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WHAT WORRIED HER.
"I asked your father and he said
you were old enough to know your
own mind."
"Ho didn't tell you how old I was,
did ho?” _ _
Man's Preference.
Miss Lillian Hill, lecturing on eu
gencles in Cleveland, said:
"It Is a good thing for the human
race that beauty counts for more than
intellect when it comes to love. In
tellect too often means nerves—In
somnia—hy pochondriu.
"Yes, It is a gooi thing for the hu
man race that, as an old maid from
Vassar put it rather bitterly:
‘"Men prefer a well formed girl to
A well Informed one.’ " >
Analyzing the Philosopher,
Finley Petor Dunne was sympathiz
ing, at a New York club, with a play
wright whose play had failed.
"Brace up!" he cried. Take it like
a philosopher!"
Then Mr Dunne smiled the whimsi
cal Dooley smile and added:
“A philosopher is one who has train
ed himself to bear with perfect seren
ity the misfortunes of others."
Rooted in the Human Heart.
There is a smell in our native earth
better than all the perfumes In the
cast. There la something in a mother,
though never so angry, that the chil
dren will more naturally trust her
than the studied civilities of strangers,
let them be never so hospitable.—
Lord Halifax.
Partial Succeas.
"Do you believe in those faith
• cures T”
"Oh, ! have known some that cured
faith in them."
The man who stands at the bottom
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HERE ARE GOOD RULES
FOR CARE OF BABIES
Philadelphia Mothers Invited to
a Clinic and Told How to
Dress Their Children to
Keep Them Healthy.
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4 COLD WEATHER RULES 4
4 FOR THE BABY 4
4 4
4 Don't let people fondle the 4
4 baby, particularly if they have 4
4 colds. They convey them to the 4
4 baby. 4
4 Don't let strangers kiss the 4
4 baby. Keep baby warm and dry. 4
4 Wet or damp clothing should be 4
4 removed at once and dry sub- 4
4 stituted. 4
4 Don’t put too many clothes 4
4 on the baby. If after a trip in 4
4 the open air it is cold, put more 4
4 clothing on. If it i» perspiring, 4
4 it needs fewer clothes. After a 4
4 trip in the air, baby should be 4
4 warm and dry. 4
4 Give baby plenty of fresh air 4
4 and sunlight, and guard against 4
4 abrupt changes of temperature. 4
4 Healthy children should have 4
4 plenty of fresh milk and fruit. 4
4 Never give baby a sip of beer, 4
4 tea or coffee. 4
4 Keep baby's clothing loose at 4
4 all times and let it kick. 4
4 Give it warm batjis at night. 4
4 Give baby proper nourish- 4
4 ment. If a baby does not gain 4
4 in weight every week there is 4
4 something wrong and a doctor 4
4 should be consulted. 4
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A score of mothers, carrying with
them their babies, ranging in age from
a few weeks to several months, as
sembled recently for {he clinic at the
Children's Homeopathic hospital to
hear advice from an expert as to the
care of the little ones in cold weather.
The expert was Dr. Wlll!a.m H. Yeag
er, professor of therapeutics at the
Hahnemann Medical college. Doctor
Yeager paid particular attention to the
care of babies at this time of the year
and In winter, and told of dangers
that threaten and how to avoid or
minimize tbtsm.
"One great mistake that mothersf
often make,” he said, "is to let other
persons fondle and k;lss the baby. A
man or woman who takes up a baby
and kisses It may have some disease,
wen though it be only a cold, but
colds are contagious, and it is the
easiest thing in the world for baby to
catch from someone. And a cold weak
ens Its tender little lungs. The baby
should not even be allowed in a room
where there Is illness of any sort, how
ever trifling.
"Give the baby plenty of fresh air
and sunlight. 1 have a baby of my
own, seven months old, and It slept out
on the porch for several hours today.
The day Is bright, clear and dry, and
It did the baby good. But on a day
like yesterday it should be kept In
doors.
"Abrupt changes In temperature
must be guarded against. Bodily heat
must be maintained by proper feeding
and proper clothing, and, if It Is, the
baby can stand a reasonable amount of
exposure to the weather. But, if the
baby Is frail and weak. It must be
carefully protected against exposure to
extremes of temperature. The diet of
a delicate child should be directed by
a competent physician, and will not
be the same In different cases. For
this reason the doctor should be called
and direct the feeding In each Indi
vidual case.
Dressing Babies In Winter.
"We are near to winter, and a sub
ject of the utmost Importance Is the
dressing of the baby In cold weather.
It should have neither too much nor
too little clothing. The amount It
should have Is governed by Its condi
tion. It should always be warm to the
touch, yet dry. Feel of its body or
legs. If they are cold, put on more
clothing. If It Is so warm it perspires,
take some off. But It Is better for It to
be cool and dry than hot and damp.
