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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
BY Miss Leonora Macadam.

Teacher OF Department.
~ YHEN you ask me what Is the
" matter with New York WON
" en-, their manners and their
habits. see opened up be-
fore me large and painful subject.
In sorrow / must admit that women
are helping to lower morals In New
York.
First, too much liberty is given to
the young woman. do not mean
that she should be immured In a con-
vent until she comes out socially, but
believe that she should be taught
how to conduct herself properly in
public and in private before she goes
forth into the world. To-day this is
done only in rare cases.
The modern mother therefore Is to
blame for the conduct Of the new
generation of young women. She Is
not content with the sweet manners
of modest girl. She demands that
worldly dash in her daughter which
causes comment, yes, but which Is so
often the hallmark of vulgarity. The
mother does not recognize this as
such. To her 1t is style. fashion,
something sparkling and altogether
to be desired in her daughter.
From this scorn of sweetness and
modesty in young girls spring loose
ness and carelessness among women
In public. The young woman of to-
day thinks nothing of drinking in pub
lie; In fact, she awaits eagerly the
time when she may go into a restau-
rant and order her cocktail.
Smoking in public is becoming too
common. To see a woman, beauti-
fully gowned, smoking in her motor
is most offensive. yet walk down
ming and you will see that very thing.
This all comes from familiarity with
the life of the woman in the half
world 1t is difficult thing to-day to
tell one class from the other. In
dress. in habit, in manner. they are
the same. Their walk is filled with
suggestiveness. Their clothes are
designed to attract the attention of
men.
Here is the great trouble with
women of all classes in New York.
They think only of attracting men.
They do not consider that gentleness
of manner and dignity will interest
the desirable class of men.
Until maternal censorship is exer-
cised over the dress and the habits
of the girls who have the wrone
standard of manners and dress the
moral tone of the city through wom-
en- will gradually decline.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
Lennon Removes Marks.

Coffee kettles should never be- al
lowed to become duh and furnished as
they are difficult to clean when much
stained.
A cut lemon, dipped In powdered
bathbrick, is however. usually success
full in removing dishguring marks. the
kettle being then washed with warm.
soapy water. and "a final polish given
with the aid of soft cloth and pow
dered bathbrick.
Half a lemon dipped In salt will do
wonders in polishing brass and copper
utensils.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
Rx Mrs. helle de Rivera.

President OF the City Federation of wom-
ems Clubs.
~ HERE Is a vast difference be-
tween lowering morals and Of
Tending good taste. Many wom-
en- in New York do both, but, on
the other hand, there are thousands
of other women in this same city who
remain untainted, delightful and
charming.
When 1t comes to smoking in public
do not believe in 1t. do not smoke,
but do not object to other women
smoking IL they choose, so long as
they do not indulge the habit in pub
lie, where it offends the more con-
servative element and defies the Gus.
toms of our nation. It is decidedly
bad taste, but not immoral.
/ must say right here that cannot
see how a woman's smoking would
have any specific or direct effect on
the moral drift of a community unless
she carried the habit to excess and
through that excess became irrespon-
sible.
Drinking is an entirely different
matter, and I must condemn 1t with
out reservation. have seen a great
deal of drinking among women, and
when you ask me what is the matter
with them, why do they do 1t, l would
again say that 1t Is matter of GUS
tom, and custom Is the New York
woman's greatest foe.
Before drinking in restaurants be
came custom among women you
saw little Of 1t. No what 1t is Gus
tomary you sec q great deal. The
New York woman is q slave of Gus
tom, and when she breaks from this
taskmaster and does some independ
emit thinking she will gain much.
i do not believe that the older New
York woman is leading the younger
woman into bad habits. The young
er woman now leads her elders. Fol-
instance. a niddle-aged woman goes
into restaurant; she has never
drunk anything in such place; she
sees 1t going on about her among the
young women: It seems to be the Gus
tom; she follows the custom because
she does not want to appear behind
the times.
The. dashing young woman In search
Of new sensations sets the darins
example and warns her elders that
they must follow ~ be counted q
sshsn-beens."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25

