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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-03
A GREEK MYTH.
1T Resembles the Bible story of
Noah and the Flood.

1T Resembles the Bible Story of
Noah and the Flood.
Do you know that there is a story in
Greek mythology that closely resem-
bles the Bible account of Noah and the
flood? Jupiter or Zeus, as the Greeks
called the supreme ruler on Olympus,
caused great flood to come on the
land Of Hellas. Deucalion and his wife
Pyrrha saved themselves by means of
an ark. The waters subsidized in nine
days, and Deucalion's ark rested on
Mount Parnassus AS the inhabitants
had all been drowned in the flood Deu-
Gallon asked an oracle, after the Gus
tom Of the time, what he should 90 to
repopulate the earth, for with his wife
and himself as the only human beings
In the world the prospect was dreary
enough. The oracle answered that they
should cast behind them the bones of
their great mother, by which they I'M
derstoOd the stones Of the earth, the
earth being the common mother Of all
So Deucalion and Pyrrha began pick
ing up stones and casting them behind
them, when the stones that Deucalion
cast turned into men, and those cast
by Pyrrha into women.
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LAUNDRY LINES.

Sprinkle clothes with hot water and
Whisk broom.
Bran water is thought by some house
wives to be the best thing in which to
wash fine silk stockings, as soap is apt
to make the silk tender.
To remove mud stains from white
garments soak the stained portion in
oxalic acid, rinse in several waters and
finally in ammonia water
Gutta percha clotheslines are much
stronger and last longer than cord.
They are not affected by the wet and
can be kept absolutely clean with a
damp cloth.
When flannel garments must be dried
indoors, by all means keep them away
from the fire or they will instantly
shrink. Hang them in a warm room,
but never near the fire.
A little pipeclay dissolved in the wa
ter used in washing linen saves a
great deal OF labor and soap and
cleanses the dirtiest linen thoroughly
This method is specially useful where
outdoor bleaching is an impossibility.
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The Kind Of Man to Marry.

Marrying for home is a most tire
some way Of getting living. A mar
rage without love is a mockery that
bushes to the skies. But money is the
thing sought for Matrimony is looked
upon as matter Of money, and Cupid,
having grown old, has changed his
name to cupidity.
Don't marry man to mend him or
reform him. If the man were not de-
formed he would not need to be re-
formed. The man with malformed hab-
it's is more likely to bring you sorrow
and shame than JOY and happiness.
The risks are great enough for any
woman even when she marries a man
who does not need reforming
Marry a gentleman use that word
in its broadcast sense. It has not refer
ence to fine raiment and white hands
and the veneering Of society polish
merely, but to those who have noble
qualities, however hard their hands
and sunbrowned their faces.
AS you value your life do not marry
manikin, hatter's show block or a
tailor's lay figure The dandy dressed
up is like the cinnamon tree, the bark
is worth more than the body.
Marry a man nearly your age. A
father said to his daughter: Il don't
want you to throw yourself away on a
foolish young fellow. How would a
nice, sober, settled man Of fifty suit
you?" The daughter very sensibly re
piled, Father, I would rather have
two Of twenty-five"
Marry a man for his money, and he
will find it out shortly What sublime
contempt man must have for one
who simply loves his pocketbook!
Rev, Madison G. Peters in "Will the
Coming Man Marry"
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and lengthen at the same place. Long
or short waisted patterns should be al
tered st point two Inches above the
waist line. II i sleeve is too narrow
Increase at the inside seam, If too wide
take 1t in at the outside seam. In the
case of q plain all round skirt any SUI
perfiuous length In the pattern should
be cut off at the foot of each gore.
This is best effected by measuring the
exact length required and marking off
the amount to be cut off at the bottom
Of the pattern, tracing line with a
dressmaking wheel or pencil before be-
ginning to use the scissors. 70 length
en- skirt pattern which Is too short
pin it down, measure off the required
extra length on the newspaper, cut off
and paste to the pattern Philadelphia
Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-03
The Bath.

