Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-08

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81 always get my soap by the guam
tity," said a housewife, land always
keep the inner wrappers of each cake.
These wrappers are of oiled or wax pa
per, and | find them most excellent for
use on ironing day. There is just
enough soap clinging to each piece of
ing my iron clean. | find these papers
are really more satisfactory than the reg
ular ironing wax that comes for the Spe
cial purpose Of keeping irons Clean"
SO far from contributing to race sui
eide, DR.. Woods Hutchinson thinks that
the diminished size of the modern family
has tended to increase rather than to
lessen the population, besides increasing
its vigor, health and efficiency. A high
birth rate, he says in '"The Woman's
Home Companion" almost invariably
means a high death rate, and particularly
huge infant mortality. DR.. Hutchinson
expresses no admiration for the mothers
who in the good old days bore families
of eight, twelve or fifteen children.
Neither the fathers nor the mothers Of
these huge families" he says, had any
particular intention, or, indeed. any idea,
of sacrificing themselves for the race, or
doing their duty by the community;
they were simply following their instincts
patiently-and stupidity"
More admirable by far, to his mind,
are those modern men and women who
deny themselves the privilege of father
hood or motherhood because they believe
themselves in danger of transmitting
physical or mental defects. This att
tude, he says. is zone of the highest
triumphs of biologic morality, and each
instance of this sort should be carefully
studied by medical and biological ex-
perts. so as to establish unquestionably
the existence of such a defect IN the
blood of the individual and the prob
ability of the Transmission to offspring,
for the ability to come to such decision
as this indicates the possession of mental
and moral qualities which it would be
exceedingly desirable to have trans
mitted to the future generations, if the
physical handicap be not too great.
Il find a pair of long wristed white
silk gloves very useful" said woman
open to new ideas. Really. these, gloves
are economical. You see, Oh leaving
home | slip them on over my evening
gloves, and then when l reach the home
of my hostess, it is the matter OF but
moment to take them off. This means
that my kid gloves are not soiled at all.
A pair of silk gloves will more than save
their expense in a short time in the item
that have the satisfaction of knowing
| that my hand covering is quite as lmmac-
ulate as / would wish"
Twill a lucky gentlewoman give an
unlucky one a tiny mascot to BRING
Iuck?'' runs an advertisement in an Eng
lish paper. Here was a poor sOul-fOr IT
there is a creature on the face of the
earth whose fate calls for pity it is a
gentlewoman who is down-keeping in
her poverty some of that superstition or
faith, whatever it may be called, which
is the only thing that keeps misfortune
from crushing the sufferer If only she
could get the right charm, she might in
duce fate to look kindly on her!
Braid is much used upon the wraps de-
veloped from serge and prunella, the
fiat. silky kind being preferred, though
not to the exclusion of soutache. The
so well on the serge as it does on the
| smoother prunella.
A serge wrap in plain box style made
to close down the left side, has a yoke
defined by rows of braid, frog ornaments
being put on the closing. The full coat
sleeves are trimmed with braid to match.
This is a smart and practical model
In some of the dressier styles the
sleeves are bell shape, though long, the
flare beginning below the elbow and only
slight fullness visible at the armhole
The majority, however, are coat shaped.
Only occasionally are trimmings in color
used. These are mainly in Persian band
ing effects and are put on as a finish at
the neck only. Black crochet buttons
are used for closing wraps. Silk, jet
and satin buttons are put on the all
black coats.
al the buttons are large, though not
many in number.
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