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The first nll\or dollars wore coined
by the United States mint In 17911.
Bernard Shaw wants property and
marriage abolished. If marriage Is
abolished property will soon go , too.
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Telephone girls have to bo live feel
high now , We have often thought
they cut us off too short.
The postoolllco appropriation bill
calls for $241,000,000. liven letter
writing IB a factor in the high cost of
living.
Now the Philadelphia strikers talk
a nation-wide strike. You can't make
a chain stronger by stretching out the
llnkn.
The price of meat Is again climb
ing , and nothing will stop It but the
thlrfty old habit of keeping n pig in
the back yard.
On reading the riot news from
Philadelphia , we have to pinch our-
nelves to make sure wo are not liv
ing In 1910 B. C.
The French senate has just passed a
bill granting old ago pensions which
the English commend as more busi
ness like than their own.
A New York man is trying to breed
n tailless cat It Is doubtful if the
world will appreciate his great effort
If ho should be successful.
It will come hard on Colonel Roosevelt
velt to conform to the ways of Euro
peans after having been a confirmed
"gun toter" for all these months .
The American legation at Bogota ,
Columbia , has been stoned , but that
Is merely the playful way down there
of expressing political opinions.
The truly domesticated man must
now pay the price of his redemption
from the nomadic state , by cleaning up
the back yard Saturday afternoons.
Another blow to the-down trodden
consumer ! It costs ? 17o to go by the
new airship line from Munish to Ob-
erammergau and back , eighty miles.
Thirty thousand Frisco people will
commemorate the birth of American
ideals July 4 , by seeing Jeffries and
Johnson give each other bloody noses.
St. Patrick's day means more this
year In England than for a long time
before. The Irish nationalists have
become a power to be reckoned with.
The waste and sawdust from saw
mills and planing mills Is being
pressed Into solid sticks of firewood
by machinery and thus made into ex
cellent fuel.
If Senator Hoot Is going to straight
en out New York politics , he might
as well quit attending to any trifling
little job like being United States
senator.
James R. Garlleld Is a possible can
didate for the governorship of Ohio ,
but It is not thought probable that
Secretary Ballinger will manage his
campaign.
There is so much soiled linen to be
washed in the Albany legislative in
vestigation , that some patriots will
have to go to bed for lack of any
thing to wear.
The senate favors giving the wan
Bering Pottawatomies $447,339 , said tc
have been long duo them. This will
provide them with lire water for a
number of weeks.
The American people credit the
Rockefeller foundation to our glorious
national record for philanthropy , but
If churches or missionary societies
take "tainted money" they are oil >
hypocrites.
Colonel Roosevelt Is to receive frorr
the lord mayor of London the freedon :
of the city In a gold box. Almost any
thing would be more suitable to present
sent In a little box than freedom. It's
paradoxical.
A new Incentive has been added tc
the war of the extermination of the
brown rat , now being waged so ener
getically In so many countries. Tht
skins have been found useful for several
oral commercial articles , such as bind
Ing of books and making purses am
gloves.
Over in Germany they are grlndlni
up their mountains to mix with thel
cement pavement. They have discov
ered that the lava thrown out by vol
canoes , when ground up nnd mlxet
with cement and baked In blocks It
great kilns for two weeks makes thi
most durable paving material that hai
ever been tried.
It Is scarcely safe to refer o tht
thoughts which this weather bring !
Jest the mercury suddenly fall. Stil
visions of robliiH , crocuses , warm
rains , house cleaning , lilacs , dandelion
greens , rugs to beat , tomato plants ,
umbrellas nnd rubbers always some
where else when you want them , and
n thousand and one spring tokens lilt
through one's urn In as winter for n mo
ment loosens Its grip on the earth.
The John Jacob Astor divorce at
tracts little attention In the atmos
phere of New York's smart set. Cou
ples that live In domestic pence and
harmony are more of a news feature
down there.
There Is a growing sentiment
against the overheating of school
rooms and public buildings In general.
It enervates the body and makes it
more susceptible to disease.
It has been discovered by actual ex
periments that by feeding white hens
on harmless dyes they will lay eggs
of any color. This will In time do
away with that mussy process of dyeIng -
Ing Easter eggs.
Mayor Gnynor of New York Is a
disciple of the Pedestrian Weston. He
refiiRCBo newspaper reporters Inter
views at his office but allows them to
accompany him on his long walks , if
they can keep the pace.
One paper commenting on the
Rockefeller foundation starts with the
hymn "How Firm a Foundation. " The
Rockefeller millions do seem to give
a pretty solid foundation to even a
philanthropic experiment.