While the great majority of women
have neither the facilities nor the time
to take full bath every day, nearly
all can take sponge bath, which is all
that is necessary for cleanliness. A
basin, a sponge and cork mat COM
prise the essentials, and five minutes
application day will keep the pores
Of the skin open and the body IN d
healthy condition. Some people require
more bathing than others. Brunettes
as class and fat people in particular
are apt to need more baths and lotions
to dispel the secretions and perspira-
ton that defile the skin. In order to
live up to the ideal a woman should be
exquisitely and habitually clean and
rather overstep than fall short of the
SO called hygfenic standard. 1t is ad
visable to be suspicious Of neatness If
necessary In order to perfect it.
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Water For Cooking.

All cooks do not understand the dit
ferent effects produced by hard and
soft water in cooking meats and vege-
tables Peas and beans cooked in hard
water, containing lime or gypsum, will
not boil tender because these sub
stances harden vegetable casein. Many
vegetables, as onions, boil nearly taste
less in soft water because all the flavor
is boiled out. The addition of salt Of
ten checks this, as in the case of on
ions, causing the vegetables to retain
the peculiaI favoring principles, be-
sides such nutritious matter as might
be lost in soft water. For extracting
the juice Of meat to make broth or
soup, soft water, unsalted and cold at
first, is the best, for it much more read
lily penetrates the tissue, but for boil
ing, where the juices should be retain
ed, hard water or soft water sailed is
preferable, and the meat should be put
in while the water is boiling, SO as to
seal UP the pores at once.
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ga" Story.

Araminta, an Algerian anchovy, ag-
gravated Andrew, an alligator
Araminta acted arrogantly again and
again, augmenting Andrews anger.
Andrew attempted Araminta's assas-
sination.
Araminta avoided Andrews attack.
Andrew, as an artifce, assumed alb
solute amiability, applauding Aramir-
ta's antagonistic aIertness
Araminta accepted Andrews affable
advances.
Andrew ambled around Araminta.
Asinine Araminta attenuated atten-
ton awhile, abjurfng alarm and agis
tation.
Accordingly Andrew absorbed Ara
pinta abruptly, afterward abandoning
Algiers altogether and acquiring an
other abode among Amazonian ana
condas.
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Tor the Hrs.

A mixture Of honev. lemon Juice and
eau de cologne is exceedingly useful to
whiten the hands whaa dsseoloreQ BY
sun, wind or work and may be kept
mixed for the purpose in a small toilet
jar. Take a wineglassful Of each in
gredient and mix well: then pour into
the jar and keep closely corked. This
may be applied night or day and the
inside of the fingers rubbed with pun
ice stone. When the hands are of good
color, but the skin lacks softness, glyc-
erin is useful, but it has no effect on
the color The hands may be, how
ever, greatly improved in texture if
after the nightly wash they are well
coated with glycerin and dipped into
oatmeal or well powdered with the
same.
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STUDY OF DRESS.
The Reason Frenchvvon1en Are Al
ways BeeomingIy Attfred.

The Reason FrencFsvvOunen Are Al
ways BecomingIy Attfred.
Cheap fashions in Paris do not mean
cheap finery, and that is why French
women dress we'll When they want
f1nery they pay for it, and when they
can't afford It they go without and
dress according to their means. That
is the whole secret. They dress as well
relatively on $40 $3.50 a year as on
f1,00O ($5,Go0. The style is every
thing, and that, within limits, is as
accessible to a short as to long purse.
Experts say that the very cheapest
dress which a Partisan shopgirI can
buy one at 10 fraAcs $3.50, for
instance--has a style about it and is in
the fashion. In Paris it is an axiom
that the French girl devotes two-thirds
of her life, as a rule, to the study of
dress. She knows within a week or SO
what the great ladies are wearing, and.
while carefully refraining from aping
their luxury, she follows their fashions
closely. In short, she asks for style
without fnery. She would no more
think of going to her work in an IN
fashionably cut dress than she would
of hanging cheap ribbons, sham lace
and tin ornaments round herself.
Hence her own special shops must
keep as much up to date as the great
couturiers. Paris Letter to London
Telegraph
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Helping the Figure.