"And, furthermore, keep l.ts clothing
loose. The old fashioned way was to
bind the baby up tight. Notv a baby
must kick and keep In motion if it is
healthy and will grow. If It does not
keep moving, it is not healty. If It
does then it must have absolute free
dom, so that It will not tire.
"Frequent warm baths at r.lght are
necessary. This keeps the skin clean
and the pores active, that they may
carry oft poisonous matter. After the
warm bath, the baby should be placed
In a warm bed and allowed to sleep. A
quick sponge bath with cool water can
bo given to children two years old or
more each morning. This bath should
be followed by a brisk rub with A
rough towel. This will Invigorate It
and prevent the development of catar
rhal conditions.
Should Have Own Bedroom.
"From the earliest age the baby
should have Its own bedroom and not
sleep In the same room as Its parents
or in a room that has been used during
the day. The room should be airy,
Ktslly Ventilated an3 dry. For infants
the temperature should not be below
7.0 degrees. When the temperature out
side Is below this, the room should be
heated, but the windows should be
partly opened. Freedom from dust,
dirt and dampness are essential.
“Older children should be taught to
breathe deeply for chest development.
If symptoms of cold or cough or .sore
throat develop, call a physician at once
and check It. In this way acute ca
tarrhal troubles may often be checked.”
X PUTTING GRANDMA t
J IN PROPER PLACE l
"What's the use being a grandmother
these days?” challenged a young
looking grandmother at a club meeting
the other day, "when you aren't al
lowed to enjoy your grandchildren?
"flables mustn't be held or rocked
or hugged or kissed, and you're not
even allowed to show them to your
friends.
"I have five grandchildren and I've
never held one of them In my arms
for five minutes since they were born."
“That Is the cry of all grandmothers
In each succeeding generation." said
the chairman of a committee which
had Just held Its meeting. “That Is
your milestone. It shows that you are
hot up to date."
The young-looking grandmother
said she didn’t want to be up to date
where she had to adopt the foolish
ideas of tho present generation about
bringing up babies.
"The other day I invited my 5-year
old granddaughter to have luncheon
with me. and her mother asked me
what 1 was going to give her to eat.
I replied that I should try not to poison
the child."
What Grandma’s For.
The committee all laughed at this,
and the young-looking grandmother
told how she gave her guest an orange
and showed her how to extract the
Juice from it without cutting It.
"BJatlng an orange at home Is a
grave affair of diet." she explained.
"The nurse looks on while the child
rejects the pulp and then they count
the little yellow wads, so as to be sure
that .none of it has been swallowed. I
made up my mind that the little dear
should know from me Just how much
BELOVED CARMON SYLVA
IS IBOLOF ROUMANIA
From the Indianapolis News:
The queen of Roumania. best known to
the world as a poet and by her pen name
of ‘‘Carmen Sylva,” Is beloved by all her
people. There Is reason for this, there
fore, because of her sympathy with them
f" ,lh«lr. suffering as in their rejoicing.
T. l‘.'s London Weekly recalls a circum
stance of the last Balkan war: One day,
walking in a hospital ward, she came upon
an old soldier suffering from a compound
fracture of the leg and threatened with
gangrene. Ho would not give consent to
the surgeons to amputate. He feared that
should he do so he would be classed
among the beggars.
”1 am not a beggar," said the stout old
soldier, proudly. "I‘U lose my life but not
my honor."
“ ’Tls true,” said Carmen Sylva, “you
are not a beggar, but I am.” She threw
herself on her knees at the bedside. “I
have never prayed but to God,” and, tak
ing his hand, she added: “But I now sup
plicate you to listen to His wish and to
mine. Let your leg be taken off and
spare your life to your family, your coun
try and to me. and-“
“And If I consent, what then?”
she exclaimed, joyfully.
\\ hy, I shall give you the most beautiful
artificial leg that can be made in Europe,
and when the war Is over you shall come
and dance at the palace with your sons.”
"I consent,” ho said, softly, “but you
must hold my hand during the operation.”
Rich Drunkards.
From tho New York Press.
The advocates of the theory that pov
erty and Insufficient food drive people to
drink should take a look at the Inebriates’
section of one of the largest and oldest
hospitals In the city. This department of
this hospital Is only for private patients.
The charges are very high—so steep, in
fact, that only the very rich can afford
to be treated there. The Income from
these wealthy dipsomaniacs has been the
mainstay In the maintenance of this great
hospital for many years, and has enabled
it to do a vast amount of charitable work.
The rooms occupied by these “dtps.” as
the nurses call them, are fitted up as lux
uriously as any suites in the finest hotels
of the city. The only signs of restraint
are the Iron-barred windows. There Is a
beautiful garden In which the patients
take the air.
