The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-15


stance. this spring great fad for
wrestling has sprung up. A Boston
girl started It. II seems they are
quite mad over II In the Hub. and the
boudors OF the Back Bay district are
the scenes Of some clever private
bouts
Those who advocate the sport say II
gives one a beautiful figure and rosy
cheeks, 80 all the pasty complexioped
fat girls are trying II as beauty cure.
Sometimes" says business girl, u
friend OF mine, II get indignant at all
the preaching directed at us. On all
hands young women are told that they
must have good knowledge OF house.
hold management, cookery and other
duties II they are to become helpful
wives and be happy In their marriage.
Young men are being warned with
equal inslstence that the partners they
select must have the same quallfca-
lions. That Is quite the correct view
to take, but there comes pleading
cry from some of the girls. Nobody
disputes the statement, they say In
effect, and we all agree that wife
should know those things before she
is married, but Is not that rather hard
on some OF us who are so busy that
we have no opportunity OF acquiring
the requisite experienceY
thnttoo nd a ~ nirla
who have never had time to learn
housekeeping. Are they to be exclud-
ed from all chance Of marriage? Is
1t to be argued that they are incapa-
BILE Of becoming good wives, from
the housekeeping point OF view, and
making their husbands happy?
at is only fair to say that they
must be judged according to their ca
paclty and intelligence. They cannot
be entirely ignorant of household
work, cooking, etc. Therefore II they
are bright and quick witted they will
soon learn many details, even after
marriage. In fact. many girls who
have married In what their critics
would call a state of ignorance have
astonlshed their friends by the rapid
| ity of their development into good
housewives. When married. said
happy husband, with a smile, my wife
didn't know how to mend my pockct;
she was no needlewOman. But she
understood that she must become one,
| for | couldn't afford to have every
thing done out. And now III back
her against anybody
''The fact that they have never done
II Is no proof that they cannot learn
to do IT, They may learn more quickly
| than those who have already acquired
the experience for 1t takes some peo-
pie much longer than others to assimi
late knowledge The proper way 10
regard this matter is TO judge by the
| things they have done and by their
| general intelligence, together with land
this Is the important point The love
they bear for the prospective hus-
band"
Don't you think that girl Is right?
Have you heard of the new vogue
In table decoration? Instead Of flow.
ers the women of the smart set are
scattering little statuettes all over the
dining tables The pedestals Of these
lie half hidden beneath trailing vines.
while electric lights similarly conceal
ed throw soft colors upon them. Quito
fairy like effect may be obtained in
this manner At recent dinner which
| l attended the statuettes were pure
white with soft greenish springtlme
light thrown on them from the lights
concealed beneath. Sometimes a little
statuette at each place holds up Il
rope OF vines or spring flowers which
reaches around the entire table.
Speaking Of table decorations every
thing that can be metal is nowadays
Silver vegetable dishes have long re-
placed china ones. The silver break
fast dish which closes automatically
to keep bread, chops, etc, warm is a
fixture, and now comes the silver wa
ter carafe. replacing our old friend OF
cut glass memory. Truly, times do
change BY the way, have you heard
the latest?
A German steamship company is
thinking Of installing ships mother
on every liner It owns. The office OF
these mothers will be TO look out for
the comfort Of all the feminine pas
sengers 1t viii work all right If the
woman has tact, but II not can you see
where mother Of this description
might be worse than a mother-in-law
Lovingly, MABEL.
TORNADO AT PITTSElElD