A beauty doctor gives it as her opin-
ion that the time honored maxim to
hold your shoulders back Is a mis-
take. Forget your shoulders" Is her
advice. Keep your chest and chin up,
and your shoulders will take care Of
themselves" Another authority says
that it never did her the least good to
be told to hold herself upright until
some one suggested to her to imagine
that her chest was suspended from a
cord. That mental picture Of her chest
held up, supported In air BY artificial
means, did more for her than oil the
admonitions and will power in the
world.
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Hanging Pictures.

String pictures up on wires or cords.
The question is whether it is not more
Of pity than to drive small nails into
the wall paper. The latter procedure
defaces the walls, to be sure, but so do
the picture wires deface the walls
Small pictures can be hung ON very
slender nails, which when withdrawn
leave a scarcely visible hole. II wires
must be used let them be as fine as
possible, and the pictures should be
so hung as 10 rest perfectly fat against
the wall Anything more hldeous than
a picture tilted at an angle OF forty five
degrees Is unimaginable.
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A Menn Suggeafer

A California housekeeper has adopted
novel idea she calls a 'menu suggest
err" 1t consists Of several sheets Of
cardboard tied loosely together. Each
card is devoted to a certain class of
food. No. | contains list Of the fam
ily's favorite soups, each name written
by the number Of the page in the
cookery book where the recipe is to be
found. She says this saves her great
deal of time and worry hitherto caused
in hunting up a recipe, and as it is
easy to tell at a glance what is general
" liked in all kinds of dishes it adds
great deal Of variety to the meals.
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Buying Table Glass.

When buying the choicest of crystal
services it is advised to examine first
and study the Artistic beauty of rock
crystal before deciding between it and
the cut crystal Those who have a
fondness for crystal and can afford 1t
may indulge their taste In such differ
ent varieties as carved rock crystal
cut glass, engraved glass, Dutch and
Bohemian glass, Venetian glass and
Favrile glass, says Vo~ue. a collec-
ton Of these varieties Of glass if
housed in an appropriate room, would
be a charming addition or wing to
have opening into a dining room. IT
danked by another devoted to china,
old and modern, still greater beauty
and interest would be attached.
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After Baby,s Bath.

The average baby on being lifted
from his morning tub usually begins to
shrek madly. It is not, as one might
easily imagine, because he hates to
leave that comfortable spot, but it is
because the cold air strikes suddenly
upon his little wet chest and stomach
and gives him an unpleasant shock.
If he is lifted sidewise or even head
first and rolled up quickly In his warm
bath blanket he seems to enjoy the
operation much better and usually
waits until he Is half dressed before he
begins to wall
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TIE BABY.
A Few Questions For His Mother TO
Answer To Herself.

a Few questions ROE A1a Mother to
Answer to Herself.
Are you going to be his mother or
only his nurses mistress?
If you're only going to be his nurses
mistress then you'll have an easy time.
You'll be able to attend lectures,
play bridge, go out riding In autos with
your fortunate neighbors, attend the
matinee and 60 to evening dinners
while baby is being cared for by the
Ill educated woman who has kindly
consented to take him off your hands.
The baby Is, after all's said and
done, nursling instead Of a mothers
baby"
He'll catch the quaint little ingram
maticisms that nurse lets fall, and he'll
never be quite as refined as you are,
but you'll really be much freer and
you'll find marriage not half the re-
sponsibility you understood It was
when your mother was talking to you
about it.
But If you want to have really SUI
perior sort Of boy why not discharge
the giri-you can get another Just as
uneducated at any timeand try bring
Ing him up yourself the way that your
mother brought you up?
There won't be as much bridge, and
the matinees and evening dinners will
most of them go by the board, but
you'll have a boy brought up by a wo-
man Of refinement and that's going to
bother the boys chances all through
life. Let the girl go this Saturday
week. Philadelphia Press.
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THE WORKBASkET.
An Article That Ought TO Be In Every
Girls Room

