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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Women and housekeeping.

If there be any one thing more than
another calculated to try the patience
of Il faithful housekeeper, it is to dis
cover. after dutifuiiy accomplishing a
mornings routine work. a rip in the
carpet. or Il worn place in the rug. grin
ming insinuatingly at one. with the sug-
gestion in its open c~ountenance of the
truth of the saying that woman's work
is never done.
| have long wondered. and am still
ct 4 loss to decide (having tried both
methods), which is the happier woman,
she who at once goes and mends the
rip. or daTns the hole. or she who puts
her shawl over her head and runs into
a neighbours to gossip till time to get
dinner. One thing is certain, h wOm-
an who doesn't let the rip affect her
conscience will keep 4 smooth complex
ion longer, and the question is, will
her husband he more disguised by
catching his foot in the rip. or with
the wrinkles she brings upon her face
by persistent application to the petty
duties that waste the heart and wear
the body?
1t is a fact that men are not given
to a warm appreciation Of domestic
virtues: they take them too much as
n matter of course they do not stop
TO consider that washing dishes and
sweeping floors and cooking meals is
work, and work of the very hardest
and most trying kind.
The average man m home from
his business in the evening expecting
TO find a nicely cooked. nicely served
dinner awaiting him. He is Ignorant
of the many steps. the infinite care,
the inconvenience of being roasted over
the stove. and the countless trials and
~annoyances that are incident to the
preparation of a meal. He thinks it is
natural to Il woman to keep house. and
If she does it well she is only doing
what she ought TO.
have frequently noticed that wom-
ell who are not too careful in house
keeping have the most devoted hus-
bands. Women who wear Themselves
out accomplishing narrow PROJECTIONS
must find in those projections their
own reward. for men will never ap'
| preciate them.
The good dinner. the general aspect
Of comfort. these impress man deeply,
but for the rest. he would rather have
Il pretty and smiling wife than one TOO
earnest IN her household duties.
Hence I believe it is just as well to
put Il rug over the ripped place, or Sc!
Il footstool over it, and go gossipins
as 10 get down on all tours and make
your back ache and ruin your fingers
sewing Il up. Blessed he the woman
whose blood and judgment are so well
co-ningled that she finds time for botl
mending ard gossiping, and does not
allow herself TO become hopelessly ad.
d.cted either to the minutia of house
keeping or to the habit of indiscrimi-
nate gadding.-Juliet v. Strauss in Chi
cagO Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

1.-The Cruise of the Port Kingston"
by w. Ralph Hall Caine, in addition to
describing the great earthquake and
telling something of the history and
literature OF Jamaica, deals emphatical-
ly with such questions as mixed mar
riages in the West Indies, the suggest
ed fusion of white and black races, the
negro marriage. the goddess in choco-
late" the pagan and superstitious be-
liefs of the negro, and the strong caste
feeling among the people.
In an article on "The Art Of Conver
sation' in Harper's Weekly the writer
tells this delicious anecdote of Carlyle
and Tennyson which can never be told
too often. All those literary pilgrims
who have wandered through the Car
lyle house on the Thames embankment
will remember with what pleasure the
old Scotch keeper retells day after day:
I'm this room it was that Mr.. Carlyle
and Mr.. Tennyson spent a long even
Ing. each smokin' his pipe and neither
of them speakin' a word. III after
three hours. when Mr.. Tennyson rose
to go, Mr.. Carlyle said to him. It's a
grand evenin' we've spent, Alfred, Il
grand evenin',' and Mr.. Tennyson he
just said. too, a grand e~venin',' and
went out"
A book by DIR. John Duncan Quack-
cnbos upon hypnotism as an agent for
reforming character and curing certain
ills of the flesh is to be published soon.
This book will recall an experiment
tried some years ago in one of the large
universities in which a perfectly hon.
est MAI was hypnotiZed and the expert
mentors tried in vain to compel him to
commit a forgery. This and other ex-
periments tend to confirm the view
which DR.. Quackenbos holds that the
determining factor in hypnotism is not
the will of the operator but the char
acter of the subject. 1T is not the
will of another that reforms M regen-
crates, it is not God compelling wor-
thy action, it is the free man come to
his own assistance"
"The Royal Family by Pen and Cam
era" is a sumptuous record of the En-
glish reigning house extending over a
period of forty-two years. One Of the
prettiest portraits of the Queen is that
in which she is holding the present
Queen of Norway in her arms as n
baby. the cap the Queen is wearing in
accord with the customs of the day be-
ing especially becoming. The thing
that is especially noticeable all through
the series of portraits is that the
Queen has changed so little with th
years. As one of her bridesmaids de-
| scribed it, calling at Marlborough
House OF the silver wedding day of the
then Prince and Princess of Wales,
I'VE were all middle-aged women, but
| the Princess locked as young and pref
ty as she did on her wedding day"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Getting Co sleep.

