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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-02-01
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Women in Prominent Posts.

The progress of woman is shown
in reports of individual success in
various parts of the country. Mrs.
A. B. Enright has been appointed
county supervisor of schools in East
Concord, VT, taking the position in
competition with several men. In
addition to the exacting duties of her
school work, Mrs. Enright shoulders
all the responsibilities that fall to
her lot as the wife of the pastor of
one of the largest Methodist parishes
in Vermont. Another successful wo-
man is Mrs. Alice u. Clarke, Of Gar
field County, California, who has
been Endorsed on non-partisan ba-
sis by the normal institute for the
Office of State superintendent of pub
lie instruction. 1t is believed that
Mrs. Clarke will be named without
serious opposition. She is serving
her second term as superintendent of
schools for Garfield County and her
good work in this post led to her in
dorsement for the higher Office
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
ried year, divorce becomes improb-
able, and is much rarer in middle
life than it is with us.
Homes of Their Own.

The home is the kernel of life.
There is no danger that daughters
will despise marriage and home.
They will take to it only too readily
when the magic hour strikes, but
parents may we'll deliberate before
they wantonly strengthen girls in
nate tendency to seek home of her
own. For there is a sweet dignity
of maidenhood and womanhood
which is sacrificed in an inordinate
quest for husband and home.
With sons it is different. Many
men need to have the home princi-
pie fostered and built up. They must
be made not only good hearted, but
must have their nomadic instincts
carefully repressed and taught to CEN
tire around the sacred idea of home.
Then, when once the notion of
home and its paramount Importance
is fixed in his mind, a young man is
perfectly free to go forth and find a
maiden to share it.-Woman's Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

Notices and warnings on placards
do not begin to make the impression
upon the public that one individual
experience will. Every woman knows
that in all postoffices are cards beg
ging persons to put their names end
addresses on all valuable letters, that
they may be returned in case they
cannot be delivered. One woman, at
least, has seen and disregarded them
for years, but in the future she will
do differently. Last month she had
occasion to send away $40 and put
one bill of that denomination in an
envelope, which she neither regis
tered nor wrote on the back for re-
turn. The letter was never delivered,
and the woman was obliged to send
another bill, this time registered.
One day this week her first letter
came back to her after six weeks of
wandering.
She found that she had used one of
her husbands business envelopes, on
which was stamped his name and adj
dress, and because she had misdirect-
ed 1t in the first place 1t had come
back to the name printed at the top
Thus she is In $40, and when she
senIs money again by mail there II
no doubt thst the letter win hayt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
BY HARRY LONG.

stretched far away behind it. and on
every SIDE, leaving the lake, and the
marrow belt of forest encirclinp If
iihe an oasis in the desert.
II was long ride around to tbe
point | had in view, but finally o.
rived there, and with a sigh of satis.
lactlon | tied Fleet to a tree. and
settied myself to the pleasant tasr
Oh transferring to paper, as best !
might, some faint likeness of tbe
beautiful scenery.
l was an artist, not only by nature
oue by profession, and I had come
from my far-away home not only IN
WISH my sister and her husband but
10 carry back with me materials for
an ambitious landscape painting that
was to appear on the walls Of the
Academy of Fine Arts.
In a MT of laziness, induced nv tho
oppressive heat, I had put off INV
worA until now, and found myself
nearing the end of my visit without
having taken one step toward the
cnief object Of my journey.
NOW, therefore, finding myself at
last on the spot had selected for
my grand sketch, l fell to work in
all eagerness, absorbed utterly. as
was my wont, SO that 1 soon became
obvious of everything, save NV task
forgot poor, patient Fleet, wait
ing for his dinner; | forgot INV ou,
lunch; forgot that the hours were
creeping on-until at last returned
10 earth sufficiently to rail at the
neavy fog, which had latterly been
setting down over the lake. obscur-
ing my view.
Next became alive to the fact that
Fleet, my favorite horse and nv net
was snorting loudly and paving the
ground in a way that plainly indi-
Gated something amiss with him
We'll, it is time to start for home {.
thought |, as l rose and stretched nv
cramped limbs. "The fog is shutting
out the view. Phew! some one is
burning brushwood hereahouts: nv
nose shifts it, my eyes water at it,"
turned my eyes away from the
lake, and good heavens! fog, brush
wood-neither of these harmless
thlngs was it that had gradually
darkened the atmosphere, and was
causing my eyes and nose to sting
and smart. No wonder that poor
Fleet snorted and paved the ground.
Wild with Impotence and fear.
The forest was on fire-on fire in
the most alarming sense of the word,
1t was not slow, languishing fire,
creeping along the ground at a mod
crate rate, but a fierce, roaring army
OF fiery demons, leaping and dancing,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Slavery Of Dress.


