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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
How to BE n Model Wife.

The newspapers are full of disserta-
tons OH such topics as how to be a
successful business woman, how to be
good stenographer how to be we'll
paid factory girl, how to be an efficient
housekeeper, how to be satisfactory
cook, how to be a prosperous dress
maker
But the question how to be model
wife seems TO have escaped the young
women who make their living by writ
ing such articles. Do they think being
q model wife is so easy that no instruc-
ton in that art is needed? Or is it
that after woman is once married
she need not trouble about being mod
ell wife. her chief concern being how to
make hers a model husband?
At any rate, the remarks of Mrs.
Sally Morris Cory OF New York, who is
wife herself. on the model wife prob
lem have all the charm of novelty. Mrs.
COry's theory is that woman may
best seek happiness in married life and
that if she conducts herself according
to a set of simple rules she will be rea-
sonably sure to find it. She says that
the model wife will never have an opin-
ion contrary to her husbands, will have
the same religion or none, If he has
none; will never try to be intellectual,
will give up her family ties, for man
is born with q dislike for his future
wife's family; will be neat, economical,
a good cook and good housekeeper.
If she will attend to these little mat
tiers, she will make her husband happy
and be happy herself.
Perhaps this is true; at any rate,
every man will approve Mrs. Cory's
prescription. But will not happiness
be purchased too dearly at such a
price? Never was there a household
where the wife did not hold opinions
different from those of her husband,
and this, however hard it may be upon
domestic happiness, is good thing for
the world. The opinion of good wom-
an is an important factor in human
progress: But for that it is doubtful
whether slavery would have been abol-
ished but for that we should still be in
a state of barbarism. The opinions OF
good women, impressed upon their hus-
bands, are responsible for almost every
advance the race has made
A wife should undoubtedly be neat,
economical, a good cook and good
housekeeper. but she is entitled to her
own OniniOnS and ShOuld insist uDOn
them always, whatever the cost to the
harmony of the home.-Chicago Jour
nal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Women Juries for Women.

"Let a woman jury try women.
They alone understand the motives of
woman. They are better able than
men to judge whether or not woman
is justified in Staying man who has
brought shame upon her name"
This was the slogan of the corps of
Chicago club women, led by Mrs. Fred
erick W. Feer, member of the Lake
View WOnan's Club, who appealed to
a Chicago Judge in behalf of Mrs. An
gelina AnsOlone, the 2O-year-old Ital-
ian girl, who was recently sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment for killing
an Italian, who was in love with her.
The judge in question advised the
women that there were no legal means
by which he could impanel woman
Jury
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

should be dissolved in half glass OF
water and then put into the douche
bag, or it may be shifted through the
nostril, ejecting through the mouth
This should be done night and morning
Anne Boleyn was the first of the En-
glish queens to indulge in the luxury of
bathing and cleanliness, and ended the
thousand years without baths which
constitutes one of the misfortunes of
the middle ages.
Jumping rope has just been advised
by a famous reducer as the quickest
way to bring down a woman's flesh.
Care should be exercised where the fat
woman does her jumping or it may
also bring down the house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

aeedlework. If a birthday is in pros
>ect, or any gift-making occasion, thu
eady-made set can be relied upon to
AIRY pure joy to the recipients heart
out there are so many desirable lessons.
to be leaned from the making that it
often is desirable to let the little mother
cut and sew the garments herself, or at
least to assist in the work.
The above pattern win be mailed to
your address on receipt of 10 cents.
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. Be sure to give
both tie number and size of pattern
wanted. and write very plainly
No. 5794.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

wrinkles, and an eagerness to read
clever books and to know things and a
lively interest in the current events of
the day will brighten the eyes as moth
ing else can. The woman possessing
this knowledge is far more charming
and attractive than she in whose path
no identifying whims ever have come.
And the woman who applies this
knowledge is the one who will develop
into the entertaining, interesting grand
mother of the next generation as dainty
and useful as was the mother of the
past generation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Order Coupon.
LittIe Ahout Everx,h,nr.

