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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
v wK'VfHi x ct JULY 22, 1901;1 ,The Commoner, a 9 -wf-l it as lie sees it. It may not be bo bad in that ligbt, ind I would not try to read into it the badness that others may And there. Ho will probably grow a little ashamed as he talks about it, for boys feel the sentiment in the air about a place, even if they have not found anything that seemed wrong, and may try to defend it Do not be ungener ous or suspicious, but, if you have posted yourself as you should before having this talkgoing to see the place for yourself, If necessary to be rair there will be sufficient reasons to give him why he should not go there any more. Endeavor to let the decision that he is not to go again come as the result of his own judg ment. If he cannot be brought to take that ground, malte your decision Known firmly, but pleasantly, and help him to acquiesce in it as cheerfully as he can, because he loves you, oven though he may think your judgment is poor in this particular case. If you think there is no harm in these places, though there may not be any good, you will learn that the things that he will see and hear will, though unconsciously, tend to lower high standards, blunt moral and ethi cal perceptions and, while he may not grow up immoral, will yet have a de moralizing effect on his chaiacter. The boys are more likely to be drawn into these low-priced places than the girls, but both will need counsel. Exchange. It is encouraging tofnote that women are becoming more and more to rec ognize that comfort or torture with tho feet is largely tho result of tho shape of shoe they wear. Good Housekeeping. DrooLd Boards. -Some pretty bread .boards are now made and ornamented, with poker work, and' one ofteni sees the loaf of bread with a sharp broad-knife placed on the table near the house-mother's N place. Several slices Of .. bread are cut before sitting down to the table, and the loaf placed with the cut side next the bread board, and more slices are cut as needed. This is a sensible fashion, since it saves the bread from becoming hard and dry, and every loaf is fresh until finished. Woll-Fittlng Shoos. Nothing but demand will create a shoe that fits the foot perfectly, and good sense and artistic appreciation are gradually "creating that demand. When these are exercised there will be no sorefeet, for women will accept nothing but a comfortable shoe, and, as a result, tho manufacturers will supply them. "With shoes made in conformity with nature's, laws, we should have feet whose beaiity would be recognized, an4 the Trilby foot would not be an exception. Because of our general advance in matters per taining to dress, our footwear, In tho past few years, is gradually becoming better and more healthful, but there is much yet to accomplish. That the water should be able to flow under the instep without wetting it, is an old saying; no instep can bo arched without a shoe that conforms with the toot, and this the ancients knew, for they paid great attention to the beau ty of their sandals, the Greek, in par ticular, being careful to preserve the anatomical proportions. The care of the foot should begin in infancy', for if children are allowed or, forced, ratherto wear tight, poorly-shaped shoes, the feet get out of shape and' the foundation Is laid for ills that fol low in after life, tho shoe with rub ber layers on the bottom, both for vomen and children, gives elasticity ot step that saves the spine from jars and helps to insure a good walk. Now adays intelligent shoe-inakers recom mend a shoe that is a trifle longer than the foot, which 'gives a long, "lender effect. The' ld-fashioned method of buying' a shbe too short jaused tortures in walking, but the "esh, being obliged to W'somewhere, broadened out and became disfigured ith the ineyitable corns and bunions. Proptxgattng Plants. Cuttings are portions, of shoots, either of ligneous or herbaceous plants. They are made of the young shoots with the leaves on, or of ripened wood, either with or without the leaves. They may be longer or shorter, but should have at least two or three "eyes" or buds, and more will be bet ter. After they have, either in the herbaceous state with the leaves on, or with the wood matured with or with out leaves, been properly prepared and planted, they forjn on the ends "cal louses," or "heal over," and from this callous, the new roots, are sent out, making the perfect plant. Cuttings set early in August should make growth this fall, if placed on the north side of a fence or building, though it would be better if the cut tings were placed in pots and the pots plunged in a slight heap of fresh horse manure, about twelve inches deep, which will give a low heat for four to six inches. In making the cutting, cut the lower end somewhat close below the lower bud, leaving the upper bud just above or at tha sur face, when planted, setting tho cut tings close to the side of tho pot, in sand, or in sandy soil. The ground should be kept moist, but not wet, as too much moisture will tend to rot tho cutting. Cuttings taken as late as September or October of the new soft growth of many annuals and perennials make line window plants, with satisfactory bloom about Christmas, or . later, though your winter bloomers should have been "slipped" and rooted in May or June, in order to have the most satisfactory blooming period. Like every other good thing, in plant cul ture there is "no reward without la bor." As soon as your plants are rooted, pot them In a rather small pot; do not shake the soil or sand from the roots, and to avoid this, thoroughly moisten the soil before lifting. After setting, press the earth well down about tho roots and put the pots In a cool, light place for a few days, after which, set them out in the garden in a cool place where they will get the morning sunshine; see that they do not dry out for lack of rain, and leave them to themselves. If buds appear, pick them off. Do this mercilessly, if you want winter bloomers. knifes, and support the handle. A companion-piece to this is a spoon-baf. This Unmade of a btrip of wood a foot long and two or three inches wide. This may bo fastened to tho wall with screws, or hung upon hooks with oyes, or fastened to brackets. At suit able distances along tho strip, put In small hooks, and "on these hang spoons, cook forks, ladles, nln. no not hang two things on one hook. If one board is likely to be crowded, make another. One of the nicest materials for dish cloths, is a cheap grade of cheese clothtwo or threo cents a yard in the department stores; it does the work well, and does not hold the grease or gather the scum from the dishwater, and can bo easily washed clean and dried in tho sun. It is cheap enough to admit of burning when it shows too much sign of usage. The cloth when new does not dry wed, but