If you are troubled with insomnia
some of the following ideas are worth
trying out, as they are certain to ac.
complish what seems impossible of
achievement. wooing sleep successfully !:
\ warm bath before retiring-not Il
cold one, for the latter will wake you.
Drink a cup of cool, not iced, water,
and this will bring good repose. Sleep
with your windows open at the top and
bottom, be it eyer SO small a space,
so you can just feel a breeze on your
face. Put in your bath a little bag
containing dried clover tops and laven-
dor flowers, and rs the water cools
there will be a delightful odor arising
from it,. 1t is thus medicated and
slightly perfumed and a sure cure for
insomnia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
XII.

Lionel Leigh loved Ella Wycherly. Not
outstanding the effort made
by Miss Worthington to Danish him from
wycherly, it fell out that he was not
forbidden to teach German to the coloneYs
daughter; and during the three months
which followed the ball he hal given his
three weekly lessons
He would tell her that. though tutor.
and she heiress, he was still man, and she
~ that Le had dared TO love her
boldly, if without hope. Half in rage.
and half in triumphant pride, he had
vowed that the confession should be made.
She should learn of Chateau Moreauville.
and the possible title and estates which
had escaped him.
Sometimes it seemed to Lionel that he
hated Ella Wycherly more than he loved
her. Now he was asked for sympathy
and help for another lover; but what a
lover AN earrs heir, a spoiled worlds
darling. No; this pampered aristocrat
could not love as he loved. At last he
said:
mfr. Calthorpe. you will change your
mind When you are free of Nellie Wat
son, you will not wish to marry a gov
erness."
but l declare it ~ cried Arthur, flush
ing-"I declare it, sir, TO you, her broth.
er, on my honor as a man ana a gentle
man, Can / say more?"
mo, Mr.. Calthorpe; you are sincere.
I will speak to my sister. But what
about Nellie Watson?"
You know, of course. she is out OF
prison, and all chance of discovering who
1t was that tried to murder me seems lost
1t was certainly not Nellie. nor her faith
er. 1t was proved beyond doubt that old
Watson was in the postofice ut Euravon,
in Scotland on the night IF the seventh.
Nellie herself says she should know the
man IL she saw him but refuses, with q
smile, to describe him. There is some
thing more in this affair. Mr.. Leigh, than
any of us dream of. Dick, my brother,
is quite incapable of such a crime it was
not his figure which l saw flying away
and leaping the palings before l tainted,
after the blow. But let us talk of other
things. Will you take that brooch and
bracelet to your sister, with my devoted
love? They are not diamonds or rubies,
only gold, set with pearls and palepink
topaz design / chose myself
Soon after this Lionel was on his way
to Wycherly Park; the case with the
jewels was safely slowed away in his
pocket. He strobe through the woods
where the February sunshine was stream
ing between the naked boughs. A turn
Ia the pafh, and Lionel came upon Ella
Wycherly-Ella, in green velvet, with q
high crowned hat, cad waving, t'ach
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

guest. Many women could confess to
their great annoyance at receiving a
card stating that Il guest would ar
rive that day and please meet me at
the train" Possibly there is not a va
cant room in the house for a guest ard
hundreds of trains may come in dur
ing the day, yet the writer never states
what train TO meet and the annoyance
OF preparing meals and the like makes
a guest of this kind anything but well
come. Some women swoOp down upon
a hostess, never sending word. but an
excuse is male that she wished to sur
prise them. She d0es. A woman Is a
hospitable creature and entertaining is
one OF her delights, but she does not
want it a compulsory affair and she
wants time to prepare for it. When
you desire to visit q friend write her
relative to your desires. wait for her
reply, prepare for the appointed day
and go on the train you tell her to
meet, or telegraph any change. A
woman who has no consideration for
her hostess is not deserving Of a very
cordial welcome.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
NATURES
Hot Springs Do Away with the Fuel
In New Zealand.

