Middletown transcript., 1906-09-01
OUR womAN's COLUMN

Are men more truthful than womet
, That depends upon the man-likewis
, upon the woman.
Women sailors are employed in Der
: mark, Norway and Finland and are ofte
t found to be excellent mariners.
II hooks and eyes have rusted whit
goods put the garment into water in whicl
has been dissolved little cream of tarta
and boil for few minutes.
Men are becoming scarcer, year afte
year. So says German statistieian; an,
he predicts that 5000 years hence Their
will be only one man to 220 women.
After blankets have been washed ani
hung on the line and are thoroughly dr.
beat with carpet beater. They will be
come soft and light and the wool lik'
new.
i Mr.. Longworth has ordered Chein
natti firm to make piano for his wife,
formerly Miss Alice Roosevelt, to whom
he intends to present it. 1t is to be dec.
GRATED with gold and viii cost not less
than $4,000,
Miss Marion Porter, of Boston, was one
Of the FIRST women in New England to
start breeding dogs as business. For
twenty years she has had customers who
have come from all over the country to
buy her famous dogs.
1t is estimated that the population Of
the United States has increased 5000,
900 during the Roosevelt administration.
We can no longer doubt that the Presi-
dents anti-race suicide proclamation has
been taken seriously.
A woman "baby census" taken in
Chicago, reports that in twenty-four
fashionable flats she visited she found
but one baby. A poodle dog census
taker would no doubt be able to fill a
page or two of his books in-those same
apartments.
Miss Claudia lie Blanc at the age Of
26 is owner of sixty-one tenements and
six stores in Fall River and Lowell,
besides a thriving brokerage business
which she personally conducts and
which has twenty five Offices scattered
through New England.
One way of Kidding the house Of flies is
to put into an atomizer cents worth OF
the oil of lavender slightly diluted with
hot water. Spray it freely into the air
and not a fly win remain on the premises.
1t also leaves delicate violet fragrance
that is delightful.
Brown and green--brown even more
than green-promise to be the leading
colors for fall, both of them plain or
combining mysteriously with other
colors in the sort of underplaids, which
remain hidden except under strong light,
or when curious strapping brings
them out.
A japanese who takes in washing has
issued the following quaint advertise
ment; Contrary to our opposite company,
we will most cleanly and carefully wash
onr customers with possible cheap prices
as follows Ladies, two dollars per
hundred, gentlemen, one and half
dollars per hundred.
A new idea in stealing was reported to
the Kansas City prosecuting attorney one
day last week. woman gave her
feather beds toa cleaner, Weighing the
feathers before and after, aud found that
they came home thirty pounds short.
It is not possible that there could have
been thirty pounds Of dirt in them. SO
she claimed that that amount was
stolen.
The latest belt idea for linen gowns is
one made of Scotch plaid, the colors so
skillfully crossed and combined that
there is no tendency to make the waist
look large. Soft wide silk is used to
make them Of, although few are Of
patent leather. Blue and green effects
are liked best.
When one contemplates the number Of
young men who go about with their
hair parted in the middle or hanging
tiercely down over their foreheads SO 90
to obscure all traces OF intellect, and 80
many young women with hair worn
irizzly -frowsly and Topping about in
fifty different directions, we are some
what disguised and are NOT surprised
that the followers OF Darwin hold to the
belief that mankind descended from the
monkey tribe.
IF you want to know what fills the
cemeteries there's the answer. said a
crusty old gentleman as he watched the
usual crowd snrging up the gang plank
OF an excursion boat. Ills version of the
answer was not hard to see. 1t was late
in the afternoon. The majority Of the
women wore the omnipresent lingerie
waist, in varying designs Of open work |
splendor, and at least half OF them
carried no wraps. Yet they were going
out on the water, for several hours, at
least, to return when the breezes on a
hot night. even, are by no means warm
and they probably couldn't imagine the /
next day where those wretched colds
came from.
To Mrs. Nicholas Longworth waking
to grown up life in the White House,
trained to society as an official duty, and
rushing into the whirl Of honeymoon
before she was out OF that of fresh
debu tanie, society and dress still offer
nnalloyed pleasure. Abroad, as formerly /
1t home, she still is representing the
nation. and in gayety she must find the
business OF life. The work she does in
This semioficial way is enormous. and /
only the other day it was estimated that,
Is Alice Roosevelt, in little over year
she attended over 400 dinners company
dinners, that is 900 balls and other