Adaptsd fer oesaifasts Lunsheen, oupS
psrs Or Any peseIbls varIsty

Pancakss. Three cupfuls Of but
tsrmilk. one scant tsaspoonful Of soda.
ons-haif tsaspoonful Of salt. two cup
fuls of -four. OF corn meal.
Graham 0riddls Cakss.--Warm one
pint OF milk and one pint Of water.
put half Of the mixture IN stone jar.
add fivs teacupfuls of graham dour
and two cupfuls OF wheat -four. one
sugarspoonful Of brown sugar. beat
until smooth. add rest Of milk and
water. lastly one cup Of yeast. In the
morning take out one cupful Of bat
ter before adding one-half teaspoonful
Of salt and one spoonful Of soda dis
solved in q little water. Every night
mix two-thirds graham and one-third
-four, according to the amount de-
sired; add milk once In while when
II can be spared--it helps to brown
them nicely. Cheaper, and healthier
than buckwheat.
Best Pancakes. doing up the
evening work put the required amount
of sour (thick) milk into mixing
bowl. Beat in -four enough to mako
a thick batter. Beat In salt. cover,
and set aside. In the morning dis
solve soda in cold water Beat into
batter thoroughly. Beat the required
number of eggs for amount of batter
light. Fold lightly into batter. This
will hasten the breakfast getting and
you will have pancakes At for king.
Cornmeal Cakes.Sift together one
and one-half large cups cornmeal. one
heaping teaspoon baking powder. tea
spoonful salt. tablespoon sugar. Rub
In one teaspoon lard and add enough
water to make thin batter. Then add
one or two eggs. Beat well and fry
on hot griddle. This makes enough
for two and they are certainly fine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits Unconsclousiy Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break lifelong habit would,
II 1t could be transformed, lift q weight
Of many tons. n,
It sometimes requires higher de-
gree OF heroism to break the chains Of
q pernicious habit than to lead for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A Lady
writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood was .
lover of coffee. Before was out Of my
teens was miserable dyspeptic. suS.
fering terribly at times with my stom-
ach.
"T was convinced that It was coffee
that was causing the trouble and ret
I could not deny myself cup for
breakfast. At the age Of 80 was IN
very poor health, indeed NY sister
told me I was IN danger Of becoming
. coffee drunkard.
But 1 never could give up drinking
coffee for BREAKFAST. although Il kept
me constantly III. until trled Postum.
learned TO make II properly according
to directions, and now we can hardly
do without Postum for breakfast and
care nothing for cofteo. \,
II am no longer troubled With IN
pepsia, do not have spells q euGpgluG
With my stomach that use4 . txoublo
me 20 when / drank eo&oo
Look IN pkg. Tor the 1lt(le boo1 81 ~
Road to Wellville.' = 'Ihoreao 8 nCo1c
NJ - 80 .~>~ - 49,. ~ ~ ~ go
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
BY Mrs. {. L. Fernandez.
sident Professional woman's

vice-President Professional woman's
League.
= MAY be old-fashioned, yet l am
continually engaged In questions
OF the day. see and hear things,
and participate in affairs that in
terest the public. But my old-fash-
toned views inspire these comments
on DR.. Haywood's interview:
The trouble with New York women
is their lack of interest in their
home surroundings. They feel no in
terest whatever in their homes. Home
is place to sleep, perhaps even to
eat in when the bank account runs
low and they cannot spend the accus-
toned amount in public restaurants.
In many households there is little
love of family. Women do not wish
to have children. This condition in
itself is enough to wreck the morals
of country, for no matter how bad
the woman IL she has child the
spark of goodness and womanliness
still burns. On the other hand, the
woman who deliberately shuns the
motherly duty becomes hard and bad
at heart.
This lack of home ties leads to dis
sipation. The idle wife must be
amused. Once she begins to drink
she is forever restless. The world
holds not enough to divert her. She
must go out every night and then to
supper and to drink some more. She
must lunch and dine here, there and
everywhere and liquor accompanies
every meal.
Her home bores her. She escapes
from 1t as every opportunity. She is
off with other men because they in
terest her for the moment and furnish
excitement She begins to regard her
husband as human bank account,
and resents the situation when she
finds she has overdrawn her account.
This condition nine times out of ten
will end with divorce. To-day, even,
divorce in the eys of some women is
diversion. 1t gives them something
to do. It furnishes excitement to
jaded sensibilities.
Smoking represents exaggerated
Summation OF MINDS ana bodies. Vul-
garity In dress is the natural result
of the woman's deadened sense of de-
cency.
When a woman drinks she turns
reckless. Her first recklessness may
hardly be apparent even to herself,
but gradually 1t becomes more
marked. AS a result she will say any
thing she desires; she will do any
thing, no matter how disgusting, that
she wishes to do. and she will wear
the most outrageous clothes imagin-
able.
Analyze the nervous, high-strung
woman Of to-day. the woman who
flaunts her petty vices in the face of
society, and you will find that the
word home" means nothing to her.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
celery SALAD eandwIehes.