Problem In New Zealand.
Imagine q tract of country 1000
square miles in extent, consisting en-
tirely of volcanoes, both great and
small, active and extinct. Boiling gey-
sers, too, throwing kissing jets hun
dreds of feet into the air; tremendous
cliffs, u%ncannily alive with steam jets
and blOw-holes, and 'porridge-pots" or
mud volcanoes innumerable. Think of
all these in a wild medley, and you
will have some faint notion of New
Zealand's Wonderland, in the North
Island of Great Britain's model colony.
Dig anywhere, with a spade round
about the town of Rotorua and you
will produce as many hot springs as
you make holes. There are whifs OF
sulphur in the air, and the ground
quivers with mysterious activity. And
when the wind lifts the eternal steam
clouds you will see the extraordinary
carved huts of the Maoris-that won
derfully intelligent people so recently
cannibals, but now given over to the
arts and crafts of civilization. The
| women are robust creatures; and truth
| to tell nature has wholly spoiled them
even for the little Homework native
women are called upon to do.
A fire is utterly unknown in a Maori
hut, for when its mistress wants to
| cook her dinner she simply puts pud-
| ding or joint in a string bag to which
a rope Is attached, and then drops the
raw material in any hole in the ground
filled with boiling water. 1t is the
| ~strangest sight imaginable to see three
or four Moari women wandering with
sure feet amid the bubbling porridge
| pots, and at the same time swinging
and dangling the family's daily dinner.
which is just about to be swung casu-
ally into some favorite cooking pot in
the earth, thoughtfully provided by ma
ture,
Naturally enough the family's wash
ing-and the Maoris are an exceeding
ly clean race-is equally facilitated.
For every back yard has its bathing
pools and laundry reservoirs. whose
hot waters bubble up mysteriously
from the ~quivering earth. Sometimes
you will see a mother and her girls
doing white folks washing in the
snow-white cone of a boiling geyser.
The woman is perhaps gay in the Grim
sons, green's and puppies affected by
putting stolidly at a pipe, with a quaint
baby slung across her back.
The boys of the family, and most
likely the men also, spend their days,
especially In winter, literally basking
in the pools of hot water, waist deep.
Or should there be British or Ameri-
can tourists about, the urchins will
dive into the warm pools for small
coins, while tiny maidens are shrilly
clamorous to dance a fierce haka for
their white visitors, or to sing to them
songs of love or war in rhythmic meas
ures of the poi dance.
1t is no wonder the New Zealand
government has set aside this wonder
full volcanic and thermal region as q
vast health resort, to which patrons
come from all parts of the world. Al
Rotorua are enormous swimming baths
of hot, kissing mineral water, fed di
rect from the spouting geysers. The
cure" lasts about Six weeks, but visi
tors usually stay much longer, for al
every urn there are sights. and scene.
such as are witnessed nowhere else OF
earth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Interesting Items.

The London police force guards prop
erty valued at over S250.000.O00.
Two crimes which are on the de-
crease are arson and counterfeiting.
The military md naval expenses of
the japanese are under s35.000.000.
The price of whaIebone has risen IN
leo years from $50 TO $1,000 per ton.
The carat used in estimating the
weight of gems is a grain of Indian
wheat.
Paris has 46.933 telephones, or about
n instrument to every i~fty-seyen in
habitants.
The Austrian government gives her
aged natives a pension of nearly $3.50
ger week.
Canada's trade with this country Is
three times greater than with the
mother country.
4 rope tina had beer used by the
public executioncr in the hanging OF
several murderers was sold at auction
In London the other day and brought
S1.o5.
So many languages are spoken in
the provinces OF Austria-Hungary that
interpreters are employed in the va
rious ~parliaments to interpret the
| speeches OF the delegates and make
them ineligible to all the members.
To Italy belongs the distinction OF
having equipped with electricity the
first long-distance main line railway i'm
Europe. The Swiss government, which
OWNS most of the Swiss railways. has
Just decided to electrify all its lines.
Water power is now being sought, as
Switzerland possesses no coal fields of
| its own.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The laugh of the Scotch doctor rang
loudly through the bare February wood.
THE world" he echoed. "Oh, poor
lady. How amusing are the comments of
outsiders No. young sir; the mistress
o. Wycherly is not q woman of the
world"
AT least she is proud"
Proud yes, as Lucifer. One might
think she had fallen from some higher
sphere, and disdained converse with NOR
tails.
They do not receive much company p
asked Lionel.
Occasionally. There win be a dinner
next month. and the boy heir introduced
to the county. Well, here l must leave
you. for ! have a message 10 the wood
man. 1t is a bargain, then 2"
Yes, SIR"
And so they parted.
(To be c~ontinued.)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

