The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-15

 In matrimony mated.
 A dozen men or more declare She should for them have waited. But if she had on them relied And for their offers tarried, The chances are she never would In all her life been married! Yet she believes these fakirs who Made no attempt to get her. And tells her husband that she could Have married so much better! And he believes it's true that She many men rejected. Because 1t tiatters him to think He was the one selectedl Henry Waldorf Francis in The Bo- hemian.
 TO REST, MAKE A CHANGE. William Kretshmar in The New Or leans Times Democrat has the foiioW- ing:
 HThe next best thing to taking . summer or winter trip is to change the aspect of ones home twice year. Such change does not imply domestic up heaval involving great work. family discomfort nor general wretchedness for a week or more. It simply means what any woman can accomplish with cd by ordinary general cleaning day effort on the part of the housemaid or maid of all work.
 No woman who has not tried 1t can conceive of the rest and pleasure re- sulting from such changes. Monotony is deadly to bodily and mental health 1; possibly to spiritual welI-being also. "A change of environments. even If to others. less attractive, Is beneficial. sirn- ply because 1t is a change. Let the most famous cook among housewifes, when physically depressed. dine or lunch with friend. and she will be astonished at the amount of appetite that comes to her, even though the viands do not meet her ideas of excellence.
 e.Children respond to changes how ever slight, and will eat as ravenously as though systematically starved if ta- ken from home for a visit. Eameness is not only fatal to health, but to good spirits and content. It is said that the reason prima donna and dramatic stars (American bishops also). carry their years lightly and keep, their good looks so long Is because of the constant suc- cession of changes in their lives--of climate. diet. companionship and imEne- diate environments.
 "Brain and body gratefully respond. there is no chance for flag, and the dq- ties of their respective professions are borne with seeming ease. though of the most taxing character.
 "A volume may be written about the benefits accruing to brain and body from change of scene and air to the art ist, student and business man, and to that greatest of all slaves to routine. the careful housewife. But all the world can not have timely changes of scene and air, and the question arises: What shall we do about 1t? That much can be done there is no doubt, and the resting of eye and brain by changes in kH. ~ l.. -nt.s. ven1- uable for reasonable reasons, as we'll is one of the most telling.
 "In the spring let all heavy drapsries come down, rugs be cleaned and put away (with proper precautions against moths), warm cushions removed from cane and wicker chairs and lace cur tains be laundered and carefully rele- gated to closet shelves and drawers. Rearrange such pictures as can be moved without great trouble. In short. denude and change your pretty home as much as possible. and mark how pleasing Is the result, with what pleas ure you will enter a room grown sud- denly unfamiliar. ..A ar comfort be the inspiring ddea m all vou do. Do not sacrifice free oralt and the pleasure of sitting near an un- ohatrueted window to the pleasing ef- Ssct of face draperies. Cover your up- hoIstered furniture with linen slip-cov- ara and reap the double advantage or The cool effect given to your rooms, ana inc savings of your damasks, maps etc. But this will meet the housewife.s eye in october, when the changes indicated are too long overdue to be put Into
 :srrue, but the point of emphasis re- mains to be told: that is. that all the hIeasures and profit resulting from anrine changes are doubled in the fall ir changing back again. There the keynote of our efforts becomes cozi- ness. cheeriness and any beauty show possible When to all we have taken flown and put away, to bring out sur prisinGly fresheped, we can add touch hare and there of something new, we feel as though just taking possession of a newly furnished home.
 Make such changes as are possible, by rearrangtng rooms in the matter of furniture, picturec. ornaments, etc. even though q present arrangement may be the most effective possible. Do something. anything. to rest eye and brain from dead level motonoy.
 ''Jt Is said that marked cases of in- somnia have been cured by changing from one sleeping room to another. What greater demonstration of the ad- vantage of change than this? The wise
 
 tary as completely as possible. as the season changes. Leave off heavy soups or serve cold ones in hot weather; cut of the distinctly starchy foods, heavy meats and desserts, in short, study the possibilities of a summer table, in win ter giving play to imagination and re- sources in the opposite direction.
 Then there is change of occupation which Is nearly as restful as change from doing. The work of the year can certainly be so divided that monotony may be absolutely broken. By such work is meant the special duties of the | daily routine.
 Tt is not impossible for nearly every woman to fix upon a location in mid summer or midwinter even if it should be very brief. when sewing. etc, may be laid aside for some congenial pur- suit or for drifting at pleasure2'
 HNo WEDDING GIFTS wANTED.s
 The following from The London Daily Mirror gives evidence that the custom of giving wedding presents is to be abolished in England. This will | be disastrous for the American must 1 be English You Know" and 1t would 1 go hard with a popular bride to ex- | psct your presence" and not your presents"
 The following is the article in The London Mirror:
 '1t is the especial wish Of both par