Four minutes and 29H seconds is
mans record for staying under water.
King Edward is fond of pigeon
racing and has participated actively
I'm it.
London Truth notes that the titled
director is being dropped by company
promoters.
Stamps have just been designed and
Olympic games of 1906.
Some of the London theaters send
motor busses into the suburbs to gather
up patrons.
An average of 800 persons are killed
In the United States each year by light
ming. This means one Ia every 100000.
There has been a revival of the whal-
ing industry. A few years ago the an
nual catch had dwindled down to 150-
Miss Z. w. Williams, of st. Paul,
appeared in a case before the Supreme
Court of Minnesota the other day. She
is the first woman lawyer to plead be-
fore that body.
Consul Isaac S. Manning reports that
the shipments of panama hats from
Cartagena, Colombia, to the United
States during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1906, amounted to $1,000;
for the calendar year 1906 the ship
ments amounted to $61,1O0.
A correspondent writing TO a London
newspaper says that the attitude of the
English in Egypt is largely responsible
for the popularity of the Egyptian ma
tionalist" movement. The aloofness and
rudeness of the English officials put an
insuperable bar between them and the
| natives, he says.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
A Toilet Necessity.

One of the most useful assets of the
toilet table is pair of dummy wooden
hands. After washing gloves it will
be found that they keep their shape
excellently, while at the same time
they will be prevented from shrinking
if they are slipped over the wooden
shapes and dried in this way. A night
on the glovetrees is as good for kid or
suede gloves as is corresponding time
on boottrees for leather footgear.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
To Use Wall Paper.

Almost every housekeeper has an ac
emulation of rolls of wallpaper left
from papering. If these rolls have
white, or nearly white backs, they
make very nice papers for shelves. as
the smooth surface and the firm tex
ture can be brushed or even wiped off
with a damp cloth, and they will not
need renewing so often as ordinary
shelf paper
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Keep Young.

A woman can make or mar her at
tractiyeness. She can. by an utter dis
regard of hygienic laws ard a neglect
of toilec accessories lose entirely that
charm of face and form that nature OBJ
viously intended should be hers. A
few drops of soothing lotion will trans
form a pair of rough hands into soft
ones; systematic care of the complex
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Pattern Department
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
Dolls Underwear Set.


Dolly's clothing always is a matter
IF moment. Her little mother feels keen
y the need of having it dainty and UP
to-date, and garments that can be
changed and cleansed with ease are
eagerly sought. Here is complete set
of underwear that is as carefully mod
eled as if it had been designed for the
living, human child, and which can be
relied upon to carry Joy to the heart
Of every child mother. In this case
fine nainsook makes the entire outfit
and embroidery and beading tie trim
ming, but dolly's garments are as sus-
:eptible of variations as are her man.
mas, and lawn, batiste, dotted Swiss
muslin, all materials of the sort are
appropriate with finish of either lace OK
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
BE Neat.

Don't look sloppy while doing your
work. Eschew wrappers, kimonos,
halfworn or ragged shirt waists and
old cloth dresses that hold odors. Even
at this season there is nothing so neat
and sensible as perfectly plain shirt
waist suits or Bingham, or skirts and
waists attached as in nurses cos
tune. A plain white collar and tie
give a good finish, and one is ready to
60 to the door or meet strangers with
no apology necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Prevent Hair Falling.

Shampoo the hair with Il soap mix
ture, made by diss0lving an oil soap in
hot water; tablespoonful of shaved
soap to a cup of water. Add ten drops
of glycerin. If your hair is light you
may put in a half teaspoon of pow
dered bOrax. Wash the hair well with
this solution and rinse in many waters.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

Medicine and religion, which are too
frequently regarded as mutually an
tagonlstic, should be mutually compile
mentary. There are many diseases in
which the medicine Of the soul is q
powerful adjuvant in the treatment of
the body.-British Medical Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Angry Adjecffves.

1t was not young woman novelist
but Charles Sumner, of whom the late
f. l.. Godkin, the New York editor,
said:
He works his adjective= so hard that
If they ever catch him alone they will
murder him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
blouse or Shirt Whist.

