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rate declines, and the gradual de-
crease in the number of divorces
after the fifth year of married life
is little affected by the decrease in
the number of surviving marriages
from which divorce might arise.
Actors Head List.
Actors and professional showmen
head the list for divorces. reporting
more divorces in proportion to their
number than any other class of
people. The actor divorce joke is
no fiction. Musicians and teachers
of music rank next, commercial
travellers third. telegraph and tele-
phone operators, fourth. and ply
sicians and surgeons, fifth.
Clergymen and agricultural labor
ers get the fewest divorces. Tha. is
rather comforting to the sentimental
and hopeful person, for 1t unques-
tionably shows that those who are
nearest dear old dame nature, and
those who are likewise religiously
inclined, are not affected by this
remarkable change in the social
customs of the race.
The United states has more d.
yorces by far than any other ma
tion, with the exception of Japan.
That the figures Of this country
differ materially from the figures
of other countries II not surpris-
ing. Obtaining n divorce in this
country In a more everyday af-
fair than Il Is in Europe, nnd n
Probnbl! resorted to by q more
normal element of the population.
What is the reason for all of this
increase in divorce. and what are we
going to do about It? / didn't know.
so I went to the Bureau of Com
merce and had a little chat with DR..
Joseph A. Hill, of the Division OF
Revision and Results of the Census
Bureau. He had one Of the big blue
books right at hand. and together
We looked at the tables. and then
very naturally said "WHY%'
"Thjs country said DIR. Hill.
with q slow smile, which showed
that he was not one bit worried,
els not going to the bo,s-NSows.
Divorce may he rallied at and mn
ligncd, but IL Is not n sign of de-
Rcneracy. Far from IL, for, on
the other hand. IL II n movement
Of the times and q very siSnffcant
part of the new freedom for which
civilization fs striving. II is
mark of advancement. We are
working out Il problem.
Women Making Change.
That problem is the adjustment OF
ton which calls for an entirely diff
ferent mode of life. Women feel
themselves self-supporting. They are
stirred by the great movement of
individualism. which has disrupted
China and which is keeping the world
at the simmering point today. She
will not put up with the things which
We're forced down her throat even
ten years ago.
Women get about two-thirds Of
the divorces given.
please do not make II seem that
/ either sanction or approve Of d.
vorce. I have no real opinion for or
against It. 1t has gone too far for
that. 1t has become a fit subject for
deep study, and it should be taken
care Of by the Government. Unless
We have special appropriations we
cannot get the statistics together.
Every other nation takes infinite
pains to record all of these condi-
tions, but the United States has had
no statistical Information on the sub
ject since 1906. ! except. of course.
the minor and local figures of diff
ferent cities and States"
But what is going to come final
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with one leg at the end to- support
IL There Is another board which has
two rounding strips placed such a
manner as to hold the skirt or the
end of the tablecloth so that it will
not fall on the floor or become soiled
while ironing. For the permanent
home, permanent ironing stands of
metal with a clamped metal leg,
such as is used in laundries. is TN
ouestionably the most efficient.
Next comes the matter Of the
cover Gone are the days when
mother cheerfuIly tackled OF an old
sheet about a bit of heavy padding,
leaving ragged edges ard taking fif-
teen minutes work every time The
board was used. No, efficiency has
developed several ready-to-wear
ironing board covers made OF spe-
cially prepared felt, and with such a
device on the back as permits the
cover to be Immediately laced up
after the manner Of a shoe or corset.
If We will still cling TO the ordi-
nary. unbleached muslin cover,
there are two kinds of fasteners for
this purpose One Is claw-like
hook on a spring, so that one point
Of the clawy may be inserted in one
side of the sheet and the other point
catch the opposite side, in this way
pulling the material taut The
other device consists of a number
Of sharp-pointed, specially-shaped
pins, which easily fasten two pieces
Of fabric together. Any OF these
ways is better than the old careIesss
tacking scheme.
There is another help toward bet
ter ironing which consists of a
small swinging iron stand upon
which the iron rests while not I'm
use. This small stand is sold sepa-
rate and can be attached to any
board. II saves scorched board
covers and is far better than sloppy
pieces of wax or old papers to
protect the board. When the board
fs not in use it should have = slip
cover of striped ticking and be
kept absolutely clean and out of the
way. Ironing boards and brooms
and nops do not belong near each
other g
. The electric iron has come 10 stav.
There are a dozen models all good,
and the important thing is to choose
one made by a reputable electric
firm which insures that the electric
unit Is all that it should be in con-
struction. 1t is preferable 10 have
a swinging crane connected with
the board as this will keep the cord
of the iron in the best condition.
Do not get one too heavy A four
pound iron is heavy enough for
all except fiat-work For home
without electric current, an iron
entirely similar is operated by
gssolene. is perfectly safe and quite
as satisfactory
Although in the large cities we are
more and more coming to send our
hatwork to commercial laundry,
many sections where this is i'm
possible should avail themselves, of
the wood mangle or the metsf
nangle heated by Sas and operated
by electricity. In a large family
such mangle is & necessity and IL
comes in all forms. operating one or
two persons and capable of turning
out several hundred pieces Der day.
The first cost is great. but in a
permanent household. this will soon
he mace in legsened laundress ex-
pense.
Copyright. 1914. Mrs. Christine Frederick }
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JIsAIOuoIy. -
Lord. no. laughed Ned. greatly
amused. Peter" he added cordially.
the evenings the best part of the day.
By George, l find myself looking for
ward to 1t with real satisfaction
DO you read together?'
Sometimes" said Ned. 1T would be
hard to say Just what We do do. old
man. There's everything in the spirit
of the evening. anyway. Lots of times
enjoyment is an elusive thing that you
can't put your finger on. Nan and !
chatter and gossip and read and have
a bully time in general. Then we ad-
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ly." l asked. just astyou have per-
haps been thinking. IF II is one
out of twelve, now, and was scarce
ly to be noticed in comparison in
1887. what in the world are we COM
ing to-free love-no marriages?'
DR.. Hill smiled even more slowly :
than before and did not act as II he
wanted to answer at all But finally
he said: well, you can't just tell
what We will come to. Religion has
less influence on the masses than Il
had hundreds of years ago. Mar
riage is more Of a civil rite, and al
ways will be taken care. OF In a fit
ting way. providing for the best pro-
lection of the race, by the State.
New Style Marriage, Perhaps.
I'm other words. the State always
will control the individual. but just
how far il will go is unknown. One
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Country Not Going to the Bow
Vows, But May Find New
Form of Marriage, Says
Census Expert.
General Increase Attributed to
Woman's Attainment Of
Larger Degree Of Economic
Freedom.
Bv FLORENCE E. YoDER.