Four eggs. one head Of celery, half
a teaspoonful Of salt. a,dash Of pep
per. one cupful Of mayonnaise. Put
the eggs In warm water and when 1t
reaches the boiling point keep them
there without boiling for IL minutes.
Then remove the shells and chop
them very hne.
Take the white portion Of the cell
cry. chop fine and mix with the egg.
Season and spread on thin slices of
buttered bread, cover with layer Of
mayonnaise.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
The Exception.

In a home where the mother IL
somewhat aggressive and the father
good-natured and peace-loving. q
child's estimate of home conditions
was tersely expressed the other day.
While dressing the mother paused In
the act of putting on her shoes and
said: II certainly am easy on shoes. !
have worn these for four months. I
don't know what you would do. John.
II l were not. am easy on every
thing" The little girl looked up
from her dolls and remarked: "Ex-
cept father."-Success.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
BY Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood.


vice-President OF the woman's EQUAL
Suffrage League.
wy HAT Is the matter with the
NV New York woman? Her hus-
" band!
II she has no husband, then
her men friends. For New York men
are directly responsible for what New
York women are to-day.
Does a woman smoke? Then It is
because her husband demands her
companionship even In smoking. He
may have travelled In countries where
women smoke. He has become accus-
toned to this, and misses 1t II his
wife does not join him in a cigaret
after the salad, or with their coffee.
His selfishness leads her into the
habit.
|, Does she drink3 Then her husband,
or her men friends. have asked her
to do So They 30 out to dinner to.
gether. The first question asked by
the man IL: What sort of a cock.
tailf" Or II he has learned her pref.
erence the cocktail is ordered before
she has drawn on her gloves. She
drinks at first not because she likes
the taste Of the cocktail, but because
the man expects her to be his good
pal" When she finally learns to
crave the liquor he taught her u
drink the man condemns her..
Does she wear low-cut gowns q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25

Three eggs. reserving the whites Of
two for frosting. one cup sugar. one
cup milk. one tablespoon flour. butter
size Of an egg, one teaspoon vanilla.
Beat eggs, mix -four and sugar and
add, then the melted butter, next milk
and extract. Beat well and bake In
open crust az custard. When cool
frost with beaten whites Of two eggs
to which has been added ohe-half cup
sugar. Brown lightly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
York World.

Following this sermon with direct
statement to the Sunday World, Dr.
Haywood says:
II say without hesitation that the
New York woman of to-day is drag
ging down moral standards, not only
for the next generation of her own
sex, but for the men among whom she
moves and whom she endeavors to at
tract by means to which her mother
and her grandmother would never
have stopped. If her influence did
not extend beyond the confines of
Manhattan Island the situation would
be less appalling. but. alas, she is
selected as a model by women all
over the country, women who see her
On her environment or as guest in
their home towns or who read of her
eccentricities, her attractiveness, her
daring, in the public press and period
tcals of all sorts. Indirectly as well
as directly she thus becomes a source
of contamination.
New York may well be termed a
Babylon. 1t is poisoning the very
foundation of our national social
health by drawing women of other
cities to itself-and away from the
wholesome standards, forms and hab-
its of generations past.
"The women of the household are
responsible for the moral slough of
New York Take the single question
of where the family of the typical
New Yorker shall live. For the sake
Of his children the husband and ia
Their would be quite willing to live
I'm the suburbs. enduring all the incon-
veniences of committing. But his
wife will not bury herself in the
deadly dullness" of quiet suburb.
She wants to be where she can see
and be seen. She demands excite
ment. the social life and the night
life peculiar to this city. She insists,
in fact, on being in the swim, and
being in the swim in New York she
imagfnes means INDUCING in all sorts
of dissipation, not only In private,
but In public. so that all who come
may see that she knows Just what
smart women are doing.
Concerning the modern habits Of
women, let us first consider smoking
hold that smoking, especially cigar
cts, leads women to a far lower point
of degradation than drinking. Many
q man or woman who drinks Is not
morally bad, but the average man or
woman addicted to cigaret smoking
betrays moral standard that Is ap-
palling, strikes criminal note that
is shocking and shows a decided ten
dency toward degeneracy And fig-
ures 60 to show that more women are
smoking cigarets in New York to-day
than they ever have before.
Drinking follows cigaret smoking.
and the combination Is fearful. Won
en- who indulge In these two habits
can wreck community's morals. for.
remember. the old generation Is dis.
appearing. and the oncoming genera.
ton will look to the woman OF to-
day. not Of yesterday, for It's example.
"And what sort of an example does
she set, In dress, for instance? In
the ballroom at the theater, on the
street the New York woman leaves
nothipg to the imagination. The
country youth, watching her pass.
bushes at the vision OF exposed
snkIeo, clinging. suggestive skirts,
l0w-cut neclrs beneath open furs. the
hat crushed down over the eyes a.
Il q haifveil the Invitation to admire.
"LQok = THE woman ant ssk. II
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
Not up to Modern Standards.

