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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
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Health and Beauty Hints.

Heat lard instead of water for mix
ing a mustard plaster. 1t will be soft
er, will cause no blisters and is prefer
able to water or egg mixtures.
Women who walk with no heels make
a mistake. The heel preserves the arch
of the foot and prevents it from be-
coming fiat. 1t keeps the ankle round
and is a help TO the spine.
A simple lotion for keeping the COM
plexion white and soft and smooth is !:
Eight ounces of orange flower water.
two drains of tincture of benZoin. Add
the benzoin drop by drop.
The first thing a plain woman must
do is give her figure careful attention.
a stylish or even well-rounded body
will nine times out of ten carry one
through far better than a pretty face.
The skin should be carefully mas
saged before applying plaster to smooth
out wrinkles. Before putting on the
strips the flesh should be stretched
that is, made smooth-and then the
plaster is supposed to hold it fast
To expand the chest try this exer-
else: Depress the chest, letting the
shoulders come forward, with the head
UP and back. Raise the chest by mus
cular effort, not by breathing. 10 the
point of greatest expansion. Raise and
lower the chest this way eight times
every morning and night.
If the hair is a dull dead black it
can be made to shine by rinsing it in
many waters and drying it well. 1t is
then brushed with a brush over which
the palm Of the hand has been rubbed.
Into the palm there has been massaged
a very little oil. This merely suggests
oil to the hair and makes it shine a
little without making it greasy.
When the scalp is very dry it is not
necessary to wash the head more than
cnce in two months Apply this hair
oil every night: Two ounces scentless
castor oil, two ounces cocoanut oil, one
ounce oil of rosemary, one-half dram
oil of jasmine. Mix oils with gentle
heat. Put in bottle and shake for
five minutes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Many women are troubled with dry,
scaly skin on their feet. In such cases
there is no better cure than that sim
plest OF home remedies-just plain
vaseline. This should be massaged into
the feet every night before retiring.
During this treatment use old bed linen,
for the grease makes rather a bad stain
on the sheets at times. A well-known
chiropodist in large city tells me that
summing the feet is species of "cure-
ALL" She advises women TO sit in the
sunlight in their bedroom with their
feet bare, allowing the sun and air to
get to them. She said: Suppose your
face never came In contact with the
sunlight and pure air-how would it
look, ant how would it feel?" Her ar
gument was good, and it is worth try
inc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
Q|e|gaaRSIlRgGS

Coal keeps best under sea water.
The criminal class of London number
100000.
The painting of the Forth bridge
costs $4,000
Influenza, like cholera, always
travels from east to west
The sperm whale can stay under
water for twenty minutes.
A mole eats as many as 10000
earth-worns in the course Of a year.
In Saxony practically all of the live
stock is Stalled 800 days Of the year,
land the largest portion the full 1855
days.
St Petersburg authorities have is
sued an order forbidding the students
of the cadet corps to read Sherlock
Holmes" and other stories Of a SIM
liar character.
Orsa, in Sweden, has in the course
Of generation, sold $5,550,0O0 worth
OF trees, and by means of judicious re-
planting has provided for a similar
income every thirty or forty years.
There are no taxes. Railways and
telephones are free, and so are the
schoolhouses, teaching and many other
things
The FSench government has purchas-
ed two bNnze busts exhibited in this
years salon by Andrew O'Connor, OF
Massachusetts. One is a portrait Of
Robert Newman, and the other the
head of an exquisite Italian girl. Mr..
O'Connor last year obtained the medal
of the second class by the salon
| judges.
According to Edwin Warfeld, lately
Governor of Maryland, there's a diff
| ference between ex-Governors and
former Governors. An Ex-Governor Is
he who went after the Office again and
didn't get it. A former Governor is
he who didn't seek reelection and re-
turned to everyday life. "And 1 am
a former Governor" added Mr.. War
field, in a recent interview in Milwau,
kee.
The English and American mile Is
1,760 yards, or $3.50 feet In France,
Holland and Belgium 1t is 1000 meters,
or 1904 yards. In Spain it is 1,522
yards in Russia, 1,167 yards; in
| China, coo yards; in Norway and
Sweden, 11,600 yards; in Germany it
equals three English miles; in Italy,
2,025 yards; in Portugal, $3.50 yards
in Austria, 1927 yards, and in Den
mark, S,23S yards.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11