Divorces in NeW York county
| have increased fifty per cent dur
ing the last six months, according
to the statistics recently given out
by the county clerk.
Fifty per cent-cledr increase,
and the reason is not because OF
the dear mdligned tango, or the
"mopie- -mdd' population or psyche
logical bad times, but merely be-
cause it is due to increase!
And the United States leads the
porld, with Japan second!
"Diporce IS increasing with ths
pelocity of a falling body" so
spake the authorities who compiled
the last census on divorce eight
years ago.
With justification of the pro-
phecies of that census at hand, a
slight resume of the statistics
gathered in 1906 is both timely and
interesting. 1t may be well to add
that the increase is all out of pro-
portion to the increase in populd-
tion.
The average person Is not able to
realize the full meaning of the stupid
looking tables in the big report books
until the events predicted touch him
personally.
One couple out of every twelve
married persons is destined for
divorce-that was the good news
eight years ago-and in one small
spot, (which is by no means the
mcst popular divorce center). today
the county clerk can proudly say
that the last six months shows
80 per cent increase over the pre-
ceding six months!
Fifth Year Danger Point.
He also backs up the statement
made by the Government investiga-
tors that in the fifth year OF mar
riage life. after the marriage has en-
dured four years, divorce reaches its
maximum!
If You have only been married
three years, or two years. beware.
The rocks are ahead of you, and if
you are the unlucky twelfth you will
end in the divorce courts.
After the expiration OF the fifth
year OF married life the nur1tcr of
divorces gradually decreases, but II
does not fall to the Level of the
number granted in the first year I'M
til about the sixteenth year. The
low number in the first year or two
is to be attributed, in part at least,
TO the proseic fact that the routine
court procedure for obtaining a d.
vorce requires some time, ard that
desertion. the leading cause, must in
many jurisdictions have been OF con-
siderable duration before It becomes
legal ground.
While the death rate increases as
marriages grow older. the divorce
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thing. at least. is certain. The con-
stantly changing and widening d.
voree laws will some day be en-
ployed as the basis for some form
of marriage. He looked reminis-
cent and hopeful. You can't ten,"
he added. Then I had an inspira-
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
Cold Storage Fowls
Should Be Bought UJndrawn.
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG

a B. NJ. a, ". d. lJohns HOPKINS J.
- RANC1S BACON died victim to the first scientific
II experiment in cold storage. II Lord Macaulay
i be believed. Nearly 300 years in 1S2s. at the
end Of March. he at Hghgate. It a
snowy day. He left his collect with which
fowl in order observe the effect of cold
the preservation of its flesh.
A chill resulted and he taken to Lord Arundefs
house. where died of pneumonia His cod storage
experiment successful. but the patient died.
Some time later. 1868, Pepys wrote In his
diary that fowl killed December by Alderman Bar
ker and put a box under his sedge. forgotten
and left until April. When found II frozen hard.
fresh 4 had Just killed
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Tuesday Is.
Ironing Day!
By, MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

UMMER time presents unusual
problems for the laundry be-
cause then all our fury ruff
f1es, jabots, and excessive use
OF white garments make the ironing
problem quite serious.
First, away with the shaky,
wobbly board extended between the
kitchen table and chair top. How
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HITS FROM SHARP WITS

1t will be joyous news to the ulti
mate consumer kicking against the high
cost of living to know that the freight
rate on pig iron is slightly reduced
Omaha Bee.
The little here below some men want,
belongs 10 somebody else.
When every man is compelled to prac-
tice what he breaches there Will be less
preaching.-Toledo Blade.
Some men fan because they attempt
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The committee on ways and means in
the family generally remains home on
the Yacation.-Baltimore American.
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To Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE.
Dear Annie Laurie:

Dear Annie Laurie:
am in love with young fellow
with whom i have been going for
over two years. He never goes with
any one else. and he thinks lots IF
me. He wants me TO marry him,
and l am willing to. as we can't stay
away from each other.
But my mother doesn't want me to
marry. There are six girls of us at
home. and / am next to the Oldest.
Do you think she will give in to my
marriage, as there will be five girls
left?
I'm sure We are both old enough.
as he is twenty-one and I am nIne-
teen.
hope you won't think this too
young, as we think so much Of each
other. My mother hasn't any reason
for US not to marry. Only she wants
the rest OF us girls to stay at home.
ANXIOUS.
w ES0Ons aS @oshse s9 Of S's SIX 's1s1:%sn
" who wants every one OF them
TO stay at home. with. her. /
wish was one of the daughters, don't
you. little girl with the matchina king
mamma? Don't you, little sisted with
the managing aunt?
Thai mother Of yours must be worth
going mile or SO TO see ! wish ! had
her address. I'd come and give her a
bouquet of roses, a rose for every year
OF her happy life, and one for each of
her six daughters. And isn't she wise
as well as sweet?
g.. You're only nineteen. you're next TO
the eldest. and the young man is de-
terHined 10 marry, willy niIly.
Now IL mamma were dying To marry
you all of perhaps he wouldn't be so
anxious. Don't be DISCOURAGED about
mamma. she'll listen to reason when .vo,I
have reason to give her.
Nineteen is pretty young to marry for
q girl. and a man of twenty-ona is
nothing but a boy. Do you really think
you want TO risk your. whole .life's han
piness on what two such very immat atIre
people seem to. think about it-rjght
now? Still there have been happv
marriages at that age.
Don't marry without your mothers
consent. She's just trying to see
whether you're really in earnest or not.
Be little patient, and she will come
around TO your way of thinking, never
fear.
Ding. dong, delI-what's So sweet as
the sound of wedding bells.
GaHrtxht 1914. Newspaper Feature servics)
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JOINING A CLUB.