cohol, n ounce Of oxide Of zinc. eight
grains of bichloride OF mercury, twenty
drops of glycerin.
The most simple way to reduce your
flesh is to avoid all starchy and sweet
ened food, all cereals, vegetables con-
tanning sugar or starch. such as peas,
beans, corn, potatoes. Have your bread
toasted, sprinkle it with salt instead
OF using butter. Milk, | regret to say,
If it be pure enough, is fattening.
SKINNED milk may be drunk. Hot
water is an excellent substitute for
other liquids. Add a little juice OF
lines or lemons to it. If you choose
Limit your sleeping hours to seven al
the outside. No maps. You must take
exercise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Buttons are to be used as trimming
for all the spring dresses, and there
can be no better time than the pres
seamstress comes in the spring they
will be ready. For linen gowns the
buttons will be covered with linen, but
many will wear crocheted buttons, and
as these are easy to make with a
crochet hook and coarse cotton, they
might as well be started. First the
button is covered with linen to match
the suit, then over this is fastened a
loose crOcheted mesh.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Your Scalp.

An appalling amount of injury may
be done to scalp and tresses by ig-
norance in brushing ard combing. For
instance. tangles must be remove gen
tly. IL the hair is not to be snapped,
and the comb must go lightly over the
scalp, stimulating circulation, without
scratching.
Thin, poorly nourished hair would
be less common were scalp circulation
better, for through its aid the hair
follicles are fed, and the natural secre-
tions are normal. Without it the scalp
tightens to the skull and the roots are
clicked Or starved.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The woman who must study economy
in planning her new spring clothes will
find a separate skirt q useful addi-
ton to her wardrobe. If she carefully
studies the latest fashion reports from
abroad she knows that the costume
that is. the skirt and waist made OF
the same material and sometimes cut
in one-is much more the vogue than
the separate skirt and the shirt waist,
Yet sometimes it is not always conve-
nient to have an entire new gown, in
which case the separate skirt will
prove invaluable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Rent and Poverty.

Men connected with charity organi-
cations in the big cities hate discover
ed that there is the closest connection
with the rating of Il family and the
rent paid by the same. In other words,
if Il family is found applying for help
which pays about So or 50 monthly
for rent, at which price only the poo:-
est apartments of very few room can
he secured. they are found invariably
to he shiftless and on a very low plane
of living. On the other hand, if they
have been paying about $15 a month
they prove to be thrifty and self-re-
speeding and their need of assistance to
be due to temporary hard luck.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

In the morning mail the busy editor
found the following letter written on
a postal card: Dear Sir: l have just
graduated from a correspondence school
of Journalism. Would you like to have
me write for your paper? j. Alexander
McNutt."
Selling his trusty pencil, the busy
editor dashed off the following in re-
ply: Dear j.. Alex: Certainly we
would be pleased to have you write for
our paper. Kindly address your letter
to the circulation manager and inclose
the regular subscription price"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Unless a oma really desires to be
gray long before her time, the constant
use Of tongs to make the hair curl is
not to be thought Of, for the heat from
the irons cannot fail to dry out the
natural oil In the t~resses, making them
crisp, broken and often gray. Instead
of waving the hair by this injurious
heat process, substitute patent waivers
or liquid curling preparations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Pattern Department
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESSMAKER
Blouse Waist with Guimpe.