The plain, tailored shirt waist is
being much worn beneath the plain
tailored suits made from such materi-
ais as taffeta, light weight flannel.
heavy linen, madras and the like.
This one is absolutely simple, yet pro-
'ides becoming and graceful folds at
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Staining Woods.

Linseed oil and turpentine give ex-
cellent results. For darkening piGe,
chestnut and golden oak use in addition
to the oil and turpentine very little
burnt umber. Cherry, birch and butter
nut need nothing but the boiled linseed
oil.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

If you don't like man, eat oat meal
and bide your time there will soon be
something the matter with his kid
neys, and his funeral procession will
go by. 1t doesn't take long to get rid
Of tho best of us.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Heating.

Il do WISH" said Backlots, that we
had a decent heater in our house. How
is yours? Does it keep the house
warm?"
NO." replied Sububs, but it keeps
me 6verheated every time l attend to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
OLD and Young Women.

women that the young people are so
careful of our feelings 1t must be
that we have ourselves put SO much
distance between us and them.
There are some of us who are too
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
Some Little Known Facts.

Patti sleeps with ask scarf about
her neck.
Brides in Australia are pelted with
rose leaves.
Sarah Bernhard has huge bed fif
teen feet long.
A woman's brain declines in weight
after the age of 80.
New York has $1,000 women who
support their husbands.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

As man grows older, he frequently
says: II am eating something that
disagrees with me-" But it isn't his
s3pmach; it's his age.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
A Poor Wrapper.

Eyes; poor Mrs. Elderly is al
wrapped up in that son Of hers"
And he isn't much of a wrapper
eh?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

he front and allows a choice OF the
yoke or plain back. As illustrated il Is
made of madras and is held by pear
buttons and worn with a separate linen
collar.
The above pattern Will be mailed to
your address on receipt of 10 cents
Send all orders to the Pattern Depart
ment of this paper. Be sure to give
both the number and size of pattern
wanted, and write very plainly. For
convenience, write your order on the
following coupon:
Order Coupon.
No. 5S43.
SIZE .........." .............-..-
NAME 49,. ..................
ADDRESS ....... ...............
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16

If lace applied as bands and inser-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Breaking a Cow to Milk.

IL you are going to break n young
COW, the first thing you have to do is
to keep cool. Many kicking COWS are
made bad by bad breaking and bad tenn
per 1t is a good idea to tie the new
COW up the first few days and give her
the very best treatment, so she has won
your confidence. Before You are going
10 milk be sure to haveyOur finger nails
trimmed as close as possible. Do not
rush milking at once but start gently.
When You are through milking pet her
and give her something to eat during
the time of milking. l have done milk
ing for fourteen years at home, on the
farm Of my parents, and know whereof
speak.-Paul Kautz in Agricultural
Epitomist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
British Rival of Burbank.

Some OF the achievements of that re-
markable horticulturist, Mr.. Luther
Burbank, in Southern California, seem
TO have been rivaled in England by a
Lancashire farmer. 1t is said that on
Cartons seed grown near Warrington
a single oat plant surpasSes by several
hundred cereals any plant ever grown
in the world. 1t is the product of TWEEN
ty-seven years practice of process
called accelerated evolution and has
been obtained by crossing a highly de-
veloped oat with certain varieties of
wild oats which have an incalculable
capacity for generating seeds.
BY these means the Lancashire farm
er obtains Il yield of 100 bushels ali
acre. something over twice what is con-
sidered a good yield in other parts of
the country. So practical has the pro-
cess been found that in thirty years the
yield of some crops has been completely
doubled. and it may reasonably be eX-
pected that similar increase will take
place within the next thirty years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
An Old Bomb.

