Middletown transcript., 1906-01-04
OUR wOMANs COLUMN
Short PungantParagraphs Gathered Here
and There

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and There
A girl may he named Pearl and still be
a peach
Even the Stork sometimes gets tired of
working overtime.
Old blood is thin and runs slowly; give
the old folks -the warmest nook in the
chimney corner.
For every baby born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Cramer as Eldorado, Iowa, the
father of the husband gives the family
$l,oOO. They have twelve children now.
In California the wage earning for wo-
men is solved by the fruit. She begins
with the cherries, that ripen in May, and
is kept busy most of the time until late
in the fall
Miss Helen Gould, with the intelligent
assistance Of Miss Elizabeth Altman, an
nually disburses $5oOO00 in charity.
Probably Miss Gould supports directly
and indirectly more charities than any
person living.
A boy best friend is his mother, and
the boy who endeayors to pay back what
he owes his mother, is the one who will
be most sought after by the people who
are worth while, and be apt to make the
most successful life.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, head of the
Christian Science church, has stirred up
her million or more followers by putting
a ban on the giving of Christmas gifts
and discouraging personal congratula-
tions on the occasion of the yuletide.
Mrs. Roosevelt has one we'll devel-
opened hobby and that is the collecting
of old china. Under her supervision one
of the most valuable collections in this
country has been placed on exhibition
in the basement OF the white house, and
it is proud day when she can add some-
thing of historic worth to the treasures.
1t is the dpty0hall parents to see that
their children and tsug6E from their
Wearing apparel; for the child @sSAo lets
her clothes drop off her and lie in heap
on the floor invariably grows into the
careless, untidy woman with whom We
are SO familiar.
A newspaper for engaged couples is the
novel innovation is Swiss journalism.
The first edition of this new journal
states that the object of the paper is to
supply list of engaged couples to trades
men for business purposes. There ap-
pear to be I2,0OO engaged couples in
Switzerland and their names and ad-
dresses are given in the paper.
Girls, how owe it to your mother to be
on the lookout for every occasion to
make whatever return you can for her
years of sacrifice and planning for your
happiness and well being. Treat her
with unvarying courtesy, Difference, and
seek her comfort and pleasure above all
others, and never be impatient, for she
has had great patience with you.
Education is mans birthright A
sound mind in sound body, trained
faculties responsive to the will, an out
look upon life, knowledge OF the past,
skill to forecast in some measure to
future preparation to live complete
life, ali t,fese are the rightful heritage of
every mans soul; and upon society rests
the responsibility to furnish the oppor-
tunity TO attain them.
A woman cannot work at dressmaking.
tailoring or any other sedentary employ
ment without enfeebling her constitution,
imparing her eyesight and bringing on :
complication of complaints; but she can
sweep, cook, wash, and do the duties OF
well-ordered house. with modern arrange
ments, and grow healthier every year,
said Harriet Beecher Stowe.
At Philadelphia, the managers Of the
Y. w. G. A., have concluded that
"girl" of 35 is fully equipped to take care
of herself outside and has outgrown any
to giddiness, and in order to
relieve the congestion at the Association
Home and to make room for the large
waiting list OF country girls has decided
to thrust them out into the world. Some
Of the residents of the home have been
there for twelve or fifteen years, and
though the new rule has been posted, no
one has confessed to being So. The rule
lakes effect next September.
Now as the. frosts increase, the problem
sonfronts all: How shall we spend the
winter evenings? After all, where win
9ou find place that combines pleasure
ind profit to degree that compares with
vour own fresides, whether it is a my
hical freside made of steam or hot
water pipes or the hot air of furnace or
little fireside with the coal therein ac-
ually abiaze. Get to your freside. o
,usy workerl Make the acquaintance of
our family. 1t win pay your heart big
Iiyidends. It will cheer your soul. It
your spirit.