TTa V 7 j' WOMAN AND IIOME. A WIDESPREAD AND FORMIDABLE f' CONSPIRACY AGAINST GIRLHOOD. Crowing: Old Irntorel7 Need of "Oil tnar f A Poor Manager I-arnliic a Living lloirtra Hot Water nattu Coml Health nit or Information. Tliero aro plenty of girl babies, and, ac cording to all accounts, an alarming overplus of young ladies; but where are the little nlrM It Is mi peril uous to tell us that boy will bo boys. Wo realize that fact every timo wo hear ono of tbo number stamp the snow off bis boot and yell at his comrade through tho open door: "Bully for you, Jonesyl" Why docs not some equally good authority assure us that girls will be girls! .Clearly becau-te they will not bo girls. The blamo should not rest on them, but on their mothers. It is wicked to immerse children unxler 12 years of age In the conventionali ties of artificial life; yet very soon after the girl is nblo to walk alone she Is taught that to be beautifully dressed Is one of the two chief aims of life, and to receive attention is the other. It may bo a pretty sight, as sorao mothers assort, to seo a little thing of four or five swathed in sriks and laces, and almost staggering under the weight of a huge sash, but to thinking peoplo it is a depressing light. It will bo bad enough twenty years heneo Jor the tiny brain to le addled by the vanit J-js of society, but to deliberately dwarf tho pV vers of mind and body by a senseless stylo of dreeing. Is a criminal act, that can be excused only on the hypothesis that tbo mother is as Ignorant as the child. The little girls of today imitate not only tho dr.-s and deportment of their frivolous ciders, but their languago also. The simplest statements are prefaced with "Don't you think" and "Would you believe," and the Kubjects upon which their conversation turns are described as lovely or ghastly, simply disgusting or perfectly exquisite. The conspiracy agaiust girlhood is widespread and formidable, and it is only by tho resolute ex ample of intelligent parents that the evil can Ijo overthrown. If hearts must bo poisoned (.nd minds dwarfed let it not bo tho hearts ami mimlsof little girls, whose lives should lie kept ideally sweet and siniplo and pure. Jfcll Thistlowaite in Good Housekeeping. Cmtt of JVemature Aje. Do women grow old naturally, or is pro mature ago forced upon them by too intense living We pour life too full and wear out the measure. A quart pot will not hold three pint-, neither will forty years hold the concerns of seventy. More than two-thirds of the average woman's time is spent iu worry over her sewing or in preparing fooiL As though our backs and our stomachs were the immortal part of us! What would you think of a gardener who should give no thought or time to anything but the pots his i-rps were rooted in? Or of a musician who should spend all his time polishing his violin and never once sweep the bow across tke Ftrings until the airis full of nightingales and heaven? Taka one quarter the time, my dear, that you devote to fusing over the cut and make of your various suits, tearing around after bargains (as though the saving of two cents on a yard would compensate you for the wear and tear of the beautiful fabric of life!) icing cakes, or preparing fancy dishes, ami devote it to recreation or a walk in the wood, and at 40 you won't look like a lobt leaf of Pharaoh's parchment. Jaturo never inienaea luuu o buuum mo as wo do. If fcho had meant we should cat puff paste, she would have grown it on somo of her trees; if she had intended we should t vfist and drape and ruffle and distort twenty five yards of goods to make a dress she never would have started us out with a Cg Jeaf. - - Tha first thing she did with man, and w6mah, ' ioo, was to turn thein loose in a garden with '"MVbirds. The wily inveutlons of the devil Vr-t.Y stranded thesa freo children of nature .v"' v.urtet-u room furnace heated houses, xv, ah servants to wear the patience aud the , .lion sand and ono non-essentials of domestic lorment to 'precipitate old age before its i tima a rlnser adhorence to nature's primal laws as to diet and outdoor living would fill tho world in time with a handsomer and hardier race. "Amber" in Chicago Journal. The Need of " Oilins Vp." The best supplement of religion Is common uenso. After having resolved to fulfill the highest possibilities of our naturo, tho wisest course lies in attempting to reach the mental and physical condition which render noble living possib'e. A serene old lady, w hose daily'.living was liko noble music, was once asked by a moody young girl how she could exercise self com mand without ono apparent failure. "My dear," said she, "the