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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-07-17
SOLUTION OF THE HELP PROB
LEM

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Every successful housekeeper of to-
day recognizes the perplexing state OF
affairs in regard to domestic service.
Domestic service in the United States
has passed through great changes in
the last fifty years. Until within a
needed in the house beyond that rem
dered by members of the family, was
secured by employing a neighbor's
wife or daughter, who was made one
of the family. While this still con-
tlnues in some rural districts, there
change, based largely on the inf1u-
ence from immigration and the
changes in the industrial system.
The American has been pushed up
from an uRskilled laborer to skilled
laborer, while the immigrant has TAX
en- her place, until at the present time
very few native Americans can be
secured for housework. In this way
the relation between the housekeeper
and the helper has had to change.
The manufacturing industries have
large influence in determining the
number of women who engage in do
nestle service, as the factories seem
to prove more attractive than house
work. There are many reasons for
this.
There should be some standard of
work established so that the cook who
prepares three elaborate meals daily
Aor family of six, who often enter
tain, does not receive the same wages
as the cook next door who prepares
three simple meals for three people
who live very quietly. Workers in
the factories and stores are governed
by the same number of hours. Just
as the life, numbers, and demands of
different families vary, so does
the work vary. A standard of
wages cannot be established with
out a corresponding standard of work.
If housekeepers would bring them,
selves to a willingness to adopt the
hour plan, it would help the situation
greatly. If women would come in by
the hour, and be paid according to
their ability, the domestic service
problem would betpartly solved.
If the girls who are working for
wages in the household, as the major
ity are, were to be paid for the extra
time they put in, when the housekeep-
er is entertaining or housekeeping it
would only be fair. In the stores and
factories they are paid for extra time.
Another plan might be to let them
take an afternoon or day off to make
up for the extra labor performed.
If the people in the home would re-
afize that their helpers only want to
be treated fairly and do not want to
be imposed upon, they would have bet
ter service and the good will of their
helpers Mary j.. Brush In the Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-07-17
wouLp PEACH HoME.MAK1Ne.

Women physicians in Chicago have
taken stand advocating the right of
girls to enter any profession or to en-
gage in any business. At session of
the American Academy of Medicine
several men physicians read papers
deploring the fact that many women
left home life for industrial work and
asserting the future of the race de-
pended on the checking OF this wide
spreading evil" DR. Helen C. Putnam
OF Providence. R. l., then said: Every
woman has the right to develop her
hest faculties, to become educated and
to enter a business field where she
meets many men, SO she can select the
father for her children. / favor es-
tablishing study. of 'home-making' in
the public schools of our country"
DIR. Emma Culbertson OF Boston said
cooperation of the two sexes alone
was needed to settle the question of
the place of women in business life.
DIR. Otto Juettner of Cinr.nrati said he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-07-17
BRIDES OF THE MONTHS.