The redoubtable Professor Thomas,
of Chicago University, proceeds with
his dissection of lovely woman in the
American Magazine, his particular
topic this time being female apparel.
The subject is not a new one. For
ages 1t has afforded abundant oppor.
tunity to philosophers and moralists
for heaping abuse upon the heads OF
womenkind. But Professor Thomas
has something new to say about it.
From his point of view, the moralists
were all on the wrong tack. The OBJ.
Ject of their abuse is mere helpless
victim. "only pawn in the industri.
al game played by man"
Her individual possessor uses
her." says Professor Thomas, "as a
symbol of his wealth, and the cap
tains of industry make her the oc.
casion of a market for the costly and
changeable objects which fashionable
habits force her to accept. New FASH
ions are not always beautiful; they
are even often ugly, and women know
1t, but they embrace changes as fire.
quent and as radical as the ingenu-
ity of the mode makers can devise.
Women do not wear what they want,
but what the manufacturers and
trades people want them to want.
The people who supply them also
control them"
The reason for the extreme differ.
entiation in the dress of the sexes ia
not due to the nature of either, ac-
cordRg to Professor Thomas. Man
is nShrally incShed to personal dis.
play, he says, but he has come to
have more effective means of getting
results, and so he has given UP or
nament. Money is now his main
charm" Woman, on the contrary
has to depend on her charm for ev.
erything. She is mot naturally spec.
tacular," but when man had &C.
quired specialized skill which gave
him mastery of the world and her
person as well'' she began to special
lie the display which he was aban
doning. Restricted In movement,
with no specialized skill, with not
even life to educate her in the broad
sense in which men encounter 1t, and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

limited in her interests by the pro.
prietary tastes of man, her occupa.
ton is to charm" And in this oc.
cupation she has become so absorbed
as even to forget its original purpose
She almost loses sight of man-af
ter marriage, at least-in her inter.
est in outstripping other women. Men
would prefer her more simply dressed
but this is her game-indeed, it is
almost her business" And here is
retribution, for man pays the bills.
Underlying the charm of woman's
dress Professor Thomas finds two
main principles, namely, its emphasis
of her sex and the helplessness tc
which it reduces her. For instinc.
tive reasons which we do not control
and do not completely understand.
signs of SEX" he says, have very
~oTerful emotional effect Hence
the emphasis of woman's most strik-
ing anatomical popularity, waist
which measures small in comparison
with the bust and hips" 1.-THE help.
lessness involved in lacing, high heels,
undivided skirts and other impedi.
menta of women has a charm in tina
eyes of man because 1t appeals to his
protective and masterful instincts.
1T is his opportunity since the dis
appearance of large game and in the
piping times of peace
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Health, the Secret.

The secret of beauty may be ex-
pressed In very few words-health,
ease, grace of movement and proper
mental attitude. The Circle says of
the latter that beauty is permanently
possible only when the mind is right.
1t may be possible for cross, worry
ing and inconsiderate young woman
to be beautiful, but-she will not.
cannot possibly, keep her beauty more
than a few years. Gradually the fig
ure will stiffen, the face become tensed
and wrinkled and the voice ungentle
and unpleasing. On the other hand
a number of plain women have be-
come beautiful through habitual
calmness, hopefulness and loving
kindness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

tinctly novel and graceful and can be
made with the long deep cuffs match
ing the blouse of one material extend
ing over the wrists or can be cut off
In three-quarter lengths, all new
styles being popular for blouses of
the sort. They are laid in tucks at
the inside edges and fall in graceful
folds at the other.
The waist is made with a fitted lin
ing, and itself consists of the front
and the backs. 1t Is laid in fine
!. tucks, and when the chemisette is
used it Is cut out on indicated lines.
The sleeves are in one piece each,
but arranged over fitted Innings,
made with upper and under portions,
and these Innings are faced to form
deep cuffs.
The quantity of material required
| for the sixteen-year size is three and
three-Quarter yards twenty-one or
twenty-four, two and a half yards
thirty-two or two and one-quarter
| yards forty-four inches wide with
seven-eighth yard of all-oyer lace and
one and seven-eighth yards of band
ing to make as illustrated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Simplifed Marriage.