The awakening of Americans to the
need of manual training in the pub
lic schools Is one of the most encour
aging signs for the future. The boyer
or girl who can make things has n
wonderful start in life.
More than a quarter of a billion
dollars Is lost absolutely nnd forever
each year in the United States through
lire. Much of this loss might be pre
vented by care. Care in building , and
care In tire protection.
John Milton was a poet nnd he was
also a secretary of state. He left his
idea about the conservation of natural
resources recorded in Latin so heavy
that It Is not often quoted , but It Is
there nnd is very much to the point.
Variety is not only the spice of life
but its continuance. Intelligent recre
ation , interests autslde the dally grind
changes of scene these are not mere-
j ly luxuries , they are necessities of
life.
Gladstone's son has been elevated
to the peerage so often declined by
his father. It is doubtful if he will
stand any higher with his rank than
did the "grand old man" without it.
But without regard to this he is a
worthy son of an honored man.
You can never tell In what unlikely
place cupid will manage to get In
his work. A couple of ardent lovers
aged respectively 75 and 77 eloped
from the old peoples' home in Indi
ana of which they were inmates and
walked two miles to be married.
This is not the first time in English
history that the house of lords has
been In disrepute. It was abolished
for ten- years in the Cromwellian per
iod. The king was also abolished in
the most summary manner known.
The country survived the shock , too.
From the viewpoint of commerce , of
foreign relations , of forld economics ,
of radical development , or of the spread
of Christianity , the education of China
along modern lines is one of the most
important pioblems confronting Amer
ica and Europe today. It directly con
cerns the enllghtment of a quarter of
the world's population.
If the railroads believe that Norfolk
has no chance to gain more favorable -
able freight rates , they ought to bo
glad to have the city try its case and
find that out. And In case Norfolk
is entitled to hotter rates , which people
ple believe who have studied the sit
uation , then there is no reason on
earth why they should not be gone
after.
An exchange says "The only reason
there are not a million cherry trees
In bloom in Texas , is that there are
not n million cherry trees In Texas. "
The same might be said of many other
states. When the soil of the United
States is planted and cultivated as it
is in the old world countries a wealth
of blossom and fruitage will stretch
from ocean to ocean.
A Chicago packer says the American
people could reduce the cost of thelt
meat If they would use some of the
cheaper cuts which contain just as
much nutriment instead of insisting
on rib and loin cuts. Undoubtedly
there Is something In this. If Amerl
can cooks would spend a little more
time in the preparation of some ol
the cheaper cuts a saving might be
effected without any loss of comfort tt
the family.
So far people have been permitted
to walk from one part of the "City ol
Brotherly Love" to another. If they
pursued their way quietly and peace
ably , but drivers of delivery wagons
who carried passengers during the
strike wore arrested. Philadelphia It
rotten politically. That Is why the
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street car strike there Is more popu
lar than an opera with n new tune.
Ambassador-Brlce says In his Ameri
can Commonwealth that "In only one
particular have the Ameilcan people
shown themselves Incapable of coif
government and that Is In their cities.
And why ? Because most men do not
do their duty ns citizens. "Graft and
corruption would disappear from our
municipalities within two years If the
good men wore at the same time good
citizens. " says John C. Oswald of New
York.
Mr. Rockefeller made nn effort to
win nn ultimate victory over disease
by founding the Institution for Medi
cal Research. Now ho has set his face
against another and even more uni
versally powerful foe poverty. He
wishes to place some of his vast
wealth to work toward the elimina
tion of poverty from the land. Ho
has undertaken nn appalling contract
but the world will watch his experi
ment with keen interest nnd earnestly
hope for good results.
Professor Zueblln reverses all prec
edents and characterizes thrift ns a
vice and urges his audience to spend
freely In order that the standard of
living may bo raised. For months' the
present high rate of living In America
has been deplored nnd condemned by
writers and speakers , and the Inev
itable result of a spendthrift policy set
forth. In spite of Zueblln a bank ac
count is far better than a deficit and
it Is neither necessary nor wise to
urge Americans to spend freely. It is
their nature.
It was recently stated that the foe
of $775,000 received by Samuel Unter-
meyer for effecting the merger of the
Boston and Utah Copper companies
was the largest fee ever paid a law
yer. This is not true. James B. Dill
was paid $100,000,000 for bringing about
a settlement between Andrew Carne
gie and II. C. Frlck and organizing the
steel trust. These Immense fees re
ceived by lawyers are said to be
great temptations to supreme court
judges to resign from the bench and
once more enter the field where they
will have chance to gain in a day a
sum equal to the income on the bench
in a lifetime.