In England the first dock waa con
structed at Liverpool In 170$,
fun there really Is In an orange, so I
Initiated her.
"For the first time In her life she
sucked an orange! I wish you could
have seen her. We are the best of
friends now, and she knows what a
grandmother Is for,
"Last winter when the tiny baby had
pneumonia they put him out on the
fire escape. Can you beat that? The
people In the next street saw the per
formance and they called up the Gerry
society, and they all got their names
In the newspapers, and I was glad of
It. But the board of health said it
was all right. I pleaded and wept, but
It did no good.
The Worst of All.
"Not one of my grandchildren has
-ver heard a word of baby talk. The
2-year-old has a vocabulary of 100
words.
"But the worst of all happened the
Hher day when my little granddaugh
ter was allowed to have a birthday
party. She had a cake with five
■undies on it, and Ice cream and other
goodies, but one crurnb was she per
mitted to eat herself.
,''9an y°u »e« that poor little thing
sitting there at her own party, her
■yes fairly devouring the good things?
But because cake and ice cream were
lot on her diet list, not one morsel
-ould she have!
, "l nlwa>rs thought,” she con
duded, that being a grandmother was
* kind of superior attitude toward
ife, as for example, a woman who has
•ons and daughters presented to her
with no trouble on her part. But It’s
lot that, its not that. I am not even
allowed to express an opinion.”
"It’s your milestone," reiterated the
chairman of the committee. “We have
» Keaera.tlon of mothers now for the
irst time In history who know how to
put grandmothers where they belong.
It takes a corps of trained nurses to
lo it, but It’s done at last."
UN EDITOR WHO FORGOT
HALF OF HIS DUTIES
From the Bt. Louis Times.
The editor of an esteemed contemporary
prints the following, but, pshaw! he forgot
lalf:
To run a newspaper all a fellow hoa to do
s to be able to write poems, discuss tariff
ind money questions, umpire a baseball
same, report a wedding, saw wood, de
scribe a Are so that the readers will shed
their wraps, make *1 do the work of »Q.
ihlne at a dance, measure calico, abuse
the liquor habit, test whisky, subscribe
to charity, go without meals, attack free
silver, wear diamonds, Invent advertise
ments, sneer at snobbery, overlook scan
lal, appraise babies, delight pumpkin
raisers, minister to the afflicted, heal the
disgruntled, fight to a finish, set type,
mould opinions, sweep the office, speak at
the prayer meetings and stand in with
everybody and everything.
The Crop.
"How's corn, old man?"
"Um."
"How's wheat In your section?"
"Um."
“How about oats?"
“Um."
"See here, stranger, I've tried yon
on corn, wheat and oats, yet 1 can’t
seem to strike you. Where are you
from?"
"I, sir, am from Boston?"
"Oh. excuse me. How's beans?”
His Sick Friend’s Hand.
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
A certain man stayed out much later
at night than his wife liked, and as he
would never tell her where he had been
she got their little boy to ask him.
One morning at breakfast the young
ster said, "Dad, where wux yer last
night?"
“Well, If you must know. I was sitting
up with a sick friend." <
"Did you hold your sick friend's hand?"
“No." answered the father, "how fool
lBh you are. Of course I didn’t."
And then he added with a far-away look
In his eyes:
“I wish to heaven I had. He held four
aces!”
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THE BAROMETER OF THE POST
OFFICE, THE READING OF
WHICH SHOWS WESTERN
CANADA’S GROWTH.
Several of Western Canada news
papers coming to hand during the
last part of the year 1912 contained
items of news such as the following,
speaking of the Christmas work In
the postofflce:
“Other years have been heavy and
the employees have had plenty of op
portunity of learning what it was to
work overtime, but the past has had
nothing equal to the present. Forty
extra men have been employed (in
Winnipeg), and mail trains have been
run special. The increase in the mail
this year has been due to the enor
mous influx of people into Western
Canada during the season, and also
the general prosperity which the
prairie provinces have enjoyed. To
the latter cause has been due the
heavy Increase in the number of par
cels which have been shipped to the
old country and Eastern Canada.”
The above extract taken from a
Winnipeg paper gives a fair idea of
the great work that the Canadian
postofiices have had all through the
western prairies. During the past
year hundreds of new postofiices were
established, many of them at remote
points from the railway, but all forced
upon the country on account of the
new settlements that have taken
place during the year. It is said of
the Canadian government that In its
immigration and settlement policy
there is nothing left undone to take
care of the people and their welfare,
whether it he In the new town along
a new line of railway or in the re
motest hamlet. This solicitude and
care are not confined to the postof
fice, but with every branch that has
to do with organizing new districts.