Life is a martyrdom for most wom-
en-, if Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is to be
believed. No person, she says, who
has ever received the confidence of the
sex can recall without emotion the con-
LESSONS OF those women, tied to ira
ditions they dare not question. broken
on the wheels of drudgery whose iron
revolutions crush individual gifts out
of the soul and personal powers out
of the life" sThere will be no happier
class of citizens in the heavenly coun-
try, she thinks. than these prisoners
of sex" to whom the unlocked door of
death has given the freedom of their
own natures.
This may be true, but wherein does
their case differ from that of most
men? Men, too. are tied, not to tradi
lions. but to a machine of life they
may not question. Only very few are
not broken Oh the wheels of drudgery,
both physical and mental But do men
set up for martyrs, because of that?
The difference between the sexes is
that women never get over the idea
that life ought to be all happiness.
There is strain OF poetry in their
finer natures which compels them to
believe that.-Chicago Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

as nine or twelve strands and caught
in front with huge buckle of the same
shape, like the frame of a slate.
The cotton voiles were never pref
tier than they are this season. They
make charming simple gowns for sum-
mer. An effective little gown of plain
gray wolfe had the blouse tucked to
form a yoke, and collar and cuffs Of
Irish crochet. The skirt was full, with
three tucks above the hem.
Children's socks are more elaborate
than ever before. Stripes and checks
are both worn in all the various colors.
One of the newest styles is the white
sock with the checked top. Some Of
the blue and white striped stockings
are embroidered at the top in red an
chors to carry out the marine sugges-
ton of the blue.
The latest petticoat outdoes all others
in the sheath fitting effect of the hips.
There is a deep belt that extends the
entire depth of the hips and from this
there falls fat fiounce trimmed with
innumerable insertions or rows OF rib
bons. The bottom is finished with lit
tie frills and ruches- Such a skirt
takes up little enough room and adds
imperceptible bulk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
The Youth seeker.

The youth seeker worries not
She learns neither to borrow nor
hunt trouble
She meets it with a laugh when 1t
does come.
The laugh may come hard, but even
a sickly smile is a better youth keeper
than tears.
She lives moderately; neither work
ing nor playing herself to wrinkle-mak-
ing exhaustion.
She thinks, feels and lives youth
though not to the point of unseemliness.
Gray hairs and freshness but accen-
tuate years.
She enjoys the present to the full,
and does not acquire that age habit of
lauding the good old days.
She keeps well body. knowing that
Ill health is the surest destroyer of
youth.
She never gives her mind vacation,
but keeps it abreast with the times,
however much effort is required.
She keeps her heart young. knowing
that therein lies the true secret of q
successful fight on age which can
daunt even wrinkles and youth-destroy-
ing cares and sorrows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
FINDS AN AMERICAN TYPE.
British Paper Praises 1t, as shown
fin Football and Baseball Cuts.

I'm Football and Baseball Cuts.
The existence of an American type
IS denied by X. G. Lindsay Of the Brit
lsh embassy at Washington in a recent
report on alien immigration into the
United States, published as a Blue
Book by the British government Mr..
Lindsay, who characterizes the peop-
ing of this country by immigration as
'one of the most remarkable move
nents of population to be met with ia
history, Essays on this point:
1T must take many generations be-
ore Americans are physiologically diff
'erentiated from Europeans as much.
'or example, as the French are from
he Germans. There is no such thing
rs an American type, and even II in
he towns of Europe it is possible 10
point out tourist as an American
recognition is effected by mere out
ward marks, such as the style of
ireSs."
With this opinion the British Medi-
al Journal announces disagreement,
which it sets forth in terms compli-
nentary to the physical development
IF Americans. Says this paper:
I'm illustration we would draw Mr..
Lindsay's attention to the photographs
Of college football and baseball teams
in many of the American magazines,
which exhibit a well-marked and, il
nay be added, fine type. What has
become of the conventional Uncle Sam
The long, loose-limbed creature OF
Punch cartoons, we know not. The
American of to-day presents a firm
square jaw, broad brow and clear
Keen eye, which together usually rend-
er recognition of his nationality a
matter of no great difficulty"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
DAMEYs 49,
n FAd1IoN5
.sk(Mt- &8QI

Paris persistently declares that the
fashionable costumes, shall be Of silk.
All manner of pongees are included in
the silks most worn.
Narrow soutache braid is used in
great profusiOn not only on cloth and
silk but on sheer materials like chif-
fon, whece it is much seen as a trim
ming of imported blouses.
There is a demand for the separate
coat this on account Of the many odd
silk dresses worn. 1t seems strange
to think Of the separate coat as a cut
away model, but this Is the smartest
shape; it is really tremendously becom-
ing, worn over an odd skirt.
Belts Of plated raffia represent the
latest addition to the smart tailor-made
costumes Of the moment, the rafiia be-
ing woven and interviewer in as many
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
WITH THE sAGES.