We marry for love, and frequently
stay married long time without it,
writes Vilhjalmer Stefansson, in
Harper's Magazine. while with the
Eskimo the marriage of conven-
ience," as it is in the beginning, is
never long endured unless love de-
velops. Whenever either husband or
wife prefers separation, divorce takes
place. There is peculiar economic
factor which accounts for this free
dom. An Eskimo wife can leave a
husband without a single thought of
"How shall l support myself and my
child?" for as long as there are food
and clothing in the community they
will be cared for. Nor does the wom-
an suffer in social standing. AS a
matter of fact, however, If a couple
are congenial enough to remain mar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Misses, Five Gored Skirt.

The skirts that close at the front,
in what is known as coat style, are
among the latest developments of
fashion and are exceedingly smart in
effect. They suit young girls admir-
ably well. and this one will be found
available for the future as we'll az
for present needs. In the illustration
it is mades of serge stitched and
closed with buttons and buttonholes,
and serge is favorite for the present
and incoming seasons, but linen, pop.
linette and the like are charming so
made, and new skirts of the sort are
quite likely to be in demand, while
also all the heavier skirting AMI suit.
ms materials will be found admir-.
able
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

port, so that had not that overpow.
erlng horror of death that otherwise
must have oppressed me.
Ihere was one little spot as yst
untouched by the flames, though they
were Somentarily closing in upon it;
ana thither fed, riding to its utter
most limits ere l dismounted.
Then l looked about me once more.
IN last dying effort of hope; it was
SO hard to resign myself to meet so
horrible death. Behind me, to the
right, to the left, that terrible wall
OF fire; in front, the lake, calm, beau
tiful, clear as a mirror, glittering in
The sunlight; two hundred feet below
me; and then. looking downward,
close at my feet, saw that l stood on
projecting point of the cliff, over
hanging tangled mass of under
brush, at least one hundred feet be-
low me.
The fire would be checked on this
rocky shelf saw that at a glance;
put, alas, there was plenty of fuel to
feed it up to the very outermost edge,
and its mad career would be stopped
too late to save me; for there was no
spot of refuge to which I could fee
until It's fury should have passed.
Already / felt its scorching breath
on my cheeks as stood waiting, with
my hand resting on my poor, trem-
bling horse; and suddenly, as he
whinnied piteously, the thought came
to me that he, at least, need not suffer
so painful death as stared his mas
ter in the face.
always carried pistol, and now
l drew it out. and nerving my shak-
ing hand, drew it to his beautiful.
quivering ear, but lowered 1t again as,
for the first time, I noticed that my
clumsy artists umbrella still swung
from its accustomed place from a
ring in the saddle. 1t had so hap
pened that the spot in which I had
been sketching, when hemmed In by
my fiery foe, was so cool and shady
that the umbrella was not needed;
so I did not remove 1t from the
saddle.
When I drew the trigger, Fleet
would fall, it might be, upon 1t; he
might not live a moment or two. vet
even for that short time 1 did not
choose that the strong, heavy steel
ribs should have the chance of adding
to his pain.
I detached it from the saddle; and
even as l did so the sudden memory
of little Dolly's experiment that
morning-ah, how far away it
seemed!-forced smile to my dry
lips, and then followed thought,
swift and startling as a lightning
flash.
A parachute, Dollie called 1t; and
why not use it is such now, in my dire
extremity? 1t was very strong and
stout, and I had some Irvine in my
pocket, with which to secure the ends
of the ribs to the handle, so that it
could not turn wrong side out.
With the resistance 1t would offer
to my descent, I felt sure that it was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

