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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27


Their hand clasps still fingered in his.
For few moments now John Steele
remained motionless, listening to their
departing footsteps, then turned and
gazed around him. :.
Never had his rooms appeared more
cheerless, more barren, more empty.
No: not empty. They were filed With
memories. The man squared his shout.
ders and looked out again from the
window toward that small bit Of the
river he could Just discern. Once he
had gazed at It when It's song seemed
to be Of the green banks and flowers
It had passed by, but that had been on
q fairer occasion-at the close Of a JOY.
GUS spring day. How it came back to
him, the solemn court Of justice. the
beautiful face. an open doorway, with
the sunshine golden without and a
figure that, ere passing into; it, had
turned to. look back! 1t was but for
IN instant, yet again his gaze seemed
to leap to that Turing light. the pass-
ing sleam Of her. eyes. that had lin
gered - 3: !t:% .t..~= S: ..s
That he saw now, or was Il Z dreaml
At the threshold near BY some one
4 looked out-some one % fair fairer.
II that could Le--whose cheeks wore
the tint Of the Wild rose. ...
Pardon me. came up to ses II
my uncle NJ /: s.ss j.
He stared ct her. 81
Your 81 $500. III: 4 8
Yes. 3 She raised : small, tiov&d
.hands - RICK disQrl aeed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
Women and Tobacco.

The question Of the liberation Of
smoking or the insistence upon non
smoking seems TO have been projected
unfirneiy into the consideration of wo-
mems clubs and associations. II is
alleged. on one side, that the number
of women smokers is rapidly increas-
ing. and that their comfort should be
provided for. On the other hand, IL
is alleged that nice women do not
smoke and that the practice should
be forbidden in places where more wo-
men set.k relaxation
The question is untimely because the
great majority OF our women folk have
not acquired the cigarette habit, says
the Boston Post. They get along just
as well without the smoke as with 1t.
But let them sit on the piazza Of an
evening with the men of their family
and they do not revolt at the blow
ing Of a cloud" 10y their male compan-
ions
Ii is essentially matter Of taste---or
of odor IN our Southern dependencies
the women smoke not only cigarettes.
bat cigars, and enjoy their fragrance.
ea.I- = GEt alIlN
mt. physically il seems TO remain for
the men to say whether the kiss from
lips perfumed by tobacco is the less
delicious. The reform. IL there is to
be reform, must originate from that
side.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
Something
On This

The fundamental law Of success in
most everything of lfe is a proper
understanding Of concentration.
There is a worldly Wisdonl in the
advice~-which most Of us recall by
snsiies-~of Jish Billings to his son on
this very theme .
"KonSider the postage stamp, my
son Its usefulness konsists IN its
ability to stick 10 one thing until 1t
gets there"
Few people adhere. in the genuine
cumming sense, to forms principles az
Fashions i'm this age OF moving issues.
IN the push for progress We haVe lost
the steady pull NJ determination. The
process af removing the dr0se and &C
s-ppting n1l the valuable counting part
rs OAR object. is hlndercG hA- our lack
IF this know ledge ~ concentration ana
iiy the slow introduction most OF US
earn to The sense of
Discrimination,
we must individually consider we'll
the relative values nf the things ia
life worth our while and inmost know
hedge: for To know thing. as to pene-
frate from surface to core, we are en-
terinS into the real work of Iife-
time.
trur student OF nature II always
& student IF that particular knowledge
which nature can always give him, and
an earnest student of philosophy. Of
scirt5cr, ri the arts, OF nlsh or Of his
Maker. Is a student who has chosen
the work OF his s9te.
In this discriminating choice we
must count an future probabilities by
past achievements. What other souls
have done may be done again, II the
achievement Of ono looks TO us more
satisfying and the occupation of one
appears to 8s the best distribution for
a4lr personal needs aud usefulness let
as appoint ourselves the task. let us
make ourselves a chosen people for
car work.
Blessed is the man who has found
his work" means blessed is the man
who has wisely Disseminated on the
values proper To his own peculiar
ahnity and purposes of heart For that
which man does not do heartily he
does not do handiy.
Some one has said: "A good work
man can work with three tools--his
head. his heart and his hand.
Having made careful use Of our
mental concentration. we must now
take the second step necessary 10 final
success and study
Separation.
If we are to be a success we have
success to make. and the making OF II
invniges both the self attachments and
the self detaChmants. We know We
cannot serve opposites, Either the one
liz good in tic way we serve good. or
the one is evil and we are followers
of evil
We have chosen. and now We shall
he as busy destroying as building. II
we are Ia succeed. ~e are To climb,
IL we are 10 climb, we are To get rid
of the hindrances.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
sctIye Woman Keeps Young.