Here is a collection of proverbs pur.
porting to speak oracularly concern
! Ing the brides and the months:
+ A January bride will be prudent
housekeeper and very good temper
ed.
A February bride will be kind and
affectionate wife and tender mother.
A March bride will be frivolous
chatterbox, somewhat given to quar-
reling.
An April bride will be inconstant,
not very intelligent, but fairly good
looking.
A May bride will be handsome,
amiable and likely to be happy.
A June bride will be impetuous
and generous.
A July bride will be handsome and
smart, but a trifle quick-tempered.
An August bride will be amiable and
practical
A September bride will be discreet.
An October bride will be pretty,
coquettish, loving, but jealous.
A November bride will be- liberal,
A December bride will be fond of
novelty and entertaining .-London
Scraps.
DESIGNED HER OWN CHIFFONIER.
Boxes for many things are needed
by the woman who makes elaborate
toilets. That fact has inspired at
least one woman, known always as
bright A chiffonier that adorns her
home is one she designed It has
three tiers of drawers of varying
sizes, covered with fine Japanese mat
ting that matches the cretonne and
wallpaper of her boudoir. One draw
er has a compartment for three
lengths of gloves, each holding six
pairs in order Then comes a separ-
ate place for starched ties and col.
lars, and another for soft neckwear.
In row, as if the owner had fond
ness for ALTERATION, are the COM
partments for handkerchiefs, hosiery
and-hair.-New York Press.
FASHION NOTES.
To be smart one must have tw.
tucks taken horizontally in the
sleeve.
A popular device is to simulate the
wide armhole by band of material
The tight-ftting sleeves in some
OF the Paris gowns look like stumps.
The net and mousseline de sole
tucRings are a great help in giving
a fanciful touch to the bodices.
An Oriental design worked out in
several shades of brown makes a
charming banding for trimming a
pongee gown.
The wistaria is a graceful design
much favored at present among the
embroideries.
A number of the pony coats of the
season have a slashed opening each
side of the front at the bottom, and
they are either closed with single or
double breasted front, or finished
with a tiny fiat vest.
An exceedingly smart waist for
wear with ones tailored street suits
Is that of striped silk whose net ia
DOT Is strapped with the silk.
Undersleeves upon evening wraps,
as upon house gowns, are of full frills
Of lace. often slashed to the shoulder,
beneath dolman-like sleeves on the
wraps, and capped by oversleeves OF
cloth on the house gowns.
The chemise or corset cover with
the tiniest of sleeves is one of the
new fashions that seems to be grow.
ing in favor.
THE feature of the season. the
head of a big wholesale stocking
house said this week, "is tan colored
hosiery and they are scarcer than
hens teeth"
In the evening the satin slippers
md silk stockings must match the
gown, unless black or bronze slippers
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-07-17

There are 10000 lakes in New.
foundland.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
WEST .vlRalNLA..APPLE

II
"The. apple and peach dis,rtets NJ
West virginVia are. In some Tstpertf
not unlike those of the plarf. nut
region. but with two imp mt e1eee
to market and tacft
tiles for transpo zion e say,s 7sr3L-
NJ. Munson. OF the sstate TsSpeTtment
Station Mt MorEantown, with HAITI
more. Washington Phil thtal
York. Pittsburg and tile htndrcs IS ps
mining and factory towns az hs.rs seyy1
door, this State IS unlsual ny taiurez
in regard to disposiitr ~ m
tural prodntts. ny 1i1sa I sina q
West Virginia 5horticultr lure. then Il {
that Dame Nature Inns been sprfhI1y
mindful of the welfare OF 4the myliipnr
who are doomed to sspenls their firrz
with the confines OF Htln- ma fac
tory, contingencies and ONCE i,Y
placing with easily accessible ais
tances thousands of ncres OF isp1ne o.
the best fruit lands I'm Ameriea tbs
hills of Mineral. Morgnn and sfIarnp
shire counties. many OF tlipm mt tyaIS
liable for other agricnftiral pnrp5acs
are already famous as me hume
some of the best peach orchaIdsfntil eS
country, and the fame OF these urrass
ards as well as a very nrnn1I HunrtitY
OF the luscious fruit pro nced ahaafsf
tended far beyond the runtine1 81 os,z
own State or the Atlartir seahonrz.
West Virginia peaches IRE Is facfnr
in the fruit markets OF the wprid
"TEe elder sisters On ,litrrpNlng9
OF the counties named. BeTkeleySrrt'
Jefferson. together with Brooke ank
!. Hancock. and numerous wtdeiyreat
tered districts In other. sections q NE
State. speak loudly OF the merits Il
West Virginia as an apnle Statr II
after seeing orchard rter orchard.
of SO to 400 acres in extent With ID
trees bending under the weight ~
some of the finest apples it has ever
been my fortune 70 examine. ulc
still skepticals as to the snnssybIIttie1
in the direction OF apple orehardinstn
West irginia. all doubt wpu1d fnnish
when the news leaks out Ethlt enc q
the Justly famous Miller 9llaz
! sold his crop and received M
more than $4,000 this year. ands tn
: in the past 20 years q: tract of S. lnec
, has brought returns Of more u11n
: $3.50. 900. II believe. however. mt :
portion of this Income Is 10 hesers4-
; tied to peaches grown during o.
early years Of the apple tFeea.1 ts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15