first secret of decent living is in the help and support we receive froui above; tho second lies in taking care of ourselves. When I find that I am more than usually sensitive to tho worries of life, I take half an hour alono and read a pleasant book, or even take a nap. If the chariot wheels jar in tho gates, I say to my self, 'Come, come, Martha! AVe must btop to oil upT "AVhcn 1 was a girl, I had a quarrel with ny best friend, and alt because I had been up half the night before, and didn't know enough to tako a nap before finding fault with her!" "iiut I should grow selfish if I watched my moods in that way," said her little friend, discouraged. "Oil, bless you, it must be done with dis cretion! Regard your mind and body as delicate and complicated machines which roust be kept in order. You wouldn't expect your watch to keep time if a breadcrumb had lodged among the wheels; why should you demand gentleness and patience of this human mechanism if you don't exert your t.elf to seo that it is kept in repair? "I onco had a fit of tho deepest Indigo blues, which yielded to an orange, eaten in a 'ight little room. The orange was so sweet ,und tho sunlight so dazzling that I couldn't resist tbo conviction gradually stealing in on me that this is indeed the 'best of all possi ble worlds.'" Youth's Companion. ' Taking Care of the "Wages. And it is foolishness rather than depravity on the part not of the wage earner but of the one who should know how to take care of tho wages when tbey are earned which keeps so many families at the struggling oint most of their lives. If the mother has "no faculty," if the is "a poor manager," her husband and children must suffer with herself. People speak of her scornfully, as though it were her own fault, when it is largely her misfortune. If as a little girlthe bad been treated as a reasonable and respon sible human being, if she had been given sc many cents a week and exjected to render strict account of them, if through the year f girlhood she had been not merely per mitted but obliged to take complete charge of her own financial affairs, who can douLl that fcbo would have learned valuable k-ssoni in the art of spending money to the best ad vantage that would be of incalculable ser vice to her now! The liabitsof accuracy, orCjur, punctuality and thoroughness, if not Tl,J' s acquired In youth, are nearly Impossible tA gain at alL The ignorance of common business princi ples which women display Is a result of the wretched old belief In women's inherent helplessness and bralnlesraces and general -j wortblewsnes. Have not women two feet each as well as men? Then why does not the individual woman learn to stand on them, and why could she not in timo learn to walk alone? Are not our hands given us to earn money with, and our heads to show us the best way to invest it? The root of all evil may bo made the root of a great deal of good tothoce who practice the homely virtues of prudence, forethought and discrimination. Toronto Globe, Earning Her Own Living. There is still to bo found with somo thoughtless icoplo a weak and childish prej udice which causes tbctn to consider that a woman of any social rank has stepped down in the scale of her being if she opens or enters a shop and stands behind the counter, meas uring, cutting, doing up parcels, taking money and making chango. To the mind of these people if they can be said to have a mind, or at any rate to use one in this rela tion tho act is as much beneath her as if it were menial, and if she be of any once nota ble family it requires all the respectability of tho past to save her from the loss of pres tige and to suffer her to receive a share even of tho consideration duo a member of hor family; as if, like tho iSrahmin, she had lout caxte and experienced defilement by touching what was outside her station. Certainly we can imagine few things more praiseworthy in a woman than a determina tion to earn her own living, to live her own life, to meet her own expenses, if she is not a person of independent means, but has to be supported by others, whether or not the others work for their own living as welL And to our own mind it is far more un worthy for a woman to sit down and bo sup ported by another than it is for her to sup port herself in any honest manner whatever. Meanwhile, as every one cannot go into trade, for want either of the capital or tho faculty, there is already indeed from the outset that sort of aristocratic stamp to the occupation, as compared with others, which, if that is what is wanted, ought to be a salve to the feelings of those hurt by w hat they have thought its plebeian