The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-27

again (either ancient or modern) upon
any consideration whatever. Well, but
not critically, skilled in her own ton
que. In spelling little becoming de-
fic:ency. A proper knowledge of ac-
counts and arithmetic, but no sort of
skill in fractions. A more than toler-
ably good voice. and little ear for
music-a capability for singing Tin
company. Ready at her needle. but
more devoted to plain work than to
fine; no enemy to knitting. Not al
ways in. the parlor, but sometimes in
the kitchen; yet more skilled In the
theory than in the practice Of cooking.
Ponder of country dances than of min
uets. An acquaintance with domestic
news, but no acquaintances with for
eign. Not entirely fond of quadrilles,
but little given to whist"
And this is what the modern maa
wrote" went on the first woman, turn
ing the pages of her journal with a
deprecatory shrug of her shoulders.
by the way, notice the breylty, as
compared with the other:
First of all, a sympathetic woman,
gentle in her ways, and womanly; do
nestle in her tastes-yet not excess
sively so; not too learned; one who
dresses we'll, walks we'll and talks
well-but not too much; musical
not necessarily a finished musician;
not given to public speaking; posses
sing tact, and, above all, a sense of
humor;a woman of religious instincts,
but not pious."
Chiefly negations, it seems to me-"
commented her hearer. "He surely
does not want a negative woman"
NO; not an actual negative; but
preferably that to an aggressive posi-
tive, every nine men out Of ten would
say" came the answer; "in fact, am
not sure but that the tenth would say
it, Took.
About Things in General
A Chicago educator has diagnosed
I truancy as disease, brought about
by bad environment and lack Of proper
nourishment. Given the average boy,
"a proper proportion of proteine and
calories every day, he says. and after
the eighth month he will be para
gon Of piety and trudge OF to school
las meek as, Mary's little lamb.
There is no power quite like the
4 SuCl6y VI u 6A10ll wy 06y0 NO 1004&2o
ers' Magazine" I'm spite of all the
jokes at the expense OF the slow mes
'senger boy, no other human being can
run errands with the astonishing
celebrity with which the average small
boy accomplishes the feat. A man
isn't In 1t when 1t comes to covering
the ground. Any possessor of a hus-
band and son knows which one she
0SN chn fvn hsSaa
TOR carpet tacks. 1t is a good thing
to turn part Of this energy to account.
and 1t is foolish to. expect boy with
much happier boy with a lot Of inter-
be useful it benefits the mother at
the same time. A little of the boys
snperabundant energy applied to the
lawn mower will keep the grass cut.
A little more expended on the old
boards and boxes in the cellar will
supply the hungriest of furnaces with
kidding. A boy that has piled wood
for an hour after school is willing,
usually, to stop wriggiing long enough
to eat his supper, and he. will be
hungry enough besides ito leave all
conversation to his elders.
The Reformed Episcopal church has
recently been insisting that women
shall keep silence not only in church
hut In church councils. philadelphia
elected three woman delegates to the
general convention of the church, but
:as soon as the fact became known the
committee having charge Of such mat
tiers promptly reported that the can
0nS would not permit the seating of
women In the conventions. SO the
feminine delegates were invited to
withdraw, and the rector of one of the
parishes responsible for the indiscre-
ton announced his determination to
allow no more jokes Of this kind to be
perpetrated in his church.
Just eight people are said to have
been present at . meeting held in Lon
don the other day for the purpose Of
forming a'"society for keeping woman
in her proper place." But the chair
man announced that two hundred let
tiers of sympathy had been received.
The meeting was called by certain
John S. Bloom, and one Archibald
Gibbs by name acted as chairman.
Beta seemed to have taken alarm at
the recent "suffragetteF' uprising, the
aim Of which, they said, was the ulti-
mate subsection of man.
A remarkable story Of the sagacitX
and physical endurance Of a carrier
pigeon is told in Nansen,s story of his
Arctic explorations. One day the pig
con tapped at the window of Mrs. Nam
sens home in Christiania. It was i'm
mediately opened and the little mes
senger was covered with kisses and
caresses by the explorers wife. After
an absence of thirty months from the
cottage the pigeon had brought a note
from the explorer over thousand
miles Of frozen waste and another
thousand of ocean, plain and forest.