Con. Phone s2s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
occurred on The 9th, sth, 9th and

occurred on the 9th, sth, 9th and
l0th.-John Holt.
Grafton. Tnylor-Cloudy. unfarora-
BILE weather prevailed most of the
week, with showers every day. except
the 18th and 12th.-s. w. Wilson.
Hendricks Tucker-The week was
cloudy and showery. High northwest
winds prevailed on the 18th. The
sunshine was about 25 per cent. of the
possible amount.-A. G. Fansler.
Moundsville. Marshall-The weather
was mild and wet. Rain fell on every
day, the 7th and 18th. The sunshine
averaged about so per cent. OF the
possible amount.-C. G. Dawson.
Parkersburg. Wood-The tempera-
ture averaged about 3 degrees above
the normal and the precipitation was
slightly in excess. The sunshine nv
eragel so per cent. OF the possible
Administration Center.
Phflippi. Barbour-There was n
frost on the 5th. but very little dam
age was done. Showers fell on every
day from the 4th to the 10th, inclu-
sive. except the 7th. The sunshine
was about AZ per cent OF the posi-
BILE amount. d. Dadisman.
| Wheeling. Ohio-The first part oil
the week warm and the last part
moderately cool. There was thnn
derstorm on the morning OF the sth
High wings prevailed on the 11th.-
Miss NJ. B. Forsyth.
Southern Section. r.
Arbovale. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fell
on the st hand 10th. The night tenn
peratnres were generally low for thu
season.-W. Z. ArboEast.
Boncroft. .Putnam-The week wa.
very wet. The 5th and 9th were COO
, days. The sunshine averaged abou
, 40 per cent. OF the possible amount
, James Hill.
: Cuba. Jacksonville weather WA
generally cloudy and wet. Thunder
storms occurred during the nights o
the 18th and Sth.-C. T. Perry.
Duncan. Jacisson-Rain fell on tn,
sth and 10th. The first OF the .weel
was COOL. s. Harvey.
Dunmore. Pocahontas-The stt
9th. and 10th were showery. The we
weather has retarded form work.-E
N. Moore.
Garrett Kanawha-High winds pre-
vailed during a thunderstorm on tn
sth. Heavy showers fell on Friday
F. Pierson.
Lewisburg. Greenbrier-Farorabl
weather prevailed during the week.
Geo. T. Argabrite.
Neponset. Summers-Showers fe
on the 5th. sth and 1oth.-H. H. MI
Ter. -
Princeton, Mercer-Showers fell %
the Sth. 9th and 10th. The temper,
ture was above the normal, and tn
sunshine was deficlent.-H. Scott.
Spencer. Roane-The week wa
very wet. retardinE all farm worl
The conditions are favorable.-A. \
McKown.
Williamson. Mingo-The week wa
mostly cloudy and wet. The Tempe
ature averaged above the normal
! F. Keyser.
! H. c. HOWE.
4 Section Director.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
VVeather Bulletin
FOR tiEyYEEles ENDING APRIL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Y