None can ever cure their harms BY
wailing them--Shakespear
The crown of wisdom is brighter than
monarch's diadem.-Gough.
When two grow angry. he who Is the
first silent is the wiser.-Steele.
The improvement Of a little time
makes a gain In life.-whichcot.
Human improvement is from within
outwards. We must be good before we
can do good.-Froude-
The power for great achievement
ance of little things.-Amiel.
Repine not: the disappolntments OF
to-day often prove the blessings OF to
morrow.-Thomas Kempis.
Honesty is the best policy. but he
who acts from that principle is not ar
honest man.-Archbishop whately.
We would willingly have others per
feet and yet we amend not our own
faults. And thus it appeareth how sell
dom we weigh our neighbors in the
same balance with ourselyes.-Tbomas
a Kempis.
The gentle minde by gentle deeds Is
knowne;
For a man by nothing is 30 well be-
trayed
AS by his manners.-Spenser.
Sympathy is one Of the great secrets
of life. 1t overcomes evil and strength
ems good. 1t disarms resistance. and
the better part Of human nature
Mountford.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
"TOO Much Protected

Six million women in the United
States are working outside their homes
at wages less than the average cost
Of living, and yet President Woodrow
Wilson, of Princeton. has the sublime
nerve to say that women may
have to fight against adverse circum-
stances in some parts of the world,
but in America at least they are too
much protected" 1t is high time that
heads of colleges who take pleasure in
calmly stating their opinions on all
subjects under the sun spent Just a
little time in looking into facts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

The frock shown in the accompany
ing cut is a good model for a gown
which will have to be laundcred often.
The skirt is four-gored circular, and
buttons from waist to hem on the left
side with inch-size white pearl buttons
The bodice also buttons at the left,
and has plastron in front of applique
linen on white filet net, embroidered in
white. The yoke and sleeves were of
tucked net and cluny insertion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
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Pattern Department /;
UP.TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR
THE HOME DRESsMAKER


Every variation of trimming that con-
ceals the armhole seams and that gives
the broad and dropping shoulder effect
is fashionable just now, and this blouse
achieves both results in distinctly
novel way. In the illustration it is made
ton of yalenciennes lace, while Ii lie
finished with draped girdle Of ribbon
The lines are all pretty and becoming
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Browne--They say that drowning
men catch at straws.
TownelYes, but doubt It I've seen
a number Of men drown, and those Of
them who had any preference at all
seemed In favor Of plank. In fact
do not now recall ever having been
asked for a straw by a gentleman who
was drowning.-New York Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
A Blotchy Fnce

When the skin is blotchy and notified
looking, relief is often given by wiring
ing a hot cloth cut Of boiling water and
applying it to the face. Be careful that
it is not so hot as to burn the skin or
the cure will be worse than the disease.
After keeping the cloth on for a min
ute, apply another wrung from cool
water Alternate in this way several
times, then dry the skin and rub in a
skin food.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
To Remove scorch stains,

l recently scorched fine white shirt
waist so badly that 1 feared it would
tear if touched it, says contributor
to the Delineatoh However, l covered
the scorched place with ordinary laun-
dry starch, dampened and laid the
waist i'm the sun. In an hour every
vestige of scorch had disappeared.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

He looked at her anxiously.

He looked at her anxiously.
Il have heard" he stammered
that you are TO be married this year.
Is it trueT
She met his questioning eyes.
Il am glad you have asked me that
question" she told him.
''Why?"
She did not hesitate.
Because 1t Is in your power to fur.
nish the answer"
Whereupon he took the hint-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Linen will last longer and be whittier
and will iron much better IL washed
by itself. To plunge 1t into the gen-
eral family wash is a mistake. II
should 90 into its own tub Of water.
be washed rapidly and rubbed but lit
tie, then boiled alone while the rest
Of the laundry work is under way. 1t
will be ready to hang out when the
next relay Of clothes comes to the
boiler and the longer 1t can stay in
the sun and air the better. Constant
bleaching In sun and air are better
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Every now and then. instead of ar
lowing the carpet to remain in exactly
the same position as first placed, the
tread of the carpet should be moved a
couple Of inches or so either up or
down. This has tine effect of keeping
the pile of the carpet in a uniform con-
dition, and. besides retaining the fresh
appearance of the carpet, it helps it to
last much longer than il would if left
exactly as laid. 1t costs nothing to do
this vet saves much.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
Good Advice Followed.