GIRLS Room.
A well fitted out work basket Tor
bag or stand, as the case might be)
ought to be part Of every girls room.
For It's all very well to preach to
yourself upon the threadbare text Of
a stitch in time saving nine If you
haven't the necessary tools right at
hand to do that mendfng on the spur
Of the moment.
These pretty little stands Of wicker
hold plenty Of the little necessary
things and should be kept supplied
with nooks and eyes and buttons and
tapes and silks and cottons galore, to
say nothing Of scissors kept in such
perfect condition that they will cut
through bit of chiffon or other elusive
stuff clearly.
Go step farther and include with
shoe buttons and thread Tor fasteners)
few pairs Of shoe laces. Broken laces
should rightly come under the head of
mendfng even though the mending
takes the form OF replenishing.
Glove thread and buttons or clasps
form another necessary set Of little
things which that basket should hold,
as well as the darning and other mate
rails which point to weekly work.
If you've room for neither basket nor
stand, at least keep a wee bag in your
top drawer fitted out with the most
frequently used things. You'll find the
dreaded weekly mending shrinking in
quantity and difficulty if you follow
that plan.
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SUSAN 3. ANTHONY.
WEsy This Talented Woman Never
Became a wife.

became u Wife.
Ida Hustled Harper, Miss Anthony's
biographer, says: There was a preva-
lent belief that Miss Anthony hated
men. 1t would not have been at all
strange il this were true, for never in
all history was a woman SO misrepre-
scented, ridiculed, berated and maligned
as she was by men, publicly in her ear
yly years and privately when general
sentiment would no longer tolerate OUT
spoken criticism. 1t would have been
most natural for her to hate men. But
she did not hate them For many of
them, indeed, she felt a profound CON
tempt, and the hypocritical compli-
ments to herself personally by those
who were the enemies Of all that she
stood. for filed her soul with W rlness
and disgust But for men wh were
fair and broad enough to recognize the
justice of her cause and to treat it ard
its advocates with respect she had the
highest appreciation, and for those who
reached helping hand she felt the
deepest gratitude and friendship. AS
to herself marrying, Miss Anthony Of
ten said to the writer: ANY woman
will marry if the man she loves asks
her. I am no different from ott,.a-
women Very few men came up to
her standard for husband, and in her
young days the men who proposed
marriage had no attraction for her.
AS she grew older she was so COM
pletely absorbed in her work that she
did not have time to think of THAR
per's Weekly.
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What a Wnsherwoman Did.

Mrs. Christine K Huber is a Battle
Greek (Mich.) washerwoman who rides
in an automobile purchased with mon
ey she earned over the tub Mrs. HUI
Der does from eighteen to twenty-four
family washings a week and makes
about $25 in six days. For eighteen
years she has taken in washing, cared
for five children and given them a
commendable education. She owns the
house in which she lives, another house
which she rents and a farm
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When the symptoms Appear.

The following time table should be
preserved by every mother, as it is Of
ten source of the greatest anxiety to
know whether or not a child will de
velop a disease after having been ex-
posed to It: Chicken pox. symptoms
usually appear OF the fourteenth day;
diphtheria, second day; measles, four
teenth day; mumps, nineteenth day;
scarlet fever fourth day; smallpox,
twelfth day; typhoid fever, twenty
first day; whooping cough, fourteenth
day.
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Summing the Hair.

Although good summing is the best
thing in the world for the hair it is
not particularly good for it to be dried
in the sun after shampooing. The sun
seems to make each individual hair
stand out separate from the others,
and, as consequence, It Is difficult to
arrange 1t nicely. See that the hair is
thoroughly dried and then given a sun
bath.
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PIE Calls on Peter.