The Temperature was Slightly beloS
freezing In nearly all sections on the
morning of the Cd and near freezing
In many sections ON the mornings OF
the 4th. 9Th and 18th. but practically
no damage was done. Moderately cool
weather also prevailed on the morn
inEs of the 18th and 18th. The day
temperatures were moderately high
from the eth !, to the 10th. inclusive.
and the temperature for the week
averaged about degrees above the
normal.
Precipitation.
+ Showers occurred In most sections
on the 9th and from the sth to the
10th. Inclusive. making the average
precipitation for the week considers
bly, above the normal.
Sunshine and cIoudiness.
Cioudiness was general from the sth
to the 10th. inclusive. Clear weather
was the rule on the 9th. 9TH. 18th and
18th. The sunshine averaged about
so rer cent of the possible amount.
While the conditions are generally IA
vornble. dry weather is needed.
Remarks by Correspondents.
tName OF postoffice Is followed by.
name of county,
Panhandle Section.
Bayard. Grant-Showers occurred
from the 9Th 10 the 18th. inclusive.
except tho 7th. The minimum tenn
perature on the 9Th was % degrees.
Solomon Clark.
Charles Town. jefferson The con-
hitions are favorable. The season is
ten days earlier than last year.-W.
T. Mcdonald.
Franklin. Pendleton = Unseasona-
bly, cool weather prevailed from the
Sd to the 5th. but early fruit was not
injured. The weather was favorable
for outdoor work.-Rer. s. s. Oliver.
Hnrner's Ferry. Jefrerson-Rnin fell
on the Sth. and the weather was
cloudy on the 9th 9th and 10th.-S
w. Lightner.
Romney. Hampshire = The weel
was too wet for farm work. The
nights OF the 5th. 9th and 7th were
very cool. but early fruit was moi
injured.-Jno. C. Linthicum.
/. Upper Tract. Pendleton-The wealth
er was cool and cloudy. The lowest
temperature was &c degrees ON tn.
morning of the 5th.-olin r. Mallow.
Northern Section.
Creston. Wfrt-Showers fell on tn,
sth. 9th. and 10th. The 9th and I'll
were moderately warm. The weel
closed COOL. VI. Reed.
Davis. Tucker-Unseasonab COO
weather prevailed on the Sd and At
and about three inches OF snow fel
on these dates. The week was show
ery-John Raese.
Elizabeth. wirt-Showers fell o.
the Sth. 9th and 10th. The condition
are favorabIe.-E. Guthrie. Z.
Elkins. Rnndolph-The temperatur
averaged degrees above the norma
and the precipitation was LIS inche
above. Rain fell on the 5th. sth. lot
and 18th. The sunshine was dencien
Local Office. Weather Bureau.
Fairmont, Marion-Showers fro,
the Sth to the 18th, fnclusive.-F
4 Glenn Fleming.
Chenille. Gilmer-The temperatur
was slightly below freezing on th
mornings OF the 4th and 5th. Shower
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
CHAs.& &c. RoBB.
Do You Eat7

Then come here; We save you mon
ey. Specials for Saturday. April 18th.
Nice ripe tomatoes. 10c per ID. and
bananas best In town is c per dozen.
Roe. Buck and Split shad. Salmon.
Trout. Founders. Pike and Herring.
JACKSON ST. GROCERY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES
First Ward Livery Co.

Will have wagon meet ferry to deliver
parcels. baggage. trunks. ETC., day OF
night Both phones.
HOMER THOMAS. Manager.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
VETERINARY SURGEON.

H. p. BarthoIow, Jassb st.
When In need of Veterinarian cali
or phone DR.. Barthslsw. All ealla
answered promptly. First ward, Fair
mont.
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To My Friends and Patrons.

am still doing business at the old
stand opposite the Courthouse where
l will continue to furnish to my. Gus.
toners the best In meats. fish AMI
poultry.
CHAS.tC. :ROBB. Is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15

of Joseph G. Cannon will
be named by the Republican Congress
sional district convention OF the Thfr.
teenth district. which meets to-mor-
row.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
ARTISTIC 'Il|' II TAILORING

Walsh,s tailoring establishment will
move from Yost building, North Side,
TO room now occupied by shurtIett &
5,Relton, Main street, about April 10.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-15
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LAuN DRY.
RESTAURANTS.
Rcush's Restaurant,

The most up-to-date restaurant In
Fairmont. Everything to eat in sea
Son Madison st, near B. ana o..
tennt
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uPPHoLSTERING,

We make specially OF first class
up to date upholstering. both plain and
fancy. Mattresses and feathers rem
ovated. Sewing machine needles and
supplies. All work guaranteed.
II. C. VOELKER,
W. c. T. u. Bldg.
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MONUME NEs.

