The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially for The Reformer

brought face to face with any difficulty all
she has to do is TO write to US. We help
her If il is in our power, not only with
bulletins prepared by the first experts IN
the country but also by personal letters.
The men and women in charge OF each
bureau give lifetime OF study TO one
science.
Il have a profound belief in helping
the country woman as far as possible be
cause it tells ON America future in this
way The girl who sees her mother
drudge out her life in hard unremitting
toll longs for very different future. OF
course her eyes are turned upon the city
and when the first chance comes she leaves
home She will tell you she has no in
tention of becoming the slave her mother
has been. We combat this feeling by every
measure IN our power The best way 10
do II is by making a country home so
pleasant. convenient. comfortable and
attractive that children win hate TO leave
il .
The new filet lace jumpers, showing a
design worked out in wool embroidery on
the front section and sleeves, are among
the newest importations. Domestic gar
ments show similar styles worked out in
various materials, the jumpers being cut
rather high in the neck with short sleeves,
taking on, to an extent the outline Of a
cap over the shoulder An extreme novelty
is shown in the ichu arrangement Of
crepe de Chine edged with narrow fringe.
This drapery is attached to a wide crushed
girdle in back and front and is held in place
under the arms by one row OF fringe.
through which the arm slips. These are
very effective with the white lace waists
Dry Goods Economist
4 financial authority, writing a warning
to women investors, lays down the follow
ing ten rules for the guidance of women:
]. Six per cent Is liberal return for
the use of money
. The higher the interest return. the
less safe the investment.
3. Before buying security find ont
what YOU could sell it for if YOU owned it.
4. Stock extrayagantly advertised should
never be bought
;. The personal magnetism of stock
salesman does not add one cent to the value
Of the stock,
6. Investment, like medicine, is sci
ence practised by experts
Z, Get expert advice concerning invest
ment. You can afford to pay for it, if
necessary.
s. The successful banker is the best
adviser-when he viii advise.
9. Get information about securities
from as many sources as possible before
buying.
10. Don't invest hurredly
In the course OF an interesting article
he tells several tragic stories of women
who have lost the savings of lifetime in
foolish ventures.
The October Woman's Home Companion
contains an article on "The Moving Pic.
ture Show what it really means in the
town and what it ought to mean. Eight
million people visit moving-picture shows
daily in this country. There are 15,OOO
moving picture theaters. One hundred
million dollars are invested in the business
Why not make this great force power
for good?
There is more money to be made out of
wholesome moving pictures than bad ones.
Following is an extract from the article
The motion picture, developed along
proper lines, combining educational and
amusement features, would raise the stand
ard OF living, promote municipal and do
nestle sanitation, and stamp out disease.
1T would give housewives an intelligent
idea of food values and instruct young men
and women in the conditions which con.
front workers in the various industries
1T would inculcate kindness to animals
and promote an interest in normal, health.
full sports.
"Are the moving pictures in your town
dragging the young people down. bv dis.
regarding their natural healthy taste for
pleasure, or are they interesting them in
broader, bigger themes?
"You don't know!
"Yet you ought to know, for the good
of your children, your neighbours children
yes, and for the good of your real estate
holdings
MAN or woman, married or single
you ought to 60 to the moving-picture
show in your town. At the little picture
theater, block or two from your home
your children, your neighbours children
the maid who serves you at supper, the
boy who delivers your meat and vonr
bread, the young girl who clerks in the
five-and- ten-cent store, are all crowed To-
gether like sardines in huge box. watch.
ing the Pickering films of real life,
And what are they seeing?
Don't you think you ought to know
you who vote and pay taxes, form cluhs
and organize municipal movements? Don,t
you honestly think you ought to get ar.
quainted with the most popular divers;on
in your town.