character. Har per's Bazar. The Care of Tinware. Many women spend a good deal of timo in trying to keep tinware bright by scouring it with some kind of powder each week. This is a poor plan, as the less scouring tinware receives the better. It remoyes the outside coating, and though it be kept looking bright by hard labor, it will pever look as well as if it were washed in clean, hot suds. To bo sure, when the tin is stained the stain will have to be removed by scouring, but only enough should be done to remove, the stain. Kerosene and powdered lime, the lime very finely pulverized, is claimed to clean tinware nicely, and wood ashes is also recommended for the same purpose. A better powder may be made of the soft white cinders that ar6 usually thrown away. After sifting the ashes from the stove, pick from tho cinders all tho soft white ones. They must be soft enough to crush into a powder lietwcen tho thumb and finger, and after crushing up fine they are ready to be used. First wash and wine tho tin clean, then with a flannel rub, it ever with tho pow der. It is so fine that it docs not scratch or wear off the coating, and gives tho ti- a beautiful polish. J&yer on tinware, or it will ruin it. Keep au old toothbrush for getting into the seams around the handle and rim. Never put vinegar, tomatoes or any acid substance in tin. When tins are new, first fill with boiling water and let stand for a little while before using. To mend holes in tinware use putty, placing it on tho outside. Boston Budget Thankful for Good Health, Thank the Lord, all ye that can call your selves healthy. The day has gone by for physically delicate women. This age de mands Ilebes and young Venuses with ample waists and veritable muscle. Specked fruit and specked people go in the same category in the popular taste. To tho question, "how are you today" J, for one, always feel like reply ing in the words of an old Irish servant we once had (God rest her faithful soul wher ever it be this windy day!), "First rata, glory be to God I" It is such a grand thing to be well and strong, to feel that your soul is riding on its way to glory in a chariot and not in a broken down old mud cart. Talk about happiness I Why, a well bog gar has a better time of it than a sick king, any day. If, then, like. a bird, your strong wing uplifts you above tho countless shafts of pain which that grim old sportsman, death, is ever aiming at poor humanity, count yourself an ingrate if the song of thanksgiving is not always welling from your heart liko the .constant song of a bobolink singing for very joy above the clover. "Amber" in Chicago Journal. The Hot Water Tlath. If you want to keep your skin nico this summer you will havo to persist in the hot water bath. I read a funny thing tho other day about Mrs. Langtry using slices of raw meat on her face to make her skin soft and w hite. I should liko to call it a campaign tarradiddle, only Mrs. Langtry is not run ning for president. Her skin is kept soft aud white by the use of the very hottest water and tho giving of a little care to it when it is exposed to tho sun; some simple ointment, perhaps just a little vaseline, is rubbed over it for a while, and as for all the wonderful stuffs she is credited with using, I doubt if they have touched that fair, pure face. Plenty of exercise, a great deal of bathing and even temper are about as good to keep the sk'm in order and to keep ono young look ing as all the cosmetics prescribed from the timo when Cleopatra lived. However, when you aro in the country, don't submit to the abomination of hard w ater I think it would ruin tho complexion of an elephant If you can't get rain water put a little borax or a few drops of ammonia in tho bowl whenever you bathe your face. "Bab" in 2sew York Stir. Care of the Teeth. The average girl In brushing her teeth puts tho upper aud under sets closely together and brushes only in the center. This is all very well for a finishing polish, but before that she should take a small brush, give each row its proper attention and be certain that every particle of powder or paste is removed from between the teeth. If it is absolutely neces sary that a pick must be used, let it be a very small quill ono, or it is better still, if tho work can be accomplished, with a thread of silk. Wooden toothpicks are not advised, inasmuch as they are apt to break between the teeth and very often a great deal of difficulty fol lows in attempting to remove the bits. Gritty powder is not good; it breaks the enamel and lodges between tho teeth in a very unpleasant way. A powder recom mended by physicians and very easily made is composed