quite possible to land in the midst of
the brushwood-a hundred feet be-
low-with no more serious hurt than
bruises and scratches, or perhaps a
broken limb; and surely these were
light evils in comparison to being
burned to death.
With eager fingers, I knotted the
Irvine to the steel ribs, and secured
the former to the base of the handle.
The flames were almost upon me by
this time; SO, with one long-drawn
breath, l raised my pistol once more,
and with one quick, nervous jerk,
sent bullet into the brain of my
petted steed
Then, as he gave one wild shrek,
and fell lifeless at my feet, seized
the umbrella-Dollie' parachute
and leaped off the rock.
At the outset fell so rapidly that
I almost lost my breath, but in a
second / could feel that my descent
was checked, and then began a sway
ing, jerking motion, that made my
head spin.
Doubtless there was not more than
one or two moments interval between
my leap from the ledge and my land
ing amidst the branches of small
tree, but 1t seemed as many hours.
When I clambered down to the
ground, scarcely believing yet in my
wonderful escape, l found myself
with sound limbs. My hands and
face were scratched and bleeding, my
clothes torn to rags; but what cared
II?
The fiery fiends were leaping in
disappointed anger far above me, and
now could listen to their roar with
out tremor, save of grief at the loss
of my favorite steed.
Keeping along the shore Of the
lake, reached my sisters house just
as serious alarm was beginning to be
felt at my prolonged absence, and a
party about to set forth in search o.;
me.
"Dollie," said I, that night, as
took up the dear little niece / had so
nearly parted from forever-"D ollie,
you were right, after all. Uncle
Harry's big umbrella is parachute,
and If you had not told him so he
would never have known it, and so
he would have been devoured by the
hungry flames. We will make beau
tiful glass case, and put the parachute
away in it, and label it 'Dollie's Para
chute Saturday Night.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
U-Gsa -S71
Ng, FRiLLS III
THAAFAsHSoMA0

Roses for hats are immense in size
New coats are very deliberately
braided.
Modish grays range from deepest
smoke to palest pe&fl
The Psyche knot is the favorits
couture of the moment.
The fringed scarf is as fashionable
for the hat as for the gown.
\ Pompadour ribbons are much iD
demand for evening sashes.
One of the new ideas in evening
wraps is the long ulster of pale cloth
"a coy garment If not graceful
one.
An evening gown of gold bullion
cloth is shot here and there with
dashes OF pink. Tulle softens the
arms and neck,
The 'two-faced" veil for motoring
is real autumn novelty. 1t is mads
of two large motor wells of chiffon
of contrasting color, stitched togeth.
er at the side hem. In different lights
1t takes variegated hues.
Gray, black and blue broadcloth
wraps are lined throughout with gray
or black satin. and many of the new
models are made by the high Direc.
toire belt to display corset effect,
securing cleverly the slight hipless
lines so much in vogue.
Wedding gowns are changed so that
instead Of the heavy velvet train
hanging from the shoulders the veil
will fulfill its old mission and be veil
and train in one. Thus, when the
veil is discarded the gown Is one that
may be worn for dinners and dances.
Waile the Directorie style holds al.
most unrivalled sway. the sheath
gown is absolutely taboo, and even
the skirts with false slashes, under.
laid with contrasting material. are
frownsd upon, though they promised
to be sarorite model earlier IL th,
ssaacn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Too Good For This World.

Albert was a solemn-eyed, spir-
itual-looking child.
Nurse" he said one day, leaving
his blocks and laying his hand gently
on her knee. Nurse, is this Gods
day?s
mo. DEAR said the nurse, "this
is not Sunday. 1t is Thursday"
I'm 80 sorry" he said, sadly. and
went back to his blocks.
The next day, and the next, in his
serious manner, he asked the same
question, and the nurse tearfully said
to the cook, THAT child is too good
for this world"
On Sunday the question was re-
peated and the nurse, with sob In
her voice, sale: "Yes, Lambie; this
is Gods day."
4Then where Is the funny paper2"
he demanded.-Success.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