The fongest-lived men are those
engaged in healthy outdoor eceupa-
tons. such as farming. simply because
they lead an active. mucular life in
the open air.
Bodily activity keeps at bay the
diseases Of sedentary middle life.
6out and rheumatism lie in wait for
the man who does not walk five miles
in the week, who hates games and
believes that golf is waste of time
1t is the active, busy woman who
keeps her complexion when she ls
past forty years Of age. and girls
twenty years her junior grow sallow
and anaemic for lack Of outdoor exer-
else. says Woman's Life.
You must live a sedentary life. you
SAYS? don't believe il. Even II your
day il spent in an Office or a shop.
YOU have the early morning for a
tub" and twenty minutes with dumb
bells. You have your evenings, and
YOU have your week~ends.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
For n North Room.

1t is often dltficult to know how 70
brighten a room facing north.
] first, IN one of our rooms that
faces that WAY. tried banishing cur
tains altogether. To let the light in,
but soon found that 1T is not only light
that is needed but sunshine: so
determined that, even II | couldn't
have the reat thing ! would get the
effect Of it at any rate. says Home
Chat.
/ had the room tinted "a soft vel
low shade, shading of to an almost
creamy tint for the ceiling. Pretty
short, soft yellow curtains framed the
window, but We're not drawn oyer il
in the least
put pretty brass flower pot with
fern in II in a dark corner, and II
quite transformed it--~-Rrass hreirons
candlestieks and ornaments also help
ed 10 give the room a CHEEKY appear
ance- and soon the dun room was dull
no longer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15

FIVE inch for the scalloped edge, will
prove the most economical way. The
width across will cut just three nap
kins The only decoration above the
border chosen is a monogram or a
simple motif embroidered In one cor
ner.
Cross stitch embroidery is revived to
quite a large extent this season, and Is
used AS a decoration both on house
hold linen and gowns.
/ saw banding recently that was
to form the trimming of a cool looking
coarse grey linen crash. The colors
were dun red old blue and black. work
ed in cross stitch on the grey linen,
the edges finished with a row of very
dark red soutache braid placed inside
Of row of black, but quite close to-
gether
1t was very tasteful trimming, used
as belt. cuffs, the top of a blouse waist
cut In Dutch neck and the closing
downsthe left side 1t might have been
little more striking, had the back
ground been a dark cream, neither
ecru nor yellow but just the mellow
The very fine delicate embroderies
in colored silks are seldom seen now In
the hands of amateurs AT the best,
this work is irving to the eyes and the
fragile materials used render IT UNIT
for general vacation work. Tiny DOH
les are sometimes attempted, and so
are the tops OF small pincushions. but
the larger center pieces and tea cloths
that represented weeks of tedious labor
on the veranda are now CONSPICUOUS
by their absence
A fad among the women in the lake
districts consists of fashioning drown
leather, beads. etc. into bags. dolls
small cushions, etc, as is done by
the Indians, The work develops origt-
nality or ingenuity. and as small me-
mentoes the results may be taken to
friends at home,
At those places where the Indian has-
kets are made sometimes girls club
together and take lessons for an hour
or SO a day They buy the material
and each pays the teacher small sum
for instruction as to its manipula-
ttion, and the finished article becomes
the property Of the pupil. On rainy
DAYS such work is really pleasant
diversion,
ELIZABETH LEE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
RIGHT WAY Of
FINISHING NOTES
SHOWS BREEDING
Use of Word Yours" After Final
Sentence Has Fallen Into
DISGUISE.