When the Army of the Potomac,
in the spring of go, moving into the
fertilization at Manassas and Center
vile, the boys spent much of their time
gathering relics from the battlefield Of
Bull Run to send home to their friends.
One day a gawky member of The
Fourth New York brought i'm an unex-
ploded bomb and started to extract the
load before sending it away. He should
have taken it to an artillery man. but
instead he took it to q blacksmith
shop. and with hammer and cold
chisel, sat down OH the floor, took the
bomb between his legs, placed the
brass screw at the point and give 1t Il
heavy blow.
When the boys rushed to see what
was the matter, there the man sat bolt
upright In the midst of the debris, with
his legs stretched out, hammer in one
hand and a chisel in the other.
"5osh," he said, as he slowly crawl
ed 10 his feet, Il guess the folks t home
III have to get along 'thOut that shell. q"
The only injury that had been done
him was the smuggling of his hair and
whiskers. He wasn't even very much
frightened till the next day.-New
York Recorder
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Selecting Brood Soyys.

Few things are more displeasing to a
practical farmer than TO see a lot of
heterogeneous pigs following an old
scrub SOW. They are very unsatisfac-
tory TO the feed lot and Improbable
to the farmer. There is no excuse for
keeping scrub sows. The brood SOW
should be large, rOomy and stand well
on her toes. Her shoulders should be
smooth and deep, back wide and slight
ly arched There should he ample room
for heart and lungs provided by a large
and deep chest, well sprung ribs and
straight deep sides; deep, roomy
body from end to end. A good depth
OF chest and abdomen are especially i'm
portant in q SOW.
II possible, the SOW should be select
ed from large litter. this being apt to
insure fecundity. Each SOW should
have at reast twelve we'll developed
teats, thus providing proper room and
nourishment for large litters of pigs
Agricultural Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
A HannN State.

A New York editor laid down letter
with q laugh
"A letter from W. w. Jacobs. the En-
glish humorist.'' he said, declining to
write me Christmas story at a dollar
a word. That was not what made me
laugh, though. Mr.. Jacobs tells me in
this letter about an American CORE
spondent of his own name. The Ameri-
can w. w. Jacobs wrote to the English
one recently. He said he, too, aspired
to literary laurels, but so far without
success. He had proposition TO make.
He proposed that the two work in part
nership, he supplying the ideas, the
other writing the ideas up"
The editor took UP Mr. Jacobs letter
and read from it:
"'My American namesake then told
me OF dream he had had in which
this partnership arrangement evidently
answered satisfactorily; so satisfac-
torily, indeed, that publishers checks
came in so fast and furious that the
majority of them had to be returned as
''unavailable"-a happy state which
none OF us, or very few. ever reach
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
The Dutchnan,s Ghost.

In the autumn of 1861, while Com
pany c, Twenty-eighth L. V. Infantry,
were doing picket duty along the Po-
tomac near Nolan's Ferry. Nd, Ger
man of that company, named Kauff-
man, was put on post on a towpath,
with instructions TO keep his eyes upon
the river in order to detect any boat
in crossing the river from the oppo-
site side. Kaufman espied log With
a dead branch standing up from 1t, the
log floating leisurely down with the
current. On top of the branch was
weird enough In the bright moonlight
to Kaufman. and he Immediately chal-
lenged, who goes dere." Back cane
the answer from the owl, "Whoo.
whoo!' "Yes. dot is vat | say, whow
No reply from the owl Kaufman i'm
mediately fired his rifle at 1t, and the
owl flew straight at him with its pc.
culiar cry, WHO'D. to-whoo. The Dutch
man dropped his rifle and, with a
screech, ran 10 the reserve post, with
the owl following close over his head
Took him away, took him away" The
reserve ran out to see what the noise
was, asking Kaufman what the trouble
was. "vell, poys, shoot at ghost und
he run right at me, and he nearly catch
me- About this time one of the re.
serves had caught the owl that few
into the bough house the boys had built
for shelter. He brought it out and
asked the Dutchman If that was his
ghost. Says Kaufman. You dink
was some tam fools? You dink | toant
know a ghost ven sees him from SEINE
bird?" Afterwards when any OF the
boys would hear an owl boot, they
would call to Kaufman and say, Run,
Dutch, there is another one of your
ghosts" Sometimes when Kaufman
was Boosting of his bravery, some one
of the company would take all the
wind out of his sails by asking him if
he had seen ghost lately.-L. Blundin,
In the Volunteer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Pruning Shrnbs.

