The National tribune., 1908-03-04

gossip. Certainly chances are agains
his being hurt socially. A woman, how
ever, cannot go alone out of her home
for amusement without at once becom.
ing center of gossip of the most un'
pheasant sort. She cannot even do mucI
at home in the way of entertaining un.
less her husband is with her. At hom,
or abroad. without him, she is almost
certain to be talked about, and no wO.
man of refinement and breeding like:
such a position.
Il Thoughtfulness is frequently respon.
sible for the unsatisfactory conditions
that prevail in many homes; thought.
fulness and forgetfulness of the many
things against which q man contends
during his business day, that make him
tired and even irritable by dinner time
| Despite this state of affairs, some wives
seem to think during the first year OF
married life that husbands will have
the same attitude toward them as dur
ing engagement, and are utterly unprc-
pared to meet the rubs that must some
times come to even the happiest and
most congenial of couples.
The wife doesn't understand why the
man who was so devoted to her as q
fiancee should seem Indifferent to her
or should be willing to stay away from
her for few hours in the evening
| when once he would not have beer
happy except with her. She forgets
that conditions have changed; that the
| he has a greater love for her than
formerly, and still would rather be with
her than with others, he knows he has
her to go back to, not in an Indifferent
taking -for-granted way, but with hap
piness and perfect contentment in the
| fact that she is there.
| The Indifference many women dis
play in little things after they are mar
ried is one of the never-ending sources
of surprise to many persons who look
on. There are women who, having mar
ried, seem to think that it is not neces-
sary for them to make any further eff
| fort to be attractive, amusing or pret-
| tily gowned. In point of fact, they sink
into an attitude of general Indifference,
that causes appalling results. 1t is not
| that such a woman cares less for her
| husband; she is constitutionally lazy or
stupid.
| 1t does not dawn on her that 1t Is not
pleasing to man who has worked hard
down town all day to keep the home
running and provide all he can for his
wife, to find her looking dowdy or being
peevish on his return. Being but hu-
man, he is irritated and disappointed,
because instead of the pretty, bright
Fgirl he used to see before he was mar
ried he finds a complaining and unbe-
comingly dressed wife.
| True, it is not always easy for wo-
man to be sweet and amiable md to
pretend that life is an unripple,. ocean
of JOY. But what will do much toward
helping her over surging seas of ser
want troubles and trying to keep house
| and dress on nothing a year is the
thought that her husband is working
| for her, doing the best he can, daily
meeting difficulties. disappointments and
setbacks, about many of which she
never knows.
That is his part of life, and he ex-
poets it, but the wife's share is to run
the home the best she knows how, SPAR
| ing him the vexations and trials there,
as he spares her down town, trying to
make herself pretty, sweet and unset
| fish. and home place to which he is
| glad to come.
She saves funny or interesting Incl
| dents to tell him, makes him as physi-
| cally comfortable as she can, studying
his tastes and inclinations, and her sue
cess lies not only in making him happy.
but being so herself.
Now, what do you think of this? AL
| ways new wrinkle from the young
woman of faculty" who knows how to
do everything the incest and easiest
way. Rice, she says, makes the best
possible filling for a fancy pincushion,
as it holds it's shape well and takes the
pins easily.
Veal makes an excellent salad hardly
discernible from chicken if prepared in
this way: Take any cold veal left over
put in saucepan with a few chicken
or turkey bones, add boiling water
slightly salted and bring to a scald.
Cool in the water, then cut in even dice
and use just the same as you would use
chicken for a salad, and few there are
who will know the difference. Even in
making the genuine chicken salad
many cooks add q generous piece of
veal cooking it with the chicken and
combining in the salad. The gelatin
Gus property of the veal really makes it
an addition instead of makeshift. Sea-
son the veal plentifully with celery salt,
and moisten with some of the stock in
which it has been cooked. Add celery,
cress or lettuce half and half, and be
liberal with your mayonnaise.
Great harm is done to the skin by
the use of a powder which contains
mineral substance in a large degree.
Lead arsenic. mercury and bismuth are
all active poisons, and their continued
use is most injurious. The presence of
sugar of lead in any cosmetic prepara-
ton can be detected by testing it with
ammonia, which will turn it black.
How many women find themselves
using their elbows as props when rest
ing or reading. The elbows are very
important feature in this day of short
sleeves, and it is impossible to take too
much care of the dimpled arms with
which nature is supposed to provide
us. Soft white elbows may be cultivat-
ed and kept in condition by soaking
them every day in very hot water and
then rubbing with cold cream or some
other skin food.
These details in the care of the ap-
pearance do take a great deal of time.
but in the end they are worth the eff
fort spent upon them.
CallouS elbows are one of the first
signs of age. and she is lucky who has
begun to care for her arms before the
dimples of youth entirely disappear.
A small table on castors is a big help
to any woman who does her own house |
work. BY using her head to save her
heels she can set a table, serve and
remove dishes with scarcely more than
one trip for each. To set the table all |
articles from pantry and kitchen can
be placed on the table and pushed |
around the dining table. To serve place |
soup on dining table by tray, if no |
tureen is used. If there is tureen the |
soup, meat, etc, can all be placed on |
table and pushed in.
Vegetables and dessert may be serv-
ed from this table and as each course !