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VOLUME 5, NUMBER
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A Confession
Dear little boy, with wondoring eyes,
That for tho light of knowledge
yearn,
Who have Hitch faith that I am wise
And know tho things that you would
loarn.
Though oft I shako my head and smile
To hear your childish questions How,
I must not meet your faith with guile;
1 can not tell, I do not know.
I5ear little hoy with eager heart,
Forovor on the quest of truth,
Your riddles oft are past my art
To answer to your tender youth.
But some day you will understand
Tho things that now I can not say,
Whon life shall take you by tho hand
And lead you on its wondrous way.
Dear little boy with hand in mine,
Together through tho world we fare,
"Whoro much that I would fain divine
I havo not yet tho strength to bear.
Lfko you with riddling words I ask,
Liko you I hold another hand,
And haply when I do my task,
I, too, shall understand.
P. McArthur in Youth's Companion.
Our Homo Chats
Sovoral of our readers havo asked
that easy methods of house cleaning
bo discussed, and tho suggestion gener
ally ends with "wo havo so much to
do, and help scorns impossible to got."
Just as I had read these letters, my
eye happened to fall on a short editor
ial In ono of our city dailies, and I
think. I must give it to our readers, to
let thorn know how their complaints
of being overworked is looked upon by
ono o our college professors. Here
Is tho editorial referred to:
"Professor Patten, who professes
oconomy in the University of Pennsyl
vania, is a humorist conscious or un
conscious. Speaking before an educa
tional league, he advocated early mar
riages; he opined that when married,
a woman should work in order to havo
economic independence. Moreover, ho
declared that tho falling off of tho birth
rato was a public danger, especially
among people whose incomes ranged
from $1200 to $2000. The low birth
rato in this class, ho continued, was
duo to lack of income, and this lack
might bo overcome if the wife, instead
of leading a life of leisure, would go
into business. Women will enjoy this
wisdom even if they don't appreciate
uiu iiuinur. u no wire of tho man with
an income of $1200 is oppressed with
leisure. She is a rank idler. She has
so much to do doing nothing that
motherhood is discouraged. Again
the mother of half a dozen children
born within a dozen years, might be
tho mother of, say ten, if 3he hadn't
so much leisure. Should sho go into
tho banking business, or manage a
railroad, this leisure would bo absorbed
in work, tho income would increase
and tho birth rato rise. Prof. Patten is
right. Women should work instead of
'sitting 'round playing the lady.' This
would insure their economic indopen
denco and a high birth rate, upon
A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL
backache, pains la tho kidneys or ncunffi
pttlna. to write to her for a homo treatn om
which, according to Rooseveltian homi
II tics, the safety of the republic de
pends." Instead of trying to "take on more
work," I am inclined to think we are
all looking forward to a prospective
millenium, and we are sure it is com
ing, for we saw so many wonderful de
vices at the World's Fair for the help
of the housewife that our "good time"
seems really in sight. One of the finest
of these was a house cleaning machine,
and when we all grow to a degree of
wealth in which we shall feel justified
in patronizing one of them, house
cleaning will no longer be the terror
that it now is. Garbed in our crood
clothes, we can just hand our keys over
to tho company's menials, tear loose
from- even a tatter of care, do a day's
shopping or visiting, and go home to
supper in a "chemically cleaned houso."
bidding defiance to dust for another
six months, regardless of the condi
tion of the labor market. Then when
we can laugh at the coal man, ignore
tho greedy gas meter, and do our
things by electricityit's delightful,
just to think of it. The day may come
when oven the children, go far as care
taking is concerned, may also be hand
ed over to the electiic current and may
bo that is what the professor had in
mind when ho advised that mothers
should leave the labors of the home
and the baby tending to some other
agency while sho was busy increasing
uio income ana raising the birth rate.
Well, maybe: wonderful thin cm nm
happening in our day who knows?