A. q. Keen,
Manufacturer of Monunents, Head
Stones and Tablets. Dealer IN Marble
and Granite. 212 jackson st. =. and
M. phone 257.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-18
CHINA GRUMB[ES
At NEW REGIME
PRINCE CHUN TIGHTENS HIS
GRIP TO MAINTAIN PEACE OF
THE EMPIRE.-MANY BANKS
CLOSE.

Peking, Nov. 17.-China is begin
ming to realize that the emperor
and the dowager empress are dead.
Prince Chun, regent of the empire,
in fear of the increasing excitement
and revolutionary movements, has
taken firm grip on affairs and has
adopted stringent measures that will
result in the maintenance of peace
for a time at least
At noon the gendarmes guarded
the streets and other military forces
were held in readiness for any even
tuality. Every precaution was taken
to prevent recurrence of the revo-
lutionary tactics of last April and
May, which were marked by wide
spread incendiarism. The foreign
legations are under guard, special
detachments of Chinese troops keep
ing watch at the approaches. The
statement was made at the legations
that there was no fear that the Chi
nese government would be unable
to aord ample protection, but those
within the legations We're more alert
than usual and seemingly anxious to
have set at rest the doubts arising
from the swift movements of events
in the last few days.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-18

This is cat fur" said a furs1eH.
1--WE use it for Innings. An excellent
lining cat fur makes too. Dogs, calves,
colts, coons. opossums, bats, rats--any
animal that wears fur, In fact, is sa1a-
BILE in the fur market. Bat hair is
felted up with other stuff into an imi-
tation skin. 1t is also used, l believe,
in rope plating. The dog. the coon
and the opossum yield fur that, prop
erly treated, makes very handsome
lining. Rat skins are employed in GER
tain delicate repairs, and they also
serve to form the thumbs of cheap
gloves. A queer thing about the fur
business is that the furs must be taken
In the dead of winter. The trapper
must work under the cruelest climatic
conditions. Only thus is the fur at it's
hest The dresser, on the other hand,
who could work best in cold weather,
must do all his work in the heat OF
summer or otherwise he would not be
able to keep up with the changing
fashions. "-EXchange.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-18
The Ewes of the Camel.

One of the camels-the seven were
lying just beyond the circle of fire
light - rose complaining. Mustafa's
Ahmed slipped away upon his duty.
Presently l heard his cultural cawing
to get the camel again to rest, but the
beast would not down and must be
beaten, the boy meanwhile mounting
great curses. l wondered that being
so small should without peril to him.
self strike q creature like this with his
fist, continuing all the time within
reach Of teeth and hOOfs.
Il will tell the khawaja," replied
Mustafa, "a most curious and interest
ing thing about this"
Ahmed had mastered the camel and
now came to his place.
1.-THE khawa;a has observed" Musta-
IA continued, that child may beat
and commend a camel 1t is not be-
cause the camel is stupid nor yet be-
cause he is timid; it Is because Of a
wise provision whereby God suited
him to the weakness Of men. The
camel's eyes are like magnifying
glasses and increase the stature Of his
master seven times, wherefore he is
obedient to the gigantic appearing
creature"
In Damascus, too, heard this super
stition.-Norman Duncan in Harper's
Magazine.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-18
The TeiItale Hand.

A writer in an English weekly de-
clares that If we want to know what
the other person is thinking we must
look at his or her hands. Even I'M
practiced lips can lie, as every one
knows. Long practice in self control
will enable one to keep ones voice
sweetly cordial when there is nothing
but Indifference or cold dislike behind
1t. The eyes can be made TO shoot
glanceS which are not at all register
FOR the emotions. But the hands, 1t is
asserted. are utterly beyond the con-
troll Of those to whom they belong.
Even people who hardly gesticulate at
all-and to keep the hands still is con-
sidered by the Anglo-Saxon most es-
sential part of good braeding-even
these people are. it seems. constantly
revealing themselves in little move
ments of the hands. The immortal Null
vaney has put it On record that a wo-
mans truth or untruth can be dis
cerned by the action of her hands. OF
course it takes a practiced reader to
interpret what the hands are saying.
1t is not a case Of she who runs may
read"