The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-02-06


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Vanity gets women into more rou-
BILE than almost any other quality.
Miss Jane Adams points out that
most of the reckless investments made
by self supporting women are due to
the Establishments of INSCRIPTIONS pro-
moters, who appeal to their victims
Judgment as "business women" Even
the most feather Drained female be-
lieves that she Is a person of penetra-
ton and astuteness, and to have her
own opinions so fatteringly verified Is
enough to induce her to invest IN the
proffered stocks, and in the course Of
events she loses. Sound enterprises
do not have to 60 a-begging for money.
Eggs must be cheaper in the canal
zone than they are here. Miss. Ger
trude Beeks, who went down to In
vestigate conditions in Panama for the
government, says one man told her
that he had eaten so many that he
shuddered whenever he heard a hen
cackle. Housekeepers who are paying
half dollar per dozen for eggs long
parted from the hen would be glad II
paternal government would import
some Of Panama's superfuous fowls
here, where the music Of their cackle
might delight famine stricken pub
lie.
In a recent interview Mrs. Frances
'Hodgson Burnett, who Is living at
Sands Point, on Long Island, rdiculed
the heroines of old fashioned fiction.
Lady Castleton she termed catfish"
and Amelia Sedley a ''ninny." She
thinks that people would not tolerate
such types nowadays. After all, hu-
man nature Is pretty much the same
in all ages, and in spite Of Mrs Bur-
nett's opinion many people who read
and observe cannot see that the petit
coated "cat'' and 'ninny" are as yet
lost types. They sail across the pages
Of fiction, being most numerous IN
those volumes devoted to picturing so
called "high nfe." The cat and n1nny
are products Of the idle life and are
less numerous among busy women
than In the leisure class. The cure for
"cattishness" and 'ninnism" is to be
found In work.
A fair days work for fair pay Is
Mrs. Smiths rule. She does not expect
the cook to he Waldorf chef nor the
upstairs maid to do fancy sewing for
her. But she does ask both to do plain
cooking and plain sweeping and dust
ing well.
After they have been in her house
week cook and parlor maid decide that
there is no nonsense and no demand
for extras on the part of the lady Of
the house. They make up their minds
that 1t is a good place to stay in. and
they do their work accordingly.
A bad servant, one who is sloppy or
i'll tempered, is not worth bothering
with, but any woman Of medium intel
ligence who Is neat and appreciates
the right kind Of mistress can be
trained into a good servant who will
stay In a house indefinitely.
It isn't the dull child that Is having
It hardest In its drst year at school,
but the child who has never been
taught to obey. Teacher has not much
time for moral suasion, and the moth
er's darling who doesn't yield to the
first gentle urging will feel the weight
Of the iron hand in the velvet glove.
After all, it is the kirdest as well as
the wisest thing for the child for its
mother to teach it the lesson Of obeh-
ence at her knee.
Miss Margurite De Forest Anderson,
woman who has won success as
futist, advises women who have weak
lungs to learn to play the cornet, flute
or some other wind instrument. She
says It has developed her from dell
cate girl to a young woman Of superb
chest development. Miss Anderson
studied under Albert Fransella, the
most celebrated instructor Of the flute.
She has appeared at Windsor castle
and at many Of the most brilliant con-
certs in England. Now she has re-
.rned to America to be heard In con-
certs here.
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The woman who is fondest Of enter
tanning you with stories Of her past
conquests is generally the one who has