NSNlll.
] have Joined a club.
After preaching vigorously against
club life in my callow days and listen
do 6&iAnstfully to dad and mother on
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DULL EVENINGS.
SYVIT

"ELL me-" | said one morning to
Ned Cary. what in heaven S
i name do you and Nan do to kill
time in the evenings?'
XIII time exclaimed Ned. I'VE
don't have to kill 1t. 1t dies so fast by
itself that we're aghast when it's really
bed time
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Some persons would be wretched II
they couldn't find anything about which
TO COMPLIMENTARY Journal
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Miladi says very little happiness is
preserved In a family jar.-Commercial
Appeal.
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to climb above the level at which they
can do the best work
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ton. He knew-so much-the whole
divorce story-was he-was he-or
was he not--I asked. and he smiled.
No, I'm not married."
OF course, he wasn't. He knows
too much.
Perhaps he's waiting for that mar
riage millennium
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could good work
be expected OF
q worker on
such an uncer-
[ al n working
surface. There
are many IRON
ing boards with
q c ] u S I a bl e
stands n2w ON
{ h e N a k e [.
There Is one
D a rite Il larly
g o o d bo a r d
which let's down
from the wall.
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Dr. Hirshberg tclI anstrer questions
for readers of this paper on, medical
hyoieric and sanitation subjects that drs
Of general interest. He tciu not under
take TO prescribe or offer advice for irs
Of general interest letters triU be az
srered personally, " a stamped and cd-
dressed envelope Is Enclosed address all
Inquiries to DR.. L. 4. Hirshbero cdrs
this office.
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ATE in the dry season, when the
rivers are low in the heart of
, Africa, the Gwari. who inhabit
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G. II. R.-What Is a good remedy to
AXE malaria out of ones SYSTEM; i SUI
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-17
NR
How To End
A.
Peace RavageS


San Francisco, Dec. Stays the
Bulletin of this city in an editorial
entitled where War Now Concerns
Us Most"
1T may have occurred to a great
many that it is too bad that we in
the United States should talk so
much and worry so much over a war
in Europe when the preventable
deaths and preventable suffering and
waste of all kinds in our own country
in time of peace probably is more
than the total of even the hugest war.
It does not cost a cent to become in
dignant over the misdeeds of kings
and emperors in Europe. A captain
of industry can shed as many tears
as he wants to over Belgium without
making it any harder for himself to
take away the savings of widows and
orphans. A nation which is not too
interpretive, as nations aren't in
times of foreign crises like this one,
is q good place for certain kinds of
business.
This is all true, every word of it,
but it does not alter the unpleasant
truth that we, as nation, must
make up our minds about this war,
and about war in general, and about
what we are going to do for or against
war, On this continent before we can
do much else. The war question has
arisen across our path, like a man
with a gun, and asks us what we are
going to do about it. Europe 's|war
starts a new era, either way it is
taken Either it means disarmament
and the beginning of sane and ration
al world progress, or it means more
fear of wars, and therefore more mill,
tarism and more wars and rapid
downhill movement Of the worlds
civilization The time is gone by
when nation can bubble and daily
over the war question. We can't
keep on building battleships and for
tifications and training soldiers and
expect war to abolish itself. Yhat
has been tried, and it didn't work.
watching Europe is a very prof
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-17
' ARBlTRAToRs in SESSION

Chicago, Dec. S.-The arbitration
hoard to consider wage demands Of
Western railroad engineers and fire
men is now in session. Nearly 60,
600 workers, employed on 81 roads
are interested. Through their brother
hoods they are asking for a stand
ard rate of wages and standard day
with special rates Of pay for over
time. In the hope Of standardizing
wages among the employees On freight
engines and trains in the western
territory. the brotherhoods have sue
~ested that pusners, helpers, men on
nine runs, belt lines, tra nsLer lines.
wrecking trains, and other unclass'
fled service should be paid on basi
of through freight pay.
last spring both parties to the con
troversy discussed these questions
but failed to agree, and the men by
an .overwhelmii vote, favored 9
strike AS a last resort it was agreed
to arbftrate
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-17
Engine Men Give
+ Reas0nsF0[.R Raise