Your wife's new hat makes her
look like queen" said the man who
tries to be complimentary.
Don't let her hear you say that"
answered Mr.. Bliggins; II have
looked through the histories and ]
never yet saw a picture Of a queen
who looked as II she enjoyed a FIRST
class milliner"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25

Pour two quarts Of boiling water
over two heaping teaspoonfuls of tsa
and steep. just nve minutes. Strain
over two pounds Of sugar and cover
tin cool. Break small ripe pinsap.
pie. cut three peeled oranges intD
slices. and squeeze he Juice Of elght
lemons. Put al Into DE IT, mixture
ana add lev, cholee stravberEiee q
ehsrri9s. Put O ics IN CA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
lNCE more the New York

woman is arraigned at the
bar of social opinion. And
all because in a recent
sermon Rev. Oscar Hay
wood, pastor of the Col
legiate Baptist Church Of
the Covenant in West
Thirty-third street laid the
downtown tendency of
New York city's morals
at her door, says the New
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
SEVERE JUDGMENT OF REV.
OR. HAYWOOD.

T SAY without hesitation
81 \ that the New York wom-
81 Of to-day 10 dragging
@ down moral standards,
,ISSS not only for the next
O9 generation Of her own
sex, but for the men among whom
she moves and whom she endeav-
ors TO attract by means to which
her mother and her grandmother
would never have stopped. u her
influence did not extend beyond
the confines Of Manhattan To-
land the situation would be less
appalling; but, alas! she 10 Sc
iected az a model by women all
over the country-women who
see her In her own environment
] or as a guest In their home
towns or who read OF her eccen-
!, trieities, her attractiveness, her
daring In the public press and
periodicals OF all sorts. Indirect
iy, as we'll as directly, she thus
becomes source Of contamina-
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-12-25
HIS STATUS.

OATS a swell horse youse got, Jim
ME! What is he. charger, orr"
Jaw, by de way he is always kickin'.
guess he's just plain mule!"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
The coniurer's Trade.

Where does the conjurer learn his
work, and who invents his tricks fol
him?
The first question is easy: the second
difficult. The conjurer learns from
books and from papers produced spec
tally for coniurerS. There are three
conjurels' papers published in America
and three in England. and it is gener-
ally understood that English conjurers
are always hungry for the American
papers and the American conjurers fol
the English AS to the books on con-
juring, they are produced by the score
but the ma jority Of them are never
heard of by anyone but conjurerS.
But the cnniurer who always per
forms old tricks, just as they are de-
Scribtd in books, will never acquire q
very great reputation from his rivals
Ii is generally conceded, however, that
there are certain tricks-some card
tricks and a few others-which viii
never become old fashioned: but with
some of these exceptions the Christ
mas conjurer's program must be new
each year, and. if possible. his own.
y con5hrCr who sits down to think
out now trick has several courses
open to him. He can take an old trick
ard improve it i'll such way that it is
compar stively d new trick to be per-
formed with articles that have never
been used Iii a trick before; or he may
employ articles that are the stock-in-
trade of every conjurer, and use them
iii different way. 1t is often more
nit to improve an old trick than to
think of 4. new
THE finest tricks of all are those in
wl:ich new objects are used, and in
which the secrets are new also. The
number of such tricks is comparatively
small. and in most cases the inventor
receives no thanks and no recompense
for his trouble. He satisfies his con-
Jurer's conscience when he produces
new tricks. but he knows that conjur-
els cannot deceive conjurers. and that
III all probability his ideas will he con
led
Many Of the oldest tricks are still
very popular. The oldest book on con-
Jurlng III existence, published in 1894,
contains descriptions of some of the
tricks performed this season; but, nat
ura!ly. the methods of modern conju-
ers are far more ingenious than those
or their MISUNDERSTANDING.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
The Delos Excavations.