Highly important. as indicating
good breeding. is a knowledge of the
correct way of finishing notes, either
social or on business.
The use Of the word yours after
the final sentence has fallen into dis
use, and. as a rule. most" is sub
stituted. For example. where former
t-it-+ts good form to write Sincere
~ yours" one must now write Most
sincerely" or only Sincerely" Most
is optional and may be eliminated
whenever one wishes.
The formal ending now for all COM
munications to equals is Cordially
or Most cordially" This has entirely
taken the place of Yours truly"
which at one time was employed in
social notes. Yours truly" may now
be used, but only to social interiors
or in communications which are strict
~ business to business persons
one might be writing a note to a
woman about a charity fair One may
never have seen the woman. but IL
she is in the same social set. or one
ranking the same, one would finish by
putting Cordially" II the woman
writing the note were married, and a
stranger to her to whom IL is ad-
dressed, the signature would be like
low it, in parentheses, her formal
name, Mrs. John Howard Sturgis."
The parentheses must not be omitted
III any circumstances II a woman
wishes to finish her note trifle differ
entity she may write. after the cor
daily" Anne Fisher Sturgis,'' and,
instead OF putting her formal name
beneath, enclose her visiting card,
which, of course, has her formal name
engraved thereon.
But i'll writing to the butcher, a
business note would end: Yours truly.
Anne Fisher Sturgis." and before 1T, in
parenthesea. Mrs. John Howard
Sturgis." No matter to whom the
communication is written II should
never be signed with the name be-
ginning with the prefix Miss or
Mrs" When the prefix must be
given, as not infrequently 1t Is requir-
ed TO indicate who the woman is. and
whether she is married or not, it
may be put before the name. always
without exception, enclose In brack-
cts, as MISS Anne Olivia Bronson
Respectfully is no longer employ
ed. save my subordinates
To friends, to whom one writes in
formally, one finishes with Faithful
iyo or "Affectionateiy." or in some in
stances. Sincerely Cordially" Is
the. formal phrase and liz not used
otherwise.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15

When you are with person loved
you @fave no sense of being bored.
This humble and trivial circumstance
is the great test~-the only sure and
abiding test of love. With the per
son you do not love yoS are never
supremely at your ease. You have
some of the sensation of walking upon
stills. In conversation with them.
however much you admire them and
arc interested in them. the horrid idea
| say next" Converse with them Is
not perfect association. But, with
will cross your mind OF What snail
those You love the satisfaction in
their presence is not unlike that of
the relation Of heavenly bodies one
to the other. which in their silent
revolution lose none OF their attrac
tive power says Woman's Liz. s4oVs
Is sufficient unto itself. finding pleas
ura in mere existence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
OF the
Household