For unknown centuries the human
race has been experimenting with
different foods and trying to come
to some definite idea as to what men
should eat and what reject. As a mat
ter of fact the problem instead of be
ing satisfactorily solved , grows more
complicated each year with the in
troduction of new food products from
foreign lands and the invention of new
brands of breakfast foods. If a man
were to attempt to follow half the
rules laid down by so-called authori
ties he would certainly be in a piti
able plight. For the ordinary man ,
the best plan evolved so far is to
us his common sense and eat mode
rately of such foods as agree with him
nnd furnish the strength needed for
the work he does in the world.
NEBRASKA PAYS WELL.
Inasmuch as Noriom is at the pres
ent time considering the question of
frclcht rates , and for the benefit of
the people of this entire section of the
state , the following statement by the
Nebraska railway commission is of
interest :
"The rates provided for the trans
portation of lumber In carload lots In
Nebraska is 11.9 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles ; in Iowa the rate Is 6.3
per 100 pounds per 100 miles. The
rate on wheat in Nebraska Is 11.4S
cents ; in Iowa it is 8.1 cents. The
rate on corn in Nebraska is 10.2 cents ,
while In Iowa it is 6.8 cents. On cat
tle In Nebraska the rate Is 13.6 cents ,
while In Iowa It is 10 cents. The rate
on hogs In Nebraska Is 17 cents , while
in Iowa the rate is 11 cents. The rate
on apples in Nebraska is 13.0 cents ,
vhiie In Iowa the rate is 8.4 cents.
The rate on potatoes In Nebraska Is
11.9 cents , while in Iowa the rate Is
7.2 cents. The rate on c.oal In Ne
braska Is $1.02 per ton , while In Iowa
the rate Is 74 cents. "
THE SONS OK ST. PATRICK.
The genial and sunshiny good cheer
usually associating Itself with St. Pat
rick's day Is a reminder of the enor
mous progress made among us by the
son's and daughters of old Erin's Isle.
When the so-called "railroad Irish , "
who were doing the hard work of
building our railways about fifty to
sixty years ago , first begun to come
over , who could have predicted how
far their children and grandchildren
would have climbed today ?
Inside of these red shlrted and
rough bearded old stollers there was
purpose as firm as steel , to make
their way In the world. And so today
there has mingled with the old English
race a , strain of warm hearted Celtic
blood , distinguishable from the old
stock by nothing except the mellow
toned names of the old Irish country
families.
And today these old Irish names
rank with the leaders of politics , busi
ness and the professions. They bring
here n genius for friendship , that
makes them a political force , and n
warm heart and whimsical humor that
make them delightful companions.
A DISTORTED VISION.
It Is one thing to have high purpose
nnd determination and quite another
to have good eyesight If n man Is to
do effective mid discriminating work
In the world of affairs It Is quite nec
essary that ho have nil thico. These
elements are Just ns essential to a na
tion as they are to an Individual , If
that nation Is to "rise on utepplng-
stones of its dead self to higher
things. "
The American people are suffering
from astygmatlsm at the present time.
They are rightfully alarmed at the
tremendous power exorclncd by "prev-
atory wealth , " the corruption so prev
alent in public life , the low Ideals
which characterize so many public
servants. There is "a noble discon
tent" abroad In the land which ex
presses condemnation over the con
tinued domination of the general weal
by the special Interests of greed ana
graft nnd cunning. This dissatisfac
tion Is merging itself Into a high pur
pose that this state of affairs shall
cease to exist and that privilege must
give way to the rule of the people.
All this is encouraging , provided
that the ends Aimed for nro reached
In the right way and that wo really
got after those who arc responsible
for existing conditions and have the
power to change them. It Is nt this
particular juncture that purpose and
Jetermlnatlon need to be accompanied
by perception. However worfliv our
plans , if we were not careful , we are
apt to bungle them , not because of
lack of Intentions which arc high , but
simply from a vision which Is distort
ed.
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Such a danger Is peculiarly appar
ent in the attitude of the people to
ward President Taft. That they are
extremely critical of him Is every
where evident. At the end of his first
year In the white house he finds his
popularity greatly diminished. Wheth
er or not the remaining years of his
administration shall furnish such
proofs of his personal devotion to the
great principles of progress and civic
righteousness as shall compel the
people generous and well disposed
In their intentions to reverse their
present captiousness and give him
hearty support , time only can tell.
But it is the present with which wo
are concerned. The unfortunate posi
tion in which Mr. Taft finds himself
Is that the