One night to Peters bed came Pie
And screeched: 'sYou ate me on the sly!
Though was big enough for four,
You bolted me and looked for more,
And, fearing that you would be caught,
You did not chew me as you ought.
Mince pies must not be treated so,
However good may be the dough,
And therefore I'll sit on your chest
And not give you a moments rest.
TIL make you dream that you are dead,
With big gravestone on your head.
MY teeth will grind, my eyes will glare.
Until Of mince pies you beware?'
And Peter, when he woke, said: My!
never more will steal mince pie.
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MISS MARY S. ANTHONY.
She Has Always Been Identified
With the Suffrage Cause.

She Has Always Been Identified
With the Suffrage Cause.
Mary S. Anthony, younger sister of
the late Susan B. Anthony, while not
SO well known, Is yet entitled to a
share in all the honors that are. be-
Istowed on her sister Very few people
know that it was Mary Anthony's en-
|thusiasm in the woman's suffrage
movement which first aroused her sis
Iter's interest and that her activity as a
Isuffragist preceded that Of Susan. 1t
was Mary who attended the first WON
ans rights convention in Seneca Falls,
.N. ", in 184S, Of which Susan said.
when / came home from teaching
school I heard nothing but suffrage
talk and how lovely Lucretia Mott was
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sgsss YOUNG 80
1l. Fol Ks IY
THE cAMPHoR SCORPION.
A Simple Experiment That Teaches
Useful Lessons.

You need not be frightened at the ap-
pearance Of the little monster depicted
In the accompanying cut. It is in the
form of a scorpion, it is true, but it is
perfectly harmless because it is made
of camphor. With it and basin of
water we may make very interesting
experiment.
Take as many little irregular Jumps
Of gum camphor as may be necessary
to fashion the shape of the scorpion.
say $50 or 200, and arrange them. as
shown in the picture, on the surface of
the water. In little while You will
see the scorpion move about of its own
accord, waving its claws and wagging
it's TAIL
Now, there are several little bits of
philosophy in this experiment. Let us
see what they are
First.-Tae scorpion swims on the
water, but is very nearly submerged.
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SHOE BOX AND SEAT.

Comfortable and Convenient For the
Sleeping Room.
For a bedroom comfortable seat and
shoe box is shown in the illustration,
and for its construction a box and
some boards may be employed. At a
grocery store find box three feet
long, eighteen inches high and eighteen
inches wide or nearly SO, and to the
top Of it fasten a cover, with hinges.
4 From two tongued and grooved
boards make the two sides and at
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when uncle sar. was Little.

AT the end of Washington's admins
tration there were sixteen states in the
Union. There was also the Northwest
Territory, as it was called, not yet or
gained into states-the whole wide re-
gion between the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. The first census of the nation
was taken in 1870, and the population
was 3,929,214.
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A cup Of fresh cream is a delicious
and, Of course, an expensive addition
to tureenful Of onion, potato, cream
of rice, pea soup or other PURGE. In
the country, where the good wife is
often at loss to dispose Of the album
dance Of cream at hand, this will not be
in any way an uncalled for extrava-
ganca
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De1icete Lace Cu.tafns.

Do not wash delicate lace curtains.
Sew them carefully on two pieces Of
calico and dip into little benzine;
squeeze out into the hand once or
twice and dry In a towel; then get
them out into the air to let the smell
evaporate; when quite free Of this iron
carefully, then remove from the calico.
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For distressingly red hands apply
equal parts of glycerin, lemon Juice
and rose water nightly under gloves.
Daily applications Of lemon juice pro
duce whitening effect.
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Altering Clothes.

To shorten a sleeve cut the pattern
In half at the elbow and take half the
required reduction from either side
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Mrs. Margaret Bottome, the founder
Of the Kings Daughters, said, when
asked about the chaperon question,
that mothers should rear their daugh-
ters that they can be fully trusted to
chaperon themselves"
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Keep candles on ice at least twenty
four hours before burning. They will
burn much more even and slowly with
this treatment.
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Mildew on leather will disappear If
rubbed with piece Of flannel and
Yaseline.
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vaseline.