Bridges have been built, roads con
structed, the district policed, and a
dozen other things have to be done
and are done. Is it any wonder that
with the splendid land, the high
yielding land, the land that is free to
the homesteader or open to purchase
at reasonable prices from the railway
and land companies, that the Cana
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will show arrivals of upwards of
400,000, one-half of this being from the
United States. The new literature
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throughout, the United States deals
with many of the new and interesting
features that will mark the work of
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Mark Twain and T. R.
Augustus Thomas, the playwright,
kept the mirth alive with story after
story. One had reference to a game
in which the players, so Mr. Thomas
said, were Colonel Roosevelt, the late
Mark Twain and himself.
"In the course of the game Colonel
Roosevelt talked much of war,” said
Mr. Thomas. “And I remember him
turning to Mark Twain and asking
him if it were true that the bravest
men were nervous when they faced
the enemy, and Mark Twain, being an
old confederate soldier, replied: ‘Yes,
that is quite true, for I remember
vividly to this day that I had the
quality of maintaining it all through
the engagement.’ ”—New York Sun.
Cleverness Required.
“In these days of high-cost living,”
said Representative De Forest, the
sponsor of the bill for pensioning ex
presidents, “we hear of many queer
economics.
“On a street car the other day, at
the end of a discussion on saving and
retrenchment, a lady said decisively:
“ ‘Oh, any woman can cut her hus
band’s hair; but, believe me, it takes
a clever one to cut it so that other
women’s husbands will suspect noth
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“Yes,” laughed the girl with the
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man I ever saw,”
“In what way, dear?” asked his
chum.
“Why, he asked for a kiss aad I told
him I wore one of those knotted veils
that took so long to loosen.”
“And what did he do?”
“Why, the goose took time to untie
Ihe knot.”—Mack’s Monthly.
Taste.
“Which has the best taste, you or
your wife?”
“I am sure my wife has.”
"That is very generous of you."
"I could not well deny it, in view
of the person each of us married.”
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Queer Sex.
"Yes,” said the man at the end of
the bar, as he ordered his second
drink, "women sure are queer crea
tures. I came home tonight and
thought my wife looked a little down
in the mouth. So I said: ‘After sup
per let’s go to the theater.’ And she
burst into tears and said: ‘Me busy
all day doing up preserves and you
come home and ask me to go t'o the
theater.’ She was still crying when I
came out. It beats all, doesn't it?
Bartender, I think I’ll take just one
more.’’
Trend of Times.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, discuss
ing the divorce evil in Philadelphia,
said, with a smile:
“In these times one never, as the
saying goes, knows where one is at.
An acquaintance of mine extended his
hand to me at the Historical society
the other day and cried:
“ 'Congratulate me! I am the hap
piest man alive!’
"I looked at him doubtfully.
“ ‘Engaged, married or divorced?’ I
asked.’’—New York Tribune.
Revolving Toothbrush.
Bill—I see by using handles resem
bling those of a pair of pliers to ro
tate a spindle, an inventor has
brought out a revolving toothbrush.
Jill—Now, if a fellow mislays his
toothbrush he needn’t look for it, it’s
liable to come around to him; but,
on the other hand, if it is going
around all the time, some one else
may get it.
Swat Indirect.
Mandy—What foh' yo ben goin’ to
de postofflce so reg’lar? Are yo’ cor
respondin’ wif some other female?"
Rastus—“Nope; but since ah been a
readin’ in de papers ’bout dese ’con
science funds ah kind of thought ah
might possibly git a lettah from dat
ministah what married us.”—Life.
Certainly.
Miss Gusher—Tell, me Mr. Boerd.
do you believe in big weddings or lit
tle ones?
Mr. B.—Well—er—er—as for that,
my dear lady, I should say that the
former were quite essential to the lat
ter.—Dartmouth Jack o’ Lanterns.
Shocks.
"Why do you refer to that orator as
the human high explosive?”
"Because he is always getting the
uplift confused with the outburst.”
Better Way.
"Does your • wife raise a rumpus
wh,en you stay away from home at
night?”
"No; but she does when I get
home.”
Only after trying does a maa realize
the many things he can't do.
HIS ONE FAULT.
111 V
“Is your husband a good man?”
‘‘Yes; he’s a good man. I can’t
complain. But he always sneaks out
whenever the clergyman calls."
For a Rubber Plant.
When the leaves turn yellow and
fall off the plant is dying. Feed it a
tablespoonful of olive oil every two
weeks. Also wash the plant once a
week with warm soapsuds, letting the
warm suds moisten the earth thor
oughly. Sprinkle every other day.
This same treatment should be used
on ferns.
Too Much.
“I tell you, money talks.”
“Yes. and Wall street is trying t*
shut it up.”
Its Pace. N
“So time runs its race?”
“Yes, in the laps of years."
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