The ove blouses that give a guimpe
effect are in the height or style, and
this one is susceptible of great varia-
ton. willie it is both novel and h
In the, illustration louisine silk is piped
with velvet and worn over a guimpc
If thin lace. but for the blouse itself
everything seasonable is appropriate
While the guimpe can be made of lad4
embroidery or of the still simpler lin
yerie material or of chiffon as liked
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

Elaborate braiding is seen on many
OF the newest models, both in cloth
and velvet, the narrow soutache being
the most popular. Braiding. combined
with heavy embroidery. is particularly
effective on broadcloth or velvet.
\ jacket showing a decided point
at the front is one of the styles seen
among the newly arrived linen cos
tunes. 1t is n pattern carried over
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Hiccough Easily Stopped.

This is a most distressing and OBJ
stinate complaint 10 those in whom
it occurs, says the Family Doctor.
We do not refer. Of course, to the
hiccough attendant upon great pros
tration of the system, but to those
instances Every frequent, indeed) Of a
simple spasmodic condition of stomach
and esophagus which assails the in
diyidual without any other symptom
Of disease. and in the treatment of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The frame of this hat had Il high
crown and narrow turn-down brim. 1t
was covered with dark blue liberty
satin, which was plain under the brim
and tucked on top. A wide piece of
embroidered velvet was draped around
the crown. A pearl buckle was placed
on the right side near the front. a
large bunch of fancy feathers Orna-
ments the left side.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Nigh BE Serious.

"Do your own dyeing" read the ply
| sician's wife. That's a funny way to
begin an advertisement"
Here, let me see that" cried the
| husband, In alarm. "Oh, it only refers
IN dyeing clothes. / was afraid it was
| some new scheme to do away with our
| profession"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Advice to a Young Man

"What do you say to a young lady
at a dancef" queried the youth who
was about to attend his first ball.
"Oh," replied the society man, talk
TO her about her beauty"
But suppose she hasn't any?' said
the youth.
I'm that case rejoined the S. m,
talk to her about the ugliness Of the
other girls present"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The average weekly wages paid to
female laborers OF all classes in Ger.
many is a little over $2.25 each.
Out of every 100000 girl babies
born S71,266 are alive at the age of
II months; 10000 less boys live
through the first year.
The possession of $4,000 left to her
ny Il relative so unhinged the mind of
a young woman named Bell of Sterk-
stroom, Cape Colony, that she commit
ted suicide.
The medal presented to Grace Darl-
ing for her heroisn in saving nine
lives from the wreck of a Forfarshire
steamer in 1898 will shortly be sold at
auction in London.
Miss Mira L. Dock, who is one of
the vice presidents of the State Fedora
ton of Pennsylvania Women. has the
unique honor of being the only woman
oil the forestry commission Of Penn
sylyania.
Ohio stands second in the number
of clubs in the general federation and
seventh in the club membership among
the States represented in the general
federation, with 305 club and 1880
clubwOmen enrolled.
Miss Martha L. Johnson, Of Laconia.
y. H., has the somewhat unusual honor
fer her sex of being a tax collector.
She does it well, too, N her first an
nual report is so satisfactory that she
is to be reappointed.
One of the most fearless adventures
IN the world is Miss Lavinia Rudberg.
who. under the auspices of Yale Uni
| yetsity, was sent up into the wilds of
| the Quinault indian reservation to take
| the physical measurements of the In
dianS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
His Case.

do you really believe that living ex.
the last five years."
Marryat-What. Why, they've in.
creased 100 per cent at least.
Singleton-NonsenSe.
Marryat-Not ut all. Five years age
there was only my wife and /, and now
there's six of us in the family.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

The count had just filed his appli.
cation for the hand of the multimil-
lionaire's only daughter.
ALAS" sighed the old man, "things
have changed since l was young. Folks
used to wait fifty years for their golden
wedding. but now they demand It at the
start"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
He Knew.

Does your little brother know how
to walk, Abner"
"Yeth. He knowth how; WI all
showed him, but he can't do it yet"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19

81 hate a conceited person."
THAT goes to prove the truth of
what Jinx was saying about you yes
terday" .
"What was that?"
"He said you were your own worst
enemy."-HouSton Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-19
Keen GIayes White.

To keep white gloves from soiling
when carrying muff, pin with small
safety pins a clean handkerchief in
mfr.