Middletown transcript., 1906-07-14
OUR woMAN's COLUMN

{. a Russian woman may not enter un
iversity unless she is married.
i Be orderly. A disorderly, careles
woman vi never have a comfortable
home,
Think well Of other people and yol
will have reason to tlink well of your
self.
| Scandals are things that woman
should not know. not even when sh,
knows them.
/ What We want to know is this: Why
is it that short women always has liigE
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Some men would never have reached
the top of the ladder ii their wives hae
not steadied it for them.
Perhaps the pretty walters will have
more two say than the dancing masters
as to Low they shall waltz.
It is no common thing these days to
behold little shop girl logged in long
kid gloves for which she has given up a
whole weeks salary.
Queen Victoria Of Spain has nervous
prostration: but there are lots of girls
who would be glad to have that if they
could be queens and live in castles.
Wrinkles are not from age along.
Facial expression, illness and worry con-
tribute their share OF the unwelcome
lines. Good health and joyful spirits are
the best preveutiyes of wrinkles.
France is to have law v llich will make
it possible for any husband and wife to
be divorced, whether there is reason
for their separation or not, if they will
permit their petition to stand for two
years.
The English women suffragists are
taking the ballot quite seriously. 1t is
said that one OF them slapped man three
time in quick succession and kicked him
twice. The presence of gentleman seemed
to make no difference.
The women have found out that Venus
de Milo's waist is two big, and that it is
due to the careless way she is standing
Women have SO little respect for ideals
that they would put straight front on
the Goddess of Liberty if they could get
near her.
Some men, after being married few
years, imagine that all wife needs is
home and three meals day, with now
and then some new clot hes. Aud yet
during the process of winning the love of
that wife he told her he could not live
without her. What is more, he belle ved
it at that time
II mothers when buying new shoes for
the children would adopt the following
hint they would find that they would
list twice as long and also resist the damp.
Produce some boiled linseed oil, pour it
on to large fiat dish or tin, and allow |
the shoes TO stand in it for about twelve
hours or until the solee are well-soaked. |
This does not however apply to brown |
shoes.
The newspapers tell good story in
which the wife OF the late U. S. Minister |
% China cut considerable OF figure
When in the Celestial kingdom she paid
300. for rug against the remonstrances of
ler husband, who ayerred that she knew |
lothing of the value Of rugs aud would be
cheated by the owner. Mrs. Conger
.rought her purchase home with her,
md when in Chicago sold it to dealer
Il rugs, who had offered her $1,000 for it
md invested the money in her new Cali
ornia home.
Childish rage unchecked will after a
While, becomea hurricane. Childish pet
lance will grow up into mlsanthopy. |
childish rebellion will develop into the
awlessness OF riot and sedition. Ii you
you'd ruin the child, dance to his every
aprice and stuff himwith confectionery.
Before you are aware OF it that boy of
TX years will go down the street, a
igarin his mouth and ready on any
orner with his comrades to compare
ugilistic attainments. The parent who
llows the child to grow up without ever
aving learned the great duty OF obedi-
nee and submission has prepared cup
burning gall for bis own lips and appal-
ng destruction for his descendant.
Many a time cheerful home and
appy faces do more to make good men ,
nd women than all the learning and
Ioquence that can be used. It has been
lid that the sa eetest words in our lam !
uages are Mother, Home and Heaven, . !
i'd one might almost say the word home !
lcludes them all for who can think Of
ONE without remembering the gentle
other who ssnctifed it by her presence.
nd is not home the dearest name in
eaven? We think of the better land as
ie home where brightness will never
I'D in night. oh, then, may our homes
j earth be the centers Of all our joys;
lay they be as green spots in the desert, Q
which we eau retire when weary of the '
res and perplexities Of life, and drink $
lie clear water OF love, which We know ?
be sincere aud always unfailing. ~
You are wife. The whole marking :
/ marrying Of your husband is in your
ands. A women can seldom be elevated
y man, but man seldom fails to riss
fall to the woman he loves. Home :
,ring up at your feet like flowers at the 7
otsteps of rain and sunshine in Spring
at is if you are the right kind OF a wife.
sm thousand men, however brave of :
sart, noble Of purpose, true of character
id generous Of soul, could not make a
ie home. But one pure, loving, gener- P
is, tactfnl and industrious women can Y
AXE a home for thousand men. !
ome making is husband making and Z
lid blessing and this is the divine dis
notion that opens before you as wife il
ID mother. But have you entered into h