"Klnd lady, could y gimme a bit to
eat? I've looked all day but can't find
no work In me line
why, there should be plenty. Aren't
you the same man that told me last
week when there wasn't any snow that
you were a snow shoveler out of a
job?'
Yes, lady. but don't you remember
dat you advised me then to change my
perfesh? l done it. I'm a gardener
kansas City Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Why Divorces Are Frequent Here.
l do not agree. however. with those
who are continually harping upon the
low state of our morality think
Americans are very staid. and, as a
rule, behave themselves quite well. 1t
is true that many divorces occur among
us, but this is because there are Amer
lean women who will not stand any
nonsense from their husbands. says a
writer in Vogue. In America we are
divorced and we remarry. and this sec
ond experience turns out, oftentimes,
happily.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
The Thin Kimnno

The dressy klmonO is made with a
deep lace yoke in the front and back,
net founce, ruflied with net around
the bottom and down the front. 1t is
worn over a pretty pale silk slip Of the
same, made separate. White allover is
neat material for plain kimonos,
trimmed with embroidery insertion.
White lawn needs only few tucls and
pretty valenciennes lace to give the de-
sired touch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
Broom Economy.

Old brooms make fine brushes Tor
sinks and are nice for cleaning bed
springs and mattresses. Cut off big
handle, cut even at both ends, tie in
two places with strong cord One
broom makes three brushes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
A Bath Bag.

A bath bag is real luxury, and a
most inexpensive one. A yard of cheese
cloth will make six. Stitch up the bags,
leaving one end open. Fill them with
bran, little orris root and some finely
shaved CASTLE soap Use as a sponge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
Esca,e the Merry widow

"Well, I'm glad I'm so TALL" said
one man of feet and over, and
I'm glad I'm short" said another, a
man of ) feet or under and far apart
as they were in stature they were glad
with the same cause; one was too tall
and the other too short to be worried
by the scraping of 1.-The Merry Widow"
hat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Newed-My wife has habit of tax
Ing money from my pockets when I'm
asleep
OIdwed-Mine used to do that, too,
but she doesn't any more.
Newed-How do you prevent it?
Oldwed-I spend every cent | have
before | go home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
A Thought.

Finish every day and be done with
1t. Some plumbers and absurdities,
no doubt, crept In. Forget them as
soon as you can. Tomorrow Is a new
day, too good to be cumbered with old
nOnsense.-EmerSon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Don't grudge your guests anything
they ask for in reason, provided you
have it in the house, even supposing
you yourself disapprOve Of any pari.cu-
lar food or drink being used. You ask
your friends for their happiness, lot
yours.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

The skirt of the model here shown
was in trained length and was laid in
plaits, stitched part way down in the
middle of the front. The corsage was
made with bands of wolfe over white
lace, and the loose sleeves were cut
in one with the corsage. The yoke and
undersleeves were Of sheer tucked net
and lace.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

JinksEI never had much use for
feather beds. 1 don't consider them
healthy.
Blinks-Well, know q man who
says he would like to see them all over
the country.
JinksHIndeed! Who Is he?
Blinks-Why, an inventor of flying
machines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

than washing powders and to finish
perfectly the pieces should be ironed
while very damp. To starch table
linen is a gross error. When ironed
correctly 1t will be stiff and will leave
n polish
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

"Say, mister" said the small boy
"lemme carry yer satcher?"
"Ohl" replied the ladylike Mr.. Cis-
sey. my satchel isn't heavy"
mo, know II wouldn't be heavy fur
me. but it's different wild you."-The
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
A Mans Idea.

sour idea of a hero" says a writer,
'is man we wouldn't mind inviting to
dine with us en- famile The woman's
hero, on the contrary, is the very man
we should carefully avoid introducing
to them"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

The Man-And you really think you
have an ideal husband, don't you?
The Matron-I know I have. Why,
he treats me as II he were a candidate
for office and I was a voter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Dresses for the very little children
are peculiarly charming when mace
with half low necks and sleeves that
terminate just s:5ove the elbows. and
this one is dainty and attractive in the
extreme. In the illustration white Per
sian lawn is trimmed with embroidered
banding: but all the pretty materials
that are used for little girls dresses are
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

London did not have an adequate
water supply till 1906. Two-thirds Of
1t comes from the Thames, the rest
from artesian wells.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

appropriate, and just now there is
special fancy for the Dresden dimities.
lawns and the like with trimming Of
embroidery or lace. There are epaur
lettes that are exceedingly becoming &c
childish figures and the dress is alto
gether very attractive one, while IL is
exceedingly simple to make.
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
Order Coupon.
No. 1865.
SIZE ...................
ADDRESS 1890.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Boil down almost any mans prayers
in Ave words, and you VIII find them
to be: Reward me- Punish my
onamy.~
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

Heaven bless the old-fashioned sort
Of q man, who does not give good ad-
vice, but who helps you BY good sx-
ample.