may be directly down the middle. next
time the right selvedge may not meet
the left by. an inch or SO, and another
week the left may overlap the right.
when laid upon the table the crease
should come directly through the
middle. The inch or 10 of length on
either side OF the table will never be
noticed and the cloth viii last very
much longer.
exactfy AZ are tableeleths except that,
instead OF being rolled. they are folded.
The lower hem is folded to meet the
upper and then the napkin IL folded
once more, making square. 1t lis no
longer considered in good taste to fold
napkins into fancy shapes. To pre-
serve the wear OF napkins as long as
necessary the first fold may be taken
IA directly for the tablecioths.
Doilies and small fancy linens are
not folded at all. but are iroued per-
fectly fiat, scalloped button hole edges
and any embroidery work turned face
downward on several thicknesses then,
pressed with heavy iron.
Two squares of cardboard covered
with any pretty cotton cloth on the
outside and while lawn or linen on
the hiner make pretty receptacles for
fancy table linen coming from the
laundry. Holes are punched in the
edges Of the cardboard, then the two
squares are loosely held together with
narrow ribbons.
In folding sheets. the rule for table
cloths should be observed, selvedge 10
selvedge, the iron going aeress the
threads After the second folding the
hens, ton and bottom. are made to
meet nd then the sheet is laid in iltf
fold. The hens coming on the outside.
In ironing pillow slips, the hens are
usually done first Call aroundl. Then
the slip is folded side seam to side
seam, and the iron passed from the
seams to middle fold. The next fold
ing is matter Of choice, Some house
keepers prefer 10 take the bottom seam
up to the hem and then fold fat as
sheets are folded. Others like sec
ond Iengtlfwise fold. taking the mid
die OF the pillow slip to the side seams
and lastly the bottom seam UP 10 the
hem without further folding.
In the best laundries. | am told. the
former method is used, but there ~
no set rule. One way is as correct
as the other. and there ts no difference
In the wear whether folded length
wise or crosswise
ELIZABETH LEE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
Pot Roast of Beef.

Sprinkle the roast with salt and pep
per. dredge lightly with -four, then,
having heated n little suet or butter
in a frying pan, brown the roast in
ii. turning from side to side until
Drowned on all sides. Take care not
to pierce the fleshy part of the roast
with the fork. A few slices of onion
or Glove OF garlic may also be brown
ed in the pan with the meat. When
well Drowned place the roast in the
cooker vessel. add two cupsfui boiling
water to the frying pan, simmer a few
moments and pour over the roa ST. Add
a teaspoonful salt and enough more
boiling water to almost cover the
roast Cook thirty minutes, then set
in the cooker for six or eight hours,
dependent upon the size OF the roast.
when ready to serve take. up on hot
platter, thicken the liquor in which the
meat was cooked for the gravy lth!s
will have To be done over the fire),
and serve.
a veal pot roast is cooked in the
same way,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15

Dear Mrs. Telford:
have made flreless cooker as YOU
described. and now II you will give me
some recipes that are best suited to
that mode If cooking / will he greatly
obliged. s. IL. &.
Dear Mrs. Teiford:
Will appreciate very much any re-
cipes especially suited 10 the fireless
cooker that you will publish in the
Evening Telegram. | wish 10 use them
while camping. II. :.
The freless cooker Is certainly the
good angel OF the camper. n one
wishes TO go at the crack of dawn"
for o days fishing she can put ham,
Il tongue or "A pot roast into this cook
err, sure TO find ii. on her return at
might. tired and hungry. deliciously
tender and smoking hot; this with no
one 10 tend the fire or danger Of set
rang the camp abiaze or burning the
dirner.
The secret of the fireless cooker is
this: The food brought to boil on
the top Of the stove and IN some cases
cooked there for twenty minutes or
half an hour IS then transferred from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
Page of
Interest
I he.
CONCENTRATION
N, l.. BANCROFT GIBSON.

