Middletown transcript., 1906-03-03
OUR WOMAN,S COLUMN
Short Pungant, Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

and There
Susan B. Anthony, the famous suffrag-
ist, was Sc years old Thursday.
Many reigning society belle does not
know enough to go in when it rains.
II a man is attentive to his vile it is
either because he loves her or is afraid
OF her.
The human face is like the pocketbook
lit is not the outside beauty, but the
value within that counts.
Women may be able to make cake ac.
cording to directions, but they can't
manage husbands that way.
japanese women in the past had to
marry. If they were single at 20, hus-
bands were selected for them by law.
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, of Philadel-
phia, was elected president of the
Woman's National Suffrage association.
"Give me the first seven years of
childs's life," said wise man, "and you
may have the rest These are the ones
that count"
As a rule, if women are less free with
their money than men, it is for the very
sufficient reason that they have less
money to spend.
Any American girl who may be think
ing of marrying title, might get nse-
full hint or two by consulting Anna Gould
Castellane, just now.
The craze for all sorts Of beads, buttons
and chains would set scientist to won-
dering if the savage instinct we're not
manifesting itself in the feminine por-
tion of the civilized world.
sSociety women, says writer on Lon
don society, "are becoming pale and mar
row chested. They automobile instead
of walking; they ride and drive instead
of running and jumping.
Sympathy is often of more use to the
poor than aims giving would be. A gift
of money supplies only bodily comfort, a
few sympathetic words will bring comfort
to many weary, heavY-laden worker.
In spite of the danger Of the oldfash-
ioned punishment of box on the ears.
it is one which is often inflicted on trou-
bIesome children by their parents without
the smallest regard of consequence. The
parents are ignorant, not cruel, but they
ought to know that such punishment is
likely to cause lifelong injury. Deafness
is probably the most frequent i'll result to
ear-boxing, but it may cause injury to the
brain and insanity.
Nervous children should never be
scolded or ridiculed. They suffer quite
enough without threats or sarcasm. Their
awkwardness in company or their grim
aces when alone are not to be noticed.
The new girl as she will emerge from
her retirement, will have another charac-
teristic. Her hips will be extremely
large. They will not, OF course, be of the
heavy type. But she will have good hips,
a handsome figure, in short, upon which
to suspend her clothing.
There is too much for women to do
The world must live more simply if the
queens of our homes are to have time for
anything but drudgery. This is not
new complaint. Tt has been so ever
since the days when Martha was rebuked
for being careful and troubled about
many things instead of choosing the one
good part that can not be taken away.
Because OF the utter lack of discipline
or respect for authority in our homes and
schools our children are daily going out
into the world to become lawless and to
swell the ranks Of the vicious. We are
living in a generation that has tabooed
oldfashioned way of bringing up child
rem that has eliminated the bible from
the public schools that is experimenting
in the education of the young with all
manners of fads and fancies." !
In the treasure room of the White
House is an old trunk that belonged to
Dolly Madison. This trunk has been bat
tered from the attic to basement until Mrs.
Roosevelt discovered its historic worth.
She had the relic renovated, and now it
is one of the receptacles of the White
House silver. The old trunk held the
wardrobe of the beautiful Virginia girl,
and on the side it bears the words: 'Mis-
tress Dorothy Madison, care of James
Madison, Esq" Just how oldfashioned
it may be cleaned from the fact that it is
not covered with smooth leather, but
with reddish cowskin, with the fuzzy
hair showing. The trunk is in remark
ably fine condition, considering the hard
knocks it has undergone. 1t was in the
White House at the fire and bears signs of
scerching in several places