New-York tribune., 1907-08-12
The Bystander.

Jam making is among the things girls being
this summer. The teachers consider it about the
most useful thing the girls can learn. so many
of these people" of the teachers said. eat so
much Of the commercially prepared jams and pre-
serves. which may be wholesome and may not
Anyhow. they're certainly expensive than
homemade sweets Lots of the mothers don't know
how. to do up fruits. but IL thetr daughters learn
here they teach them and then when fruit Is
cheap the family can buy a quantity can 1t. and
be supplied with sweets for the winter.
Canaries and other birds in cages. says
AUTHORITY on the subject very easily get rheuma-
tisrn in their poor little legs from damp perches
And as a legful Of rheumatism IS a legful of rheu-
matism and therefore a legful of pain no matter
what Of the sufferer. il is not TO be sup
posed that rheumatism is less serious matter tof
a canary than for elephant.
The perches, therefore. should be kept dry II the
little feet get sore. bathing in rose water will cure
them. If the bird has chill II should have TWO
or three doses of olive oil and be sheltered care
fully from drafts. Even IN warm weather birds
should not hung in drafts. for they are very sus-
ceptibIe 10 them Another don't" for the woman
sweets Sweet things affect bird as they do
human singer-they rouGhen the voice.
\ New York woman has pretty. wide-mouthed
jar standing in the bathroom. and every leftover
Bit Of soap dropped in that instead OF helns
full she fills IT up with boiling water. adds the
iuice Of a lemon and a teaspoonful Of glycerine
and she has a delightful soap Jelly TO soften and
whiten the hands.
Some people some women I mean. have funny
ideas about work" said girl VINO goes 10 nusi-
ness every dav herself. I've one friend living
in \ certain suburban town, and l know perfectly
-aTI 49, sbe has 10 scratch It's as necessary
her to scratch il Is for me. But she's ashamed
10 admit It, and she does things on the sly. Sne
makes little articles and sells them in exchanges.
and things like that. but she never mentions l"r
work to her friends. and they never mention IL
~ her. They know she has TO Work, ana Sile
knows that they know. and they know mat she
knows that they know. but the polite hcton is
maintained IN their intercourse with her that she
IS a young woman Of leisure. They tax about IL
good and plenty behind her back. though 10"
ca they help II when girls silly as that?
81 know three sisters who keep house together
on a very limited income They've mentioned that
they were selling some things In "A woEan's ex-
cbaree-they were sensible enough not TO he
ashamed Of that-but they were ashamed To ten
what they were doing. They'd show me ht'io
rincushions and things, and tell me they were
doing those to sell in the exchange. one day
found ont what they really got their income by
III was cake-caI5e. and tney We're ashamed or u
And II was good cake. Now. why did they
consider ii honorable TO make plncushions for a
Iiyins and a disgrace to make cake? And why
did that other girl think il disgrace TO do any
thing for living, Those queer little samples are
a survival from past age, L suppose, nut IL
funny to find them floating around these days
And-it's pathetic. too
The Duchess of Sutherland has been nicknamed
tl,a drummer Duchess because n few years ago
when she went to Russia she packed her trunks
with samples of Highland tweed and arumtheo
M business for the small industries OF the Hlgh-
lands In ST. Petersburg and Moscow she spread
ont her wares in large room and invited the
tailors TO come and look at them