Many people think all shroubs should
be pruned annually. This is quite Il
mistake Most varieties should be
pruned only when the growth is weak
or twiggy, and certain others only need
the removal of old and barren wood.
The looser and more graceful are the
forms the more attractive are the
shrubs
Remember especially that the early
Towering shrubs, such as weigcla deut-
zia, wistaria, SNOWFALL, forsythia, flow
e.'ing almond, lilac. which bloom on the
wood, of the season before should never
be pruned in the spring. The best time
to do this is after Towering before the
growth is started, otherwise the flower
buds will be cut off
Avoid heavy cutting back at any
time A little each yea will suffice as 4
time. A little each year will suffice as n
when pruning and cut so as TO give easy
flowing vines. trying to keep the
branches we'll down to the ground
Old and twisted stems and stunted
growth should be thinned out, but do
not cut away many of the healthy
shoots. Branches either large or small
should be cut back quite close to joint
or stem, while twigs should be cnt close
| TO an eye or joint.
Pruning Is best done with stout
sharp pocket knife or with medium
sized pruning shears. DO not use hedge
shears on the Towering shrubs, as the
regular lines we admire on the privet
are anything but beautiful on the lilac
or SNOWFALL.
Trim always to keep the bushes SO
the lower branches are not bare and
the heads are masses Of bloom. Should
the shrubs grow crowded in the bed
remove some Of them TO other spots in
| the garden.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17

one Of his brigades. and. being resolved
TO put this offense down. he issued some
very strict orders, menacing with death
any who should transgress. The
brigade in question wore for its badge
an acorn. in silver or gold. and the
men were inordinately fond of this dis
tinctive sign. Several cases Of diSobe
dience had been reported 10 the gen
sral. but the evidence was never strong
enough for decisive action. until one
lane outside the post, Thomas came
full upon an Irishman who. having laid
aside his rifle, with which he had killed
q hog, was busily engaged in skinning
the animal with his sword bayonet. sc
as to make easy work with the bristles
etc. before cooking some pork chops.
"Ah,' cried the general, you rascal
at last l have caught one of you in the
time. and l will make an example OF
you. sir
Bedad. General, honey" said the
man, strengthening himself UP and
coming TO the salute, it's not shoOtin'
me that you ought to be at, but re.
wardin' me-
"'What do you mean, sir!' exclaimed
General Thomas.
why, your honor" the soldier re-
piled, this bad haste here had just
been disicratin' the rigimental badge
and so l was forced to dispatch him
It's ATTN the acorns l found him at I.
Even General Thomas was obliged to
laugh at this, and the soldier saved his
life by his wit.'-Sir Edwin Arnold's
letter TO London Telegraph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-09-17
Disease I'm Poultry.

Oregon Agricultural and Experiment
Station writes as follows: The success
OF poultry raising depends largely upon
the ability Of those engaged In this
industry to keep their fowls free from
contagious and infectious diseases.
More failures are due to these dis
eases than any other cause.
at has been said that Fowls are
machines which consume certain kinds
OF raw material and produce eggs and
meat but In order to bring about this
transformation with any degree of sue
cess they should be kept In a good,
healthy condition.
Zone of the most fatal diseases i'm
fowls especially in young chickens. is
infectious lukamia. The first symptom
of this trouble is a rise In the tenpera-
ture, which is followed by drowsness
and debility, with paleness of the mu-
cous membranes, also of the comb, wat
ties and skin about the head; the fever
is continuous, generally resulting in
death after four or five days. In some
cases ll1t ulStbSt 10 vi lOilHeE uuTHIlOD
and two or three weeks may elapse
before the death OF the bird, In which
case there is excessive cancellation.
This disease Is infectious and is caused
by a micro-organism called bacterium
sanguinarium.
1T is sometimes difficult for the poul.
try raiser to determine the disease af-
fecting his fowls, not having the ap-
planes necessary for this work there
fore, If there be any doubt as to the
nature of disease I'm poultry. it would
be well to forward specimen, In the
last stage of disease, to the bacteriolo-
gical laboratory Of the Oregon Agricul-
tural College for diagnosis. This work
will be done free of charge, and, In
all cases possible, remedy given"