Middletown transcript., 1906-10-27
OUR WoMAN's COLUMN

Uuk HOhiAN'S COLUMN
The Philadelphia girl who left her rici,
old bridegroom waiting at the church, p
evidently didn't know the value OF ready
money.
Rub little thin cold starch over win
dows or mirrows and wipe off With a soft
cloth. This produces the most shiny re-
suits.
"A Miss Smith Is to represent Chicago
in the New York beauty show. No mat
ter what great affair is pulled of, there is
sure to be Smith in it.
There's norush about catching beau.
Few things in the world are so numerous
as men. The supply is large. Wait un-
til the right one comes along.
In four-ffths OF the United States birds
with beautiful feathers have been
early exterminated. A lady in New
York has been seen wearing cloak
which cost the lives of 5000 of those
winged poems Of side air which We call
humming birds.
Uncle Sam has many Of the fair sex ii
his employ at Washington. Twenty per
cent. Of the women are widows ofSenators,
or relatives Of government officials. They
are allowed one month for vacation and
one mouths sick leave, annually.
Women don't need medicines and SAN
itariunis They want rest and work,
fresh air and sunlight, and cheerfnlness.
Staying in the house all the time wouid
kill camel or an ostrich, and how should
a woman expect to endure such an nm
natural existence?
Miss Mary N. Mcdonald of Brooklyn,
N. Y, on Monday last, when the mo-
ment arrived for the ceremony OF her
marriage to w. F. Thaber step ped aside
and put into her place Miss Viola Glover,
girl whom Thaber had wronged, and,
with the assistance of her brothers, COM
PEELED him to marry the girl.
Women have patented cigarette ma
chimes but it would seem that the femin-
inc fancy went too far when il undertook
to evolve an improvement" in cigars by
soaking them in an extract Of pine need
les Sin order to take away that nasty
TASTE" Yet such an improvement.
SO called, may be iound in the patent Of
fee.
A college of loSemaking has been estab-
lished in Milwaukee. Most people had
supposed that doing this came natural
but possibly, after all, it is both an
art and science which may be acquired.
Presumably the prizes for the greatest pro-
ticiency in the various classes will be
marriage licenses with persons of title or
great wealth as most desired.
Did you ever bake bananas? II not,
you have missed great dainty within
the reach of ALL Skin the bananas, lay
them side BY side on baking dish or pan,
put them into hot oven and bake until
rich brown. The juice from the fruit
will form thick syrup. Serve hot or
cold with cream and sugar, and You will
thank ussfor suggesting this cheap but
toethsome dish. Bananas go served viii
be found to be easily digeste9 .hgs those
who cannot eat them raw without indi-
gestion.
The startling statement was made by
the Rev. Joseph A. Milburn before an
audience of women at the Englewood
" oman's club that: "Women-mothers
and wives are to blame for most OF im-
morality in the world" Continuing, the
speaker said: women allow one STAN
dard OF morals for themselves and another
for their husbands. When their boys go
astray they hold out their hands to help
them; when their daughters go astray
they weep because they know they are
forever ostracized and they make no effort
TO change this condition Of affairs. Men
should be held to the same restrictions as
women, and wemens bould be allowed the
same latitude as men. The great sin is
not the sin of the magnificent passion,
but the sin of the circumscribed life. Wo-
men need broader scope. Their routine
duties are narrowing. They get into ruts
which are suicidal Literature is q re-
spite. Reading gives the necessary broad.
ening influence. The tendency of most
people is to become provincial and read.
ing oyercomes this tendency.