The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-10
Modern " oman
Cooperative Housekeeping For
Business Christianity Hoodoos
Many F eminine Business Ventures
How to Keep tie Mad. ::

Philadelphia may he SLOW in *n;:sr
particulars, but as far rs brupv"ir5i''
is concerned ii is second 20 none. In.
IS particularly tue Of It's Phi a.lth.u-
pies for the lgnent Of self Support;3
women. It has lis splendid W1M%H.
motel III the shape If the Yorn2, Ne
mems Christian Association bri.Gin-
at Arch and Eighteenth streets W@a".
moderate prices are charged for exec.
lent service and where the iinanrve.;.s.
50 managed that there is no nl1r.,..
of loss. us is claimed fer some ~ {.
pretentious and high priced Wonlcu'
hotels in other parts of the country.
One Of its latest projects is co-cpera
tive housekeeping for business WouHea
The Second Presbyterian church Ea-
Just opened Il fine house adjacent l."
its Settlement building where for u
reasonable sum wage earning Wou.e,,
may have Il beautiful home. There
are separate tables in the dining room
for each patron or group of patrons.
and each may have her own gas stove
/ for cooking in the Kitchen The rooms
are handsomely decorated and artistic
ally furnished. while china and silver
are supplied for the tables.
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Vanity gets women into more trou-
bic than almost any other quality.
Miss Jane Adams points out that
most of the reckless investments made
by self supporting women are due to
the Establishments Of INSCRIPTIONS pro
nloterS, who appeal to their victims
/ Judgment as business women" Even
/ the most feather Drained female be
lieves that she is Il person of penetra-
ton and astuteness, and to have her
own opinions so fatteringly verified is
enough to induce her to invest in the
proffered stocks and in the course of
events she loses. Sound enterprises
do not have to go a-begging for money
Eggs must be cheaper in the cana
zone than they are here. Miss Ger
trude Beeks. who went down to in
vestigate conditions in Panama for the
/ government. sa-s one man told her
! THAT Hlti ttttclI 81 ill'ilis tiIttl i'
shuddered whenever he heard a her
cacllle Housekeepers who are paying
a half dollar per dozen for eggs long
parted from the hen would be glad ii
paternal government would import
/ some of Panama's superfuous fowls
here where the music of their cackle
might delight famine stricken pub
| lie.
In recent interview Mrs. Frances
/ H0dgSon Burnett who is living ri
/ Sands Point. on Long Island. ridiculed
! the heroines of old fashioned fiction
Lady Castleton she termed catfish
and Amelia Sedley "ninny." She
thinks that people would not tolerate
such types nowadays. After all hu-
man nature is pretty much the same
I in all ages. and in spite of Mrs. Bur
nett's opinion many people who read
and observe cannot see that the petit
coated cat and "ninny" are as yet
/ lost types. They sail across the pages
of fiction, being most numerous in
/ those volumes devoted to picturing so
called "high life" The cat and ninnf
are products of the idle life and are
less numerous among busy women
than in the leisure class The cure for
''cattishness" and "nnnism' is to be
found in work.
A fair days work for fair pay is
| Mrs. Smiths rule She does not expect
the cook to be q Waldorf chef nor the
upstairs maid to do fancy sewing for
! her. But she does ask both to do plain
cooking and plain sweeping and dust
ing well.
After they have been in her house q
week cook and parlOr maid decide that
there is no nonsense and no demand
for extras on the part of the lady OF
the house. They make up their minds
that it is a good place to stay in, and
they do their work accordingly.
A bad servant, one who is sloppy or
i'll tempered. is not worth bothering
WITH but any woman of medium intel
ligence who is neat and appreciates
the right kind of mistress can be
trained into a good servant who will
stay in house Indefinitely.
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1t isn't the dull child that is having
| it hardest in its first year at school.
but the child who has never been
/ taught to obey. Teacher has not much
/ time for moral suasion. and the moth
er's darling who doesn't yield to the
| first gentle urging will feel the weight
of the iron hand in the velvet glove.
| After all, it is the kindest as well as
! the wisest thing for the child for its
/ mother to teach it the lesson of obedi
! ence at her knee.
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1 Miss Marguerite De Forest Anderson,
a woman who has won success as q
I fiutist. advises women who have weak
/ lungs to learn to play the cornet. flute
/ or some other wind instrument. She
/ says it has developed her from deli
cate girl to a young woman Of superb