One of our sisters recommends that
the oldtime fashion of one neighbor
helping out another at busy times
would greatly increase sociability and
tho worn out. Binele-hamipri nfhQ.
having to do everything, either alone
or mux indifferent help, would look
forward to tho general house cleaning
bees" with much the same feeling of
pleasant anticipation that encouraged
our mothers at quilting times, in the
long ago, or that made the annual gath
erings at "wood cutting" time sp great
ly, to bo desired. Neighborhood co
operation has somehow, died out and
when it went, a wonderful source of
comradeship and good feeling went
with it.
there is always more or less expense,
though slight alterations and patching
may be done with no expense save
time and labor. If new goods is to bo
used, it should be well shrunken to
keep its shape in the combination. Al
most any soft all-wool goods can be
taken apart, washed, rinsed and pressed
or even colored by any of the ten-cent
dyes to. bo found on the market, and
either remodelled for the original own
er, or made over to be "passed down
the line." If there is not goods enough
to Eiake over as wished, there are
many tasteful combinations now in
style, and thus, with a package of dyes,
and a few yards of new material very
satisfactory rejuvenations can be made.
Every mother's daughter should know
how to patch neatly, to set in pieces,
to darn carefully, and to make decent,
serviceable buttonholes and sew on
buttons so they will stay. Neat, ser
viceable patching supposes a knowl
edge of ripping seams, pressing and
applying, basting and then careful
stitching and further pressing. The
lessons are not hard to learn, and ev
ery girl should be a proficient in this
line of "fancy work."
PRKB. YoucuroToinrtfS homo a. KX22&
Will testify noclmncft ni oiim.tn i.i.. i'ann"
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rom tbo blood, loosens 'tho .nlc,illd
purine tho blood, and brightens tho eyes X!
big e lMllo ty and tone to the wholo system If
tho nbdvo lntereits you, for proof adiir Vr r
M. Stunners. Box 169. Is'otre Bo, lid. MrB
For tho Sowing Room
Very few women can oder their
wardrobes without "counting the cost"
and small savintrs in mn ,,,; f
vating, repairing, altering or makine
-. wx ciiciuiu uuo to uress much
better on a small allowance than where
cveryth ng must be had new. Many
garments by judicious patching, darn
ing or piecing down, can be made to
aid o Vw lnS tIm?' and i the
aui ot a few inexpensive accessor-ins
hese garments may be made to take
wer hVnnntter neS on SS
wnoro the better one might lm inm
aged. It is a good plan to go carefuHv"
over one's wardrobe no onlv ti
worn garments, and advance them f
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oen m the simplest renovating
How to Cut and Fit a Wost
The making of women's dlothes is
becoming more and more a difficult
task. Styles have changed so much
tutti. ttiLuuugu mu gown may apparent
ly be of the simplest, it does not fol
low that they are simple in the making,
fir P.llt 11Tl1aaa rtnn iinU.n.ln at
, .x.v.uo vm uuuciBiauus tue use
of patterns. It is for those who are
by choice, or necessity, home dress
makers that thek fnllr.TtrlT.n- K,,
suggestion, are offered: As to the ac
tual cutting, always shrink the goods'
of washable materials before cutting.
Tf Is nerannftol Vo- n j.i. . .-
-.. .w WUwMi ,,, ,u mtj pieces or tne
nnrrflrn mn1fnl ...ii-i. j.t
pu icn.cu wiui uiree small per
forations, or whatever tho cutting line
may be, should be placed on the
straight of the goods, or the thread of
the KOOdS as tho rlmrtnfiV.
an inch In TYInnino- V. i4- ..
goods may result in the material
sagging," ,or, still worse, "drawin "
If the parts of the pattern have no
such mark then the straight edge is
always on the thread of the goods
Mark all the perforations with a bast
ing thread or chalk and cut out the
notches. After cutting the bodice
match the waistline carefully and baste
he seams from the top down? except
i hefT!u0f the darts which should
be basted the other way. The should
der seam should then bo basted ho
ing the front a little tight as it is
just a little shorter than the back. The
reason of this is that it fits the round!
