sp.eler en-
phasizc this fact? Not he. He knows
that the people want to lie amused.
'llave you saw Coral" he bellows, and
the crowd stops moment and smiles at
his bad grammar. and wonders who Cora
is. And then he proceeds to tell them of
her marvellous feats of digestion.
you come on, john" says the little
woman in last y>ar's bonnet "Wcye
seen enough of them shows"
well, we haven't saw Cora, have we?"
and the big man laughs and buys two
tickets.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24

me, calmly sat and watched them pass.
They did not see me, although sat quite
close to them. Joan looked pale. andmy
heart beat with unwonted rapidity as
gazed at her great, pensive eyes. Per-
haps she repented her step, but he looked
happy enough.
Then l got up and walked in an oppo-
site direction, until was on road lead.
ing inland. Here lay among the furze
bushes, alone with my sad thoughts.
All was quiet, save for the ceaseless MUIR
muring of the mighty waves as they
broke upon the beach. e
There I lay, thinking, planning, Won
dering, and, Heaven knows, near to
weeping. All my senses, all my feelings.
yea, the whole of me, cried out for Joan,
my lost daring.
Then started suddenly, for thought
l heard my name whispered. But it
must have been the plaintive note of .
bird that heard, and once more gave
myself up to thought. -
"Allan!" n -
There could be no mistake this time,
some one was speaking my name. AS It
in q dream turned my head and looked.
There was Joan. &
Never until I die shall forget that
moment. The murmur of the sea
changed into a march of triumph played
by a mighty organ. The wailing of the
sea birds seemed as the notes of OrpheAs.
The yellow bloom on the furze bushes
changed to virgin gold. And all tns
sounds that were, seemed to hymn the
one word, Joan"
I half started up, but the walk. COM
bined with the sudden excitement had
been too much for me in my weak state.
and I fell backward to the ground. In
q moment Joan was beside me, and her
arms were around me. 60.
"Oh, Allan, Allan, why did you leave
me?" she murmured. ~.
L stammered back some incOherent re-
ply concerning my rival. Wonderingly
she gazed at me: and then suddenly her
eyes frightened, and queer little smile
spread over her face.
"Why, that was Jack-my brother
Jack, from Oregon!" she cried. :,
was too thunderstruck to reply. Z
And that was all the faith you had
in me?" she went on, gravely.
''Oh, my darling, can you forgive me? =
muttered, brOkenly.
And her reply was to kiss me- a.,.
It seems that Joan and her brother
had seen ME on the, promenade near the
hotels at Atlantic City, and Joan had
turned back to speak to me, only to see
me disappearing in the distance. So
she followed me, and the rest you know.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24
A SONG OF WORRY.

What's the use to sit an worry II you lose,
who thought to win?
Kick the worry out the windcr-let the
Twin! sunshine in!
Time amt sighin:-
He's a-nyin':
Worryin' is half sin!
What's the use to work for worry? Amt
there any hope in sight?
Kick tho worry out the winder. in the bliz-
card an the night.
Time don't worry
TOO much hurry!
Swifter than an eagles flight!
What's the use: There amt a reason. nor
the shaGder Of 4 rhyme,
When he worl' rolls on in music, an tho
stars are keepin' time
Time amt cryin':-
He's a-f1yin,
An you're on the wings of Time!
r. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24
..rhis q hox, Won SHOW yonr loYa "a

'Tkis Is how You show your lore Tor
me, is it," said, hoarsely. My grip
was tightsning on her arm so that sh .
WINGED with pain, but in my blind rage
l saw nothing. ~
Then, as looked into her beautiful
! eyes. and thought of them gazing up at
| another as they gazed up at me, and
thought Of her red lips pressed against
his, my jealous rage became SO strong
that threw her from me, and turned and
rushed into the darkness.
went at once to my roms, packed q
small handling, and. telling my land
lady should not be back for few days.
I rushed to the railroad station. Tho
whole of the time was practically bereft
of my senses.
When I alighted from the train at Jer-
sey City, it was my intention to cross to
New York by the ferry and proceed to
the Grand Central station, but as was
crossing West street there was sud-
den Grassland then darkness.
When l recovered my senses was in
the Roosevelt hospital They told me
I had been there nearly fortnight. |
had been knocked down by cab, and
the fall had brought on conclusion Of
the brain.
1T has been a very narrow escape"
said the nurse. "Once or twice we
thought you were gone"
And when l was alone said to my
self: would to Heaven that l had
died" But lived on. sick at heart, for
there seemed nothing to live for now.
AS soon as was possible left the hos
pital and went to Atlantic City to re-
coup my health On the second day of
my stay was thunderstruck by observ-
ing what thought to be Joan's figure
among the promenaders, but after
awhile assured myself that must have
been mistaken. .sts5E:
How longed to see my lost love again,
to fold her in my arms and call her mine.
But my heart ached when thought Of
all that had been, of how she had proved
faithless to me.
When had fully recovered my senses,
all my sudden passion had left mo. with
the exception of dull hatred In my
heart for my detested rival. Gradually
it conquered me, until / made up, my
mind that would follow him and never
leave him until had killed him. xsz
l sat on the porch bordering on this,
and then saw what confirmed mysus-
picion of the previous day. saw.Joan,
and with her was Jack Carstairs. >i&
Great Heaven! The whole world
reeled around me for moment. and
then, with a bitter hatred gnawing at
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

# Many English newspapers, intlud
ing the London Spectator speak OF
President Roosevelt as a "whig.'
Rear Admiral Coghlan, in command
of the Brooklyn navy yard, is 60, and
has four years yet to serve before re-
tirement.
United States Senator-elect George S.
Nixon, of Nevada. now many times q
millionaire, was telegraph operator Is
years ago.
A Chicago woman, Miss Nellie Car
lin. attorney, is under the heaviest bonds
of any living woman. They total the I'M
mense sum of $5.400.O00.
The French government has bestowed
the decoration Palmes AcademiQues ON
Miss Frances Johnston, of Washi ng-
ton, D. c. But one other American
woman has been honored il this way.
Mrs. Matilda A. Pereau, of Nashua, N.
H., s. years old, has Is children. 80
grandchildren, and 6S great -yrandchil-
dren Thirty of her descendants voted
for President Roosevelt on NOvem Der
last
James H. Wolff. negro, who has
been elected commander of the Massa-
chusetts Grand Army of the Republic,
is the first colored man chosen to that
high Office. He is graduate of Dart
mouth college and the Harvard law
school. and has practiced law in Bos-
ton for some years.
Mrs. fairbanks. wife of the vice pres.
ident. holds three collegiate degrees.
She graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan
university at Delaware. O.. in 1872. In
the same class with her husband. She
at once began the study Of law. also
with her husband as classmate. She
received the degree of bachelor of laws
and afterward took full course Of
international and parliamentary law.
During the infancy of her children Mrs.
Fairbanks studied medicine.