This separation of values from dross
OFTEN includes heavy sacrifice. often
We tnd In the living bodies of near
and Too dear ones the skeletons of our
"nirht have been" We even gladly
law down that part of our desire ana
say "But for you tsometimes you ~
love. sometimes dutyl ] had been this
quite other person. whom ! have no
wish to he now" Many hearts are hu-
man shelves where We have stored
away our ambitions and where moth
and rust are now separating into dross
We failed 20 beware. OF the purpnseiess
roads OF life and the one Thing which
mattercd we forgot.
A woman who was all industry ana
vim and enthusiasm said To- me once.
Il have been side stepping all my
life and that is why ! am now where
started for In the beginning
And she was right. for hers vas
such scattered usefulness she was
General Crllity without q commission
IN the army
Having started do not be stopped
from steady progress toward the
third and last condition of the true
knowledge OF success
Consolidation.
If VIC are to make anything, we en-
ploy process and we learn cur way
Of life by piece meal knowledge OF
the true and beautiful. as il appears 10
IFS.
In the rectne for success. il what
ever form we strive to make it., there
comes the mixing time, when ingredl
cnts must be prepared 10 mingle This
IL the consolidation of our ways for
the means to our end, our final goal.
This afaassinE is the rich ingather-
ing for which we labor and school our
selves dav in and day gone. This
fact should never be absent trem our
center of purpose. For this we should
work as we live firm in a knowledge
that we are and needing no proof that
II is we who do.
In this consolidation there is thing
more wonderful than signs of the
times. and il is signs of our thoughts
What thoughts we have nurtured from
the beginning with US will appear In
our adult mentality either too niack
ened for recognition or the clean ana
proper concnmitants of our process OF
consolidation. If We have carefully
discarded weeds in our mental culture
we have nothing to assimulat@. but the
harmony with harmony and the de-
sires and objects of lifes purpose COM
n-i5gle at all sides and "ail things
y. rk together for good 10 HIM VINO
has Travelled the road of such knowl-
edge as this,
* know concentration Is - realize
I acct mutation and the mind. when IS
a Kingdom Of its own. is but the accu-
/ mui+ted riches of faithful concentra-
I IL Of purpose and research
/ j sh Billings treatise on the postage
I stamp is the modern proverh of the
! "fetter and spirit OF the law as to a
! fixed purpose in faithful heart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-15
PROPER FOLD|NG
LENGTHENs LIFE
OF House LINEN
Apparently Trivial Matter is Well
Worthy of Housewives Care
and Attention.

How to fold house and table linen
when getting them up at home may
seem a trivial matter. but the man
ner In which it is done has much to
do with the life OF the various arti-
cles.
In the frst place as every good
housekeeper knows. 1t Is necessary
that the hens be perfectly straight.
otherwise any attempt at trying to
fold correctly will be In vain. The
usual plan In hemming table cloths
is to draw a thread and then cut on
the line created by the removal of
this thread. This Is a tedious pro-
cess. | know. and at least one good
department store has realized the
fact, for their statesmen have ieen
directed to cut across the width of
the damask singly instead of through
the goods doubled as is usually done
when buying table cloths by the yard.
Not only is the idea a great conven-
ience to the seamstress. but there is
saving of from two to four inches
on each cloth, because II lis ready
for hemming without taking off the
tiniest scrap. The edges will not APP
pear to be straight when the dana SIX
is first cut Off. but when laundered
for the first time they will be found
correct to a thread.
Table napkins have thread indi-
Gated in. the weave. where the scissors
will divide them, so no extra care is
necessary in cutting napkins.
Cotton that Is to be made up into
sheets. pillow and bolster slips should
always be torn, never cut, II straight
edges are to be the result
In ironing both house and table
linen. as tablecloths. napkins and
sheets. each should be folded selvedge
to selVedge, the iron passing from the
selvedges across the cloth TO the mid
die fold, Ironing Zip and down. tn
stead of across. ieasens the life of the
article, because the thread is not as
strong as the one running cross
wise.
TO iron a tablecloth correctly, fold
as directed and iron on one side, then
turn over and press the under side.
Next, lay the middle fold even with
the selvedge and press well in the
same direction as before. turning over
and finishing the selvedge side. When
all edges are seen TO be even, the cloth
should be rolled around a thick
wooden rod something like long
rolling pin. OF course. some people
fold the cloth, but this Ia not so salts
factory as the roll, because the crease
caused by folding hastens the wear OF
the damask; besides, the appearance
on the table IN better IL the cloth Ia
rolled.
Though, perhaps. not exactly cor
rect 1t Is good plan to change the
long fold of the cloth occasionally
when ironing. One week the folk