ness of the shoulder better
In trying on the bodice alwavs fit
the right side, as it is usiSy the
arger. If the bodice is too loose across
the chest, take it in at the under-a?m
Sil118 lo tfcht SaSS
alterations in the same seam. Never
It the neck is tooTar'S VlJSte
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cdsFe (Just about vheTe Z fronTsW
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rront dart. If there is too much lencth
w ltmn ', take "P a horizontal dart
. althongh manyUSoT6mSaUUt1ut
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. -- ..- ym ia in two
pieces. This front seam, takes the nlnn
of darts, and is much better to fit than
the old-fa3hioned dart style, which al
ways left a rot of fullness. over the bust
that one didn't know' what to do with
It is a very bad habit to lay a garment
away after fitting, for one forgets and
blames the pattern, or feels herself an
incompetent dressmaker, when tho
fault lies, very often, in a bad memory
or in tho fact that the basting has be
come loosened, chalk marks erased or
the pins lost. Comfort. '
Query Box
Ray S. To relaquer your brass bed
stead which has become tarnished, get
ten cents worth of gum shellac 'dis
solved in alcohol and apply evenly
with a paint brush.
Sam C "A-complete list .of all tho
poor boys who have become success
ful men" would include the names of
nearly all prominent 'Americans. Suc
cess lies in the boy, ndjt his environ
ments. Lassie. Flounces certainly have had
a long run, but they are." not yet "out."
The shaped flounce, which seems a part
of the skirt, is stiir popular.
Amie. To- darken . red hair, take
THINK IT OVER.
Something You Can Soo in Any Rostau
ro.nt or Cafo
A physician puts the query: Have
you never noticed in any large restau
rant at lunch or dinner time the largo
number of hearty, -vigorous old men at
the tables; men whose ages run from
60 to 80 years; many of them bald and
all perhaps gray, but none of them
feeble or senile?
Perhaps the spectacle i3 so common
as to have escaped your observation
or comment, but nevertheless it is an
object lesson which means something.
If you will notice what these hearty
old fellow3 are eating you will observe
that they are not munching bran
crackers nor gingerly picking their
way through a menu card of new
f angled foods; on, the contrary they
seem to prefer a juicy roast of beef, a
properly turned loin -of "mutton, and
even the deadly broiled lobster is not
altogether ignored.
The point of all this is that a vigor
ous old age depends upon good diges
tion and plenty of wholesome food,
and not upon dieting and an endeavor
to live upon bran crackers.
There is a certain class of food
cranks who seem to believe that meat,
coffee, and many other good things are
rank poisons, but these"1 cadaverous,
sickly-looking individuals -are a walk
ing condemnation of thoir own the
ories. The matter in a nutshell is that if
tho stomach secretes tho natural diges
tive juices in sufficient quantities any
wholesome food will be promptly di
gested; if the stomach does not do so,
and certain foods cause distress, ona
qv -two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
after each meal will remove the diffi
culty, because they supply just what
every weak stomach lacks, pepsin, hydro-chloric
acid, diastase and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act
upon the bowels, and in fact are noc
strictly a medicine, as they act, almost
entirely upon the food eaten, digesting
it thoroughly, and thus gives a much
needed rest and giving an, appetitito
for the next meal.
Of people who travel nine out of ten
use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, know
ing them to be perfectly safe to use at
any time and also having found out
by experience that triey are a safeguard
against' indigestion in- any form, and
eating, as they have to,- at all hours
and all kinds of food, the traveling
public for years have pinned thoir
faith to Stuart'3 Tablets.
All druggists sell them at 50 cents
for full-sized packages,, and any drug
gist from Maine to California, if his
opinion were asked, will say that Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets. 1st the most
popular and successful Remedy for any
stomdeh trouble. " .1
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