NE excavations which were under
tahen IN the Island of Delos bv the
french Archaeological School of Athens
ohoef the direction Of NJ. Homole, and
pursued by NJ. IIolleaux. uncovered a
portion of alluvial ground. The ,uu-
Vlum had been deposited in the portbo,r
part OF the island by the Inopos. an an
c'eht torrent, now reduced to a rivu,a,
AT the quaternary epoch and at the be-
ginning OF historic times the stream
brought down sand which contains froe-
ments OF pottery coming from historic
epochs. While the archeoloeists v,or.
making excavations here Homolle s,nL
some shafts on his own account and
Iouhd moiar tooth of fossil elephapt
Prof Boule of the Paris Natural His
tory Museum considers that it is a tooth
OF the Elephas antiquus. The discove,,,
OF tooth of this species is for tha
p i,s esei't the only point which we possess
aS 70 the last phases of the history of
tne Aegean continent. The smalIuncs 81
the island, which measures at most thraa
niles IN length and often less than civ
Ieeh- hundredths of mile in width
proves that mammal of the size of tho
eiePlas antiquus could not live upon
Sucf limited space. Consequently tho
Island Of Delos-that is. the central mari
OF the Cyclades-must have been Sill
connected with the continent at that
epocn. Inc separation of the Aegean
continent into islands thus appears as n
!eii'hve!y recent event in the history of
Inc east IN Mediterranean region a do.
{ ht ton borne out by the ohsa,-.at,on NJ
HE volcanic phnnomena Of the rsain, "
London Chronicle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
Rifle Art.

Wien opening q rifle club at Withan
tie other day Field Marshal Sir Evelvr
Wood told some stirring stories in illus
tration of what good craftsmanship car
do, Thirty years ago. he said. during ar
attack by 5000 Zulus on 1.SoO white men
a as-bearer. himself unseen from the
lager. was directing the flank attack O,
some thousands of warriors. who. covered
by the lilly ground, would if they had
charged. have been under fire for only
~ yards. The British general who WAS
outside the laager. shot the Zulu at 10.
Eafds. and then shot Il second and q
thlfd who had picked up his flag.
The Zulus abandoned Tie attack and
the position was saved. But who could
nave been TIE British general who ,hus
prayed the part of David to the Zulu
Goliaths? None but Sir EVELYN himself
as may be remembered by readers of his
delightful "reminiscences. From Midsbin-
man to Field Marshal. "-London Chron.
icle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-26
PROGRESS OF WOMEN.
Marvellous Gains in the Number oil
Workers Between 1870 and 1900,

In 1870 there were lust IA women ar
chitects. craftsmen and designers in
the United States. In 1900. ten hun
dred aud forty-one, Artists and teach
ers Of art. from 412 in 1870 to 1927 in
lSoU Clergymen from 81 to 1878, Den
lists from "A to S07. Journalists from
81 to 2,191'
Lawyers from 5 Gust five) to 1910,
Literary and Scientific Persons" from
1873 70 1894. Musicians from AHA IA
'2'ao9. Government officials mote this
particularly from al to S,llg. Doc
tors IN spite of the long, ignorant
riamor about 'henmedics') from 527
70 1881. And teachers accommodating
unchecked, as long as men cannot be
b1iocd away from commercial pursuits
10 perform their uplifting task of mas.
cuhnilat.on, the Termination of our
sohools) from S4,047 in 1870 to 327. GA
in 1850,
The gains in Trade and Transnorta-
tioh' are even more marvellous than
those in professional Service"
in Tne year 1870 all the women hook
Keepers, accountants, clerks, copyists.
stencgranhers and tvbewriters in this
country were Jumped together by til,
CfhSns Office and turned out to Num-
ber S.C.@' In 1900 they were sjfted
apart. hut if shc' Should he thr1,-,
back together again into the same COL