serves for a wash-cloth admirably. It is also serviceable for the toilot and the bath. For Tho Hovisokoopor. One of the handy things to have about the house is an emergency bag. This is really a collection of pockets, or wall liaer. tacked on the wall in some convenient place, or on the in side of a closet dfior. In one of the n'nnlrrifn nM fill thfl old. Soft. WOm Plinerig; another may contain ordinary cotton batting; another, coarser ciocns and bandages; in another may be a roll of absorbent cotton, and so on, with a pocket for buttons, darning cotton, patches, or other articles that are constantly being called for. Bits of cord, string from the grocer's pack ages, a rolled quantity of strips, a pa per of sticking plaster, and many oth er things will find a corner there, and will save many a weary hunt, in case of accident, or other need. A knife rack is a thoroughly useful thing to have in the kitchen. Take a board about four inches wide and twenty inches long, held by two brack ets of wood or iron. In holes wuu a gimlet along both sides of the board, about an inch jipart and place in pajrs. The wood between each pair of poles, is cut away wtji key-hole sav, and the edges' of! te slots thus formed are smoothed, with sandpaper. Th(h fasten the board onlts. brackets. Tne slots are to hold "tne blades of the Brya,n Not Dead Yot. There are those who construe Mr. Bryan's speech in the Illinois case as a swan song, but it is far more sugges tive of vitality than of approaching dissolution. If we call it a song at all we should recognize in it the fervor of a hymn, mo uujeci oi its praise Doing the truth and the right. But it Is, more proper ly considered, a philippic that was evoked by an outrageous wrong. Ma jority rule had been prevented in the Illinois convention by rank dishonesty and an audacity and impudonco which were carried Into tho debates at St. Louis by the "highwaymen" and "train robbers" of Mr. Bryan's denun ciatory sentences. In the contrast both of cause and of persons the Nebras kan shows to such great advantage that he should receive a tribute of re spect, even from those wjjo have dif fered from him most widely in the past upon political principles. We believe, moreover, that his clean liness of character, his fine moral qualities, his purity of purpose, his political zeal and his unrivaled gifts as an orator absolutely preclude the idea that he has ceased to Tjo a force in our public life. Whether one ap proves all his tenets or not, one should recognize the power that Is In him, and it may affect millions in the future as it has in the past For the- present it must be said, of course, that the leadership of his party has gone from him to other men. It may oven be said that the masses of the party have decreed the change because they are tired of his silver hobby and tired of defeat. But who shall say that he may not reassert himself if condi tions should beckon him to the foro as they did in 189C. Anyone who believes that he can never again have a great popular following Is a care less reader of history and of human nature. Chicago Record-Herald. fought a battlo which must excite kd- ' miration; irrespective of political bins. ' Tho mere physical endurance of tho man was' almost superhuman, lie was grit to tho core. And, beset qn all sidca by men who count themselves shrewd politicians, and oppressed with tho knowledge that tho drift of party sentiment was strongly away from him, ho displayed a quickness of in tellect, a depth of resource and a pow er of oratory that were simply amaz ing. Single-handed he fought his oppo nents to a standstill in tho committee on resolutions. It was solely due to his efforts that the platform failed to Indorse tho gold standard, and left him In a position to preserve both his constituency and his regularity. And tne convention ratified this negative but to him very material triumph. It is true that Judge Parker's elev enth hour Interference took from Mr. Bryan the fruit of his labor. But It cquld not tako from him the credit for a splendid display of courage, nor make larger the antagonists who ap peared beside him as pygmies. Phil adelphia North American. A Gallant Fight. Shorn though he be of the plumes of leadership, and overwhelmed by a hostile faction within his own party, William J. Bryan emerges from the political chaos at St. Louis the big gest man and the best fighter In the democracy. He went into the con vention seemingly . certain of igno minious defeat; achieved a temporary victory, and, while eventually defeat ed because his foes were reinforced .from an unexpected quarter, no igno miny attaches to the result so far as he is concerned. It was a foregone conclusion that he could not hope for indorsement of the ideas of which he is the chief ex ponent. Such a possibility was hard ly considered, even by Mr.'Bryan. The cuestionr seemed to be, how absolute should ,be the repudiation. .pf.x those deasi and, as a consequence,. of him self? Confronting this question, he Jofforsoniowti Principles Opponents of Bryan are now talking of his "defeat in the national demo cratic convention." Bryan waH the man who won all the victories lor principle, and Bryan was the idol of tho people at the convention. Bryan was the solo topic of conversation on tho Btreels, In the hotels and In the convention. His speeches were tho convention feature, and those he hit hardest are the self-same persons who now talk of Bryan's defeat. Bryan will be found fighting with and or tho party all tho time, and no ono member of the party will be found lighting better and harder for Jcffer- sonian democratic principles than the leader from Nebraska. Springfield (111.) Registon The Contrast. But in regard to anti-imperialism, to a policy of peace, good will and arbitration, as contrasted with a pol icy of trouble-hunting and militar ism; to a policy of calm, conservative Americanism with the constitution and the laws reverenced and support ed, Mr. Bryan gives unqualified pre lerence to Judge Parker over Mr. Hoosevelt. Though the democratic nominee docs not stand for all that Mr. Bryan would like him to stand for, he stands for so much more of it than Mr. Roosevelt does that the Ne braska statesman arrives at his choice without difficulty. Denver News. What It Shows. Mr. Bryan's course at St. Louis at least shows that be is more of a dem ocrat and' less of an autocrat than some prejudiced observers would havo us believe. Florida Times-Union. 'Drifting Apart. It now appears that the democratic press of tho east was mad because Bryan dominated the convention, and the republican press of the west was glad because Bryan had been van quished. There doesn't seem to be much prospect of the eastern demo cratic press and the western republi can press getting together. Joplm Globe. A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL. 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