and rushing onward with almost
lightning speed.
| shall never forget the feeling of
utter horror and despair that over
whelmed me, as the imminent danger
of my position was thus suddenly re-
vealed to me. | actually believe the
hairs on my head rose up and stood
on end; certainly they felt as if they
did. in the first shock of surprise.
But that was over in moment,
and, collecting my scattered senses,
took in the whole situation at one
rapid glance.
In front of me a bold, precipitous
bank, totally impossible on account
of the dense underground, even if it
had not been so steep; the glistening
waters of the lake far below; to the
right, to the left, behind me, one I'M
broken semi-circle of flame-fierce,
cracking, roaring-leaping over the
dry, parched underbrush, with a
speed that even my fieet-footed
Arabian could not hope to equal.
And if he could, what would it mat
ter, since the fierce flames imprisoned
me on three sides, and a precipice on
the fourth p
With sinking heart strained my
eyes to discover some loophole of es-
cape, some break in the advancing
wall of fire; and an ejaculation of
thanksgiving burst from my parched
lips, as, far away on the left, saw
a little, dark spot in the line of flame,
and remembered that just there a
beautiful spring bubbled up in the
middle of the forest, making a pool
small and shallow, yet all-sufficient to
preserve my life, could reach it be-
fore the army of fiery demons should
flank it, and stretch an impossible
barrier between me and this, my one
hope of safety.
In one second was on my horses
back, and fleeing at breakneck pace
toward that blessed spot of refuge
an oasis, verify, in that desert of fire.
1t was fully half mile distant, and
though my fleet-footed animal, SEEM
ingly imbued with full knowledge of
all that depended on his speed, few
over the ground as even he had never
done before, soon saw that the race
was a desperate one, well-nigh hope
less.
The hungry cutlery and roar OF
the flames, as they leaped and danced,
and waltzed among the dry brush
and trees-yet ever dashed forward
on their irresistible course-mad-
dened my poor horse with fear, and
drowned my voice as / strove to
soothe him.
On and on he rushed, his eyes al
most starting from their sockets,
foam flying from his mouth and
| flecking his sides with great white
patches; seldom has horse spuined
the earth as did my poor, frightened
Fleet, during that awful race with
the demons of fire!
But it was all in vain!
Before he could reach that one
little rift In the great, red wall, ii
was closed up; and then the unbroken
| line of fire seemed to dash onward
with even greater speed than before.
There was only one thing left for
me to do-to gain few moments
respite, in which to make my peace,
as best l might, with my God; and
thanked Him then that His hand
had always been my guj9s and sup
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
A Quiet Homo.

Il always make it a rule to shut
myself away in my own room for one
hour every afternoon writes a
Mother of Ten" IF l didn't, l real
ly don't know how | should get on
sometimes. / look on that quiet hour
in the afternoon as an excellent in
vestment, for l come down after it
rested, and consequently less worried,
which is good for everybody in the
house-husband, children and maids.
If by any chance miss it, find that
everything goes wrong during the
rest of the day, and I'm dreadfully
irritable and snappish. Home Chat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
The skirt is cut on the new lines.

The skirt is cut on the new lines.
and gives the fashionable slender eff
feet to the figure, yet it has width
enough at the lower edge to mean
comfort in walking. 1t can be made
with habit back or inverted pleats as
liked. There are five cores and the
front gore is finished with hem at
its left edge and buttoned over onto
the side gore. The upper edge is at
tached to belt. When inverted
pleats are used they are stitched fiat
for several inches below the belt. For
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Rose ParasOls.

Parasols with tops formed of big
rose colored petals were used at
barn dance in the country. Old par
asol frames may be used for the pur-
pose, and girl with ingenuity may
easily make the rose covers Thin
green lawn stretched over the frame
makes an excellent foundation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Jeweled Neckties

Delightful are the new neckties of
silk worsted in Oriental embroidery
in which tiny jewels are introduced.
The tie is about nine or ten inches
long, and the two ends may be
knotted or merely crossed over and
fastened with a fancy pin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Cloth. Tops.

Cloth topped shoes are appearing,
and in greater variety than ever.
Checked and striped uppers have CIV
en- way to the light and white cloth
ones, and these are, unusually high,
being from six to eight inches above
the ankle. The lower part of the
shoe is of unstitched soft patent kid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Sleeves Match Bodice.

One of the departures in the fash
ion this season is the matching Of
the sleeve to the bodice instead Of to
the yoke. This does not mean that
the sleeve is of the same material as
the waist, for 1t is usually trans
parent fabric, but 1t matches in color.