of one part of precipitated chalk, one part of powdorcd castile soap, one part I of powdered orris root A very good soap, and every woman ought tr liave a fcood soap. DAILY HERALD: IX ATTBLIU U Tlf ,N K mAfrJCA' utu y i Szrt -as good for the toetfa as it ts tot the skin. "Bab" in Philadelphia Times. The Use of Eleetrliity. Bat few recognize the value of electricity In restoring beauty. The tremble is that when its effects are seen people always think they cannot have too much of it, and stimu late themselves to dangerous Injury. People differ so greatly In tho degree tbey can bear that one delicate woman will take a current which overcomes a stronger but more sensi tive ono. Some persons cannot come near an electrical machine when It is working without disagreeable sensation! not at all imaginary. But a very gentle current daily applied, with other care of the health, rallies the forces and adds flesh and color like magic I write this for sensible women, not those who, aware of its aid to beauty, rush off to buy a battery as they would a box of face powder and use it without restraint, as they do chloral and champagne Electricity Is no tamo cat, but an able fool killer or. a strong agent for good as it is rightly or wrongly used. Shirley Dare's Letter. To AVanh the Hair. When It becomes necessary to wash the hair take the yolk of an egg, slightly beaten, and rub well into the roots; when nearly dry rinse the head in tepid water, into which is poured a very few drops' of ammonia. Then, by the fire, rub the hair with towels until perfectly dry, brush and part tho hair with the fingers. Tho egg renders the hair fine and silken aud tho ammonia promotes its growth. Or, insteud of the egg, use sage tea; put two or three spoonfuls of cage into a cup and jxnir boiling water over it When the tea is cold rub tho scalp with it and rinse as above. Atlanta Constitution. The Itnby's Ilrad. A dark brown scurf sometimes gathers on a baby's head, giving the child an uncared for and dirty appearance. This may bo easily removed by rubbing a little vaseline or 6weet oil upon tho spot, and letting it re main for a few hours; then upon washing it in warm water and soap the offending dan druff will disappear and the little head lie left clean and white as any part of the body. Boston Budget To 3Iahe Ccrn Calico. For com cokes without milk or soda, put a pinch of salt into a cupful of corn meal, then scald; add the j'olks of three eggs and one tablespoon ful of flour; beat together and thin with cold water. After beating the whites of the eggs very stiff, fold them into tho mixture gently and bake. The flour can be omitted. Good Housekeeping. Iliully Shaped Mouths. Half the badly shaped mouths that are the sorrows of the young women of today result from their being permitted when they w ere children tc suck their fingers. One of the prettiest women in town has coarse, thick lips, that come from having been allowed when she was going to sleep to put her thumb in her mouth. "Bab's" Letter. TSlood Stains. Remove blood stains from linen by soaking the article in clear, soft water over night, then washing the usual way and drying in the sun. The vessel in which they are soaked should be rinsed, as the least partie? Cf sonp cr any other washing ccjmppvir.d l "" the stain. Good Housckee1-" . .o set Removing Ink Spot. We have removed the very worst ink stains from carpets of very delicate colors by rub bing them with skint milk, and when they are almost effaced, washing them with a cloth wrung out in boiling water without soap. Then cover tho place with a dry cloth and let it remain for a day. Boston Budget Good Dish Cloth. For a dish cloth "par excellence," make a cloth about twelve inches square of four or five thicknesses, of common white musquito netting; then sew across and back and forth on tho machine, to hold it firmly together. Thus it is very soft and will hold no grease at alL Good Housekeeping. To Renovate Silk. - To make silk which has been "tumbled" and wrinkled appear nearly like new, sponge it on the surface with a weak solution of gum arabic on white gloves, and iron it on the wrong side. Strong black tea, cold, Is a good thing to clean black silk. Boston Bud get Moths or any summer flying insects may be enticed to destruction by a bright tin pan half filled with kerosene set in a dark corner of the room. Attracted by the bright pan, the moth will meet his death in the kerosene. If the gums, as frequently happens after illness, become very sore a gargle of myrrh in a little water is to be commended, and as this has a good, wholesome odor one need not mind using it It sometimes costs