Morris tribune., 1907-11-16
SOCIOLOGICAL
Statistics of Divorce.

AT ACASAS OukE0u ndS EdLANIcA StA~
tistics showing that in the last ten
years 100000 suits for divorce have
been begun In this country, or at the
rate Of 10000 year. The forthcom-
ing report on these sta atistics will con-
tain an analysis Of the different COM
plants on which separation was asked.
It Is estimated that two-thirds of the
cases were successful There remain
about 10000 cases to be investigated,
and the whole subject Is to be brought
to the attention Of congress.
Home Consumption Nurses.
Commissioner Of Health Dixon OF
Pennsylvania has inaugurated a cam
paign against tuberculosis involving a
house to house inspection and instruc-
ton by visiting nurses, who will 60 to
the home OF every person applying to
the state dispensary for treatment. 1t
will be the duty Of the visiting nurses
to instruct the patient and the pa
tents family how to obtain the requi-
site amount of fresh air, the most de-
sirable foods and how to conduct
themselves SO as to avoid infection.
Every member Of household in which
a consumptive lives will be inspected,
and where there Is a sign Of i'll health
the suspected person will be persuaded
to adopt precautionary measures. In
this way it is hoped the state will be
able to check the spread of 1.-The great
white plague" by discovering hundreds
of cases In the early stages, when q
cure is probable. The difficulty which
has been experienced in sanitarium
work heretofore is that cases are not
reached until they are too far advanced
to be susceptible Of cure.
A Practical Dress Referner. !
Mrs. Anna G.. Noyes tells in the
independent how she has put, Into
practice recently her protest against
the tyranny of fashion in the matter
of clothes by the creation Of an orig
inal wardrobe embodying simplicity,
beauty. utility. comfort and economy.
Mrs. Noyes complains that the changes
In fashion move in q circle and that at
the end Of century. the only results
women seem to have definitely gained
are ''the $final abolition of the hoop
skirt, reduction in the weight and
number of petticoats and the one piece
undergarment next the skin" A few
months ago. Mrs. Noyes suffered the
loss of all her clothes in fire. so that
she had the problem of her entire
wardrobe to consider. Among the
more important objects she had in
view were to find convenient method
of putting on and off her dress. so that
she need not have to depend upon her
husband for buttoning; to find skirt
pattern full enough for comfort in
walking or running and so cut as to
hold its shape and be becoming; to dis
tribute the weight of her clothes On
her body so as to be free from dis
comforts; to provide enough pockets SO
that she need not have to hook on or
carry bag; to follow the natural curves
Of her body in the design of her dress
and not drag in extraneOus deformi- |
ties; to select color In tone with her
own color; to choose as textiles wool
for warmth, linen for GOODNESS, silk |
for cleanliness and only those mate
rials which could be readily washed
and changed with least expense in the
long run; to find hat becoming to
her and then to wear it as long as
there was wear In 1t; to wear shoes or
sandals that fitted her feet; to elimi-
nate starch and all jewelry but watch
and brooch to secure it and hairpins. |
Her dresses fasten with hooks and
eyes under the plait at the left, open
ing from the yoke to about eight inches |,
below the waist. They are all in one |
piece except those in which the yoke
counts as a second. Under those with
out yoke she wears china silk under |
waist with as high neck and long |
sleeves as those Of the dress. The I'M
derwaists and guimpes are Of wash |
able silk or linen. She Is able 70
change her dress, taking off one ana
putting on another In three minutes
without assistance and no mirror. SIS
nothing can 20 crooked and nothing
can come apart. One silk dress. with
o,1imne weighs six ounces and anOth-