Chicago, Dec Especial THE
first week of the arbitration hearing
of the demand of $1,000 employees Of
the Western railroads for better
wages and working conditions devel-
oped important testimony fayoring
! the employees. Four witnesses were
on the stand during the week and
all of them by word of mouth and
by strong exhibits of statistics and
regulations proved that the requests
of the workingmen are just. dThe in
troductory speech for the engineers
and fremen's brotherhoods was made
by Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief En-
gineer of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers. Mr.. Stone drew
vivid picture sof the hardships, long
hours, constant strain and unpleasant
rule among railroad employees in the
West.
The "Surprise Test Torture.
He spoke of the so-cailed surprise
test as conducted by several of the
Western railroads as amounting al
most to torture. This was one of
the impressive moments Of the ar
bitration hearing.
Imagine an engineer" said Mr.
Stone "who already has been on duty
/ say sixteen hours, running a passen-
ger train at speed Of sixty miles
an hour through snowy winters
night. This engineer is fighting off
tired nature, doing hfs utmost to rer-
form the very serious labor (which
confronts him. He sees ahead through
the mass of snow flakes white light
which tells him the way is clear.
there is a curve just beyond and the
giant locomotive leaps and bounds
around it at speed which a layman
would say in itself is not exactly safe.
Through the woody haze now the
/ engineer sees line of freight cars
on a siding and just as he detects
them there is flashed a red light
which instantaneousIy carries to his
mind warning of danger and posi-
/ BILE death. He resorts to the air
brakes, and he and the fireman both
prepare to jump, knowing that if the
Il heavy passenger train takes the sid
ing and jams into the freight cars
there is no chance for either of them
in the locomotive cab His heart is
4 in his mouth may say here that If
these surprise tests are kept up it
Twill be no uncommon thing for en-
Il gineers to be found dead In their
cabs when suddenly a white light
again is flashed before him, he has
the night of-way and he discovers that
the whole event has been q stage at
+, fair. That is, some minor official Of
the railroad has gone to the trouble
'of arranging conditions with the
ideViHish idea Of giving old employees
of the line severe trial
What we object to, Mr. Chairman
l4s mt i fair surprise test, Or rathel
an etleiency test Is 4 should b
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-17

strongest witness of the hearing dur
ing the week. Mr.. Carter presented
an important exhibit which holds that
the basis of employees pay should be
the locomotives weight on driving
wheels; not only this, but that the
more railroad employe does to pro-
duce higher profits for his employer,
the greater should be the employees
compensation Mr.. Carter under cross
examination by James M. Sheean,
counsel for the railroads, emphasized
the fact that the higher cost of liv-
ing and installation of so-called safe
ty first devices should be given great
weight by the arbitration board in
adjusting the wage scale. The wit
ness held that the increased cost of
living is obvious and that the installa-
ton of safety devices, although they
inure to the benefit of the travelling
public, has vastly added to the en-
gineers' and firemen's responsibilities
and cares
Where inventive genius has been
able to put devices inethe modern 10
connective which give It power to haH
longer and more profitable trains, not
adding to the burdens of the men
in the cab, Presidenl Carter, contend
ed that the profit sharing idea should
enter here. That is, he held that
where the installation of such devices
on locomotives conspire to increase
the profits of the railroad companies,
the economic theory is, and tie phil
anthropic idea is, To share with the
employee such gains.
Other Witnesses.
Other witnesses of the week were
M. w. Cadle; Assistant Grend Chief
of the engineers brotherhood: Walter
D.. Moore, clerk in the grand
lodge Office of the firemen's order;
and Samuel T. Steinberger, another
clerk in the firemen's Office force.
They presented figures, and rules anf
regulations proving that many roads
in the Western territory not only at
the present time pay as high wages
as the brotherhoods are requesting,
but in many instances are doing even
better than that.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-17
TEST WoMEN's LAW

Washington, Dec. S.z-Briefs have
been filed in the United States Su
preme court attacking the constitu-
tionallty of the Oregon minimum
wage law for women. Summed up,
the briefs hold that such legislation
is beyond the power of a state, is
unsupported by public opinion, would
be destructive Of business, and would
increase the cost Of living.
Noncompulsory legislation in Massa
chusetts and Nebraska is approved in
the briefs, but the compulsory legis-
lation in Oregon, Washington, Colo.
RADIO, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Califor.
MIA, and Utah is condemned.
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I bin readin in tn papers what
Some men has got comp'ny up.
An that hey're gunna rails a fund
An stir things up, and hev 1t ruined
ION modern business lines; there,
Right there, they might bust up that Fair!
amt no man t. set my face
Gin mess, fer it has its place.
Like Fall, an Spring, an rain, an sum-
But it oughtn't interfere with fun!
If he amt there, like heretofore,
The Fair won't be no Fair no more!