less to have a badly soiled room repainted after a moderate use of the mop and brush, than it does to have it scrubbed and scoured. All advice to the contrary, the best brush to use is the one that suits your teeth; usually too large a brush is chosen and the corners of the mouth are hurt This matter of bathing cannot bo made to fit any rigid rules; for it is rare to find two persons who aro affected alike by contact with water in a bath. Tea or coffee stains will come 4 out at once if they are taken immediately and held over a pail while boiling water is poured upon them. To darken light mahogany and cherry, bl cromate of potasjj dissolved in water is ex cellent, and gives it the appearance of age. A very thin coat of what is known as French picture varnish will restore chromo3 and oil paintings to their original brightness. Where a daily bath of water Is not well borne or not obtainable, a good sharp rub bing with a dry towel is next best To polish nickel plated goods after becom ing black and not worn, use rouge or whiting on a rag with a little oiL Egg shells crushed and shaken in glass bottles half filled with water will clean them quickly. Salt and vinegar brighten brasses as well as any moro modern and expensive potions. Carpets will look much brighter after sweeping if wiped off with a damp cloth. Hang a small bag of charcoal in the rain water barrel to purify the water. A bit of soda dropped in the cavity of an aching tooth will afford relief. A little molasses upon a mustard draft w CI nrevitut bliiit-r,'"T - SHORTHAND WRITERlT SOMETHING NEEDED BESIDES QUICK FINGERS AND WITS. The Kocks Upon Which tl "Shorthand" Reporter May Sprit Dlf Scultles Which Arise When Notes Are to lt Tran scribed Ludicrous ICrrors. Now, why will you only get five men In 100 to reach 1W words (and thoso words in com mon use) a minute, only four in 100 to touch the verliatiin sjieed line (they being limited to the higher rango of familiar seecb), and only ono in 100 to be equal to any require ment of speed or stylo of siech, technical or classic, as well as general or popular? The answer Is, that j-ou may combine dexterity of finger and mental quickness, however groat, and then you will fail to reach the full stuturo of an exjiert verbatim reporter unless you have read, marked, learned aud inwardly digested volumes upon volumes of tho same stores of learning from which tho speakers you are to rejiort have drawn their supplies. For example, you study shorthand, and at last, after eighteen months of industrious practice, by dint of dictations read to you from tho daily newsjaier or some handy book, you time yourself, and find that you can actually get down 130 words a minute, and truuscribo it correctly. Now you are happy, and you will go to tho nearest editor nnd say: "I am ready for big work; lean write shorthand and take down speeches literally." Suppose the editor believes you, and you aro engaged as u shorthand reporter. Then suppose your first assignment is to give n column report of ti ii-.t'iri.-:,.l l-.v".. Vu attend, and tiie lecturer begius with a few commonplaces, w hich you find yourself quite abla to get down. . But now he advances into tho heart of his theme. Ho is talking of the events that led up to the American revolu tion, nnd he drags in tho names of tho lead ing men i;i tho different colonies who stirred up tho spirit of independence and paved the way for 1770. Ho mentions their places of residence, in Virginia, or No-.v York, or Dela ware, or elsewhere, tnd quotes from their lettci-s extensively. You follow him in bhort baud, and you think you havo got him. But when 3 0U go back to tho oflice j-ou oppn your note book and discover that horp tvo dozens of names of men and places that you never beard of befojo, because you have never given any time to readiug up the ante-revolution history of these United States. In that case 3'ou may write out your notes after a fashion, but how the lecturer will stare when he reads it; and what letters tht editor will get after he publishes it; and how soon, after you have made ona or two messes of that kind, you will be sized up us good for office work, dictation, and tho live for a quarter brand of public meetings, but on important work no good whatever. Stenographic skill alone can tako down words, but it requires the something more which we call general intelligence to write them out properly. The. geuoral intelli gence U only possible to the man who.h" as bill Nye would say, "oiled i'" thinker" with oil drawn iu )- . ap ,ms from stand r,l lilci- , V lectin ou - , - e .f klnds' . 1 - ' e ante-revolution period will H' ps talk of the Towushend acts of 1707, of Governor Sharpe, of Maryland, and Gov ernor Moutagu, of South Carolina, and their proclamations in tho name of tho king; then ho will go on and tell what such American leaders as Gadsden, Iaurens, llutledgo. Lynch and Pinckney did about it But, assuming that you havo given no careful reading to the history of that period, bow can you transcribe your notes, no matter how faithfully they were taken, so as to save yourself from grotesque errors of spelling, If of nothing worse? Your notes sa3r "Gov ernor Sharp," but will you omit that final "e7" Very likely you will, because you don't know any better. Will you writo it out Governor "Montagu," or "Montague?" Will you write "Laurens," as it should be, or "Lawrence," as it should not be) Will j-ou surely sjell Pinckney with the "c" before tho "kf Will you write "Iloutledge," or "Rutledge?" If you are without any pre vious reading on this subject you are just as likely to writo theso names one way as the other. Illustrations might bo multiplied without end. Go and try to report one of Joseph Cook's lectures without enough previous read ing to give you an idea of what ho is talking about, when he quotes from the leading English, German and French, philosophers, and see where you will come out. Go and report some after dinner speeches of a society of scholars, and let there be a few Latin quo tatious, and you may get them down as they sounded to j"Our cars; but, if you have never taken a course of Latin, let us see how you are going to transcribe it Tho old story of the half educated reporter who took down the famous quotation, "Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sod major Veritas," and then, never having gone with Caesar through the Gallic wars, transcribed it, "I may cuss Plato, 1 may cuss Socrates, said Major Vcrrytus," and who later inquired whether this Maj. Vcrrytus- was of the regular army or the volunteers, was probably an invention; but things just as absurd have happened. It will always be true that a stream can rise no higher than its source; that what you have never heard you cannot know, aud that what j-ou don't know you can't tell anybody. The Boston newspaper owner who threatened to discharge his editor because fco had used the word "oblivion," which ho took to be a word unlit for tho family circle, was not es pecially stupid. He had never been intro duced to the word "oblivion" before, and at first sight it had a nasty look to him; that was all. James W. Clarke in The Writer. The Tenor Forgot His Lines. On the stage tho prompter is tho safety from forgetfulness, but in the concert thea tre lapses take place. Even a great living tenor has been known to retire in the middle of a song he had been singing every week for almost a lifetime, because oil memory of the words he wanted was gone. Such a caso of sudden forgetfulness took place in one of the London theatr clearly in the present century. During the performance the gods in the gal leries called for their favorite song, "Ths Sprig of Shillelah," though it w as not an nounced in the bills, and John Henry John stone, a well known Irish actor and vocalist, came forward with alacrity and good humor to comply with the wishes of tho gods. Accordingly the music played, but the 6iuger stood silent and confused. The syni' phony was repeated, but there were tho same silence and confusion in rather an increased degree. Tho symphony was performed a third time, but to no purpose. At length Mr. Johnstone came forward to the front of the stago and said: "Ladies and gontleme, I assure you that I havo sung this song so often that I forget the first line." A roar of laughter greeted these words and hundreds of good humored voices began to prompt th singer, who immediately gave the favoriU song in good style and gained increased ap plause. Chambers' Journal For the 25,000 soldiers in the army of th United States there are only thirty-four chaplains. ,ruUz: o, i ow. - - The Plattsmouth Herald Is on joying1 a EDITIONS. The Y Will le ono ltirin which the suhjects of national interest sunl importance will he strongly agitated and the election of a President will talce place. Ihe people of Cass County who would like to learn of Political, Commercial and Social of this year and would keep apace with the times fchould ;UBSC RIBS: I'Olt Daily or Weekly Herald. JS'ow while we lia e the subject before the people we will venture to ppcak ot our ! pill www Which is first-class in all respects and from which our job printers are turning out much satisfactory work. PLATTSMOUTir, 2o:;m in both, its ear 1888 Transactions KITH Eli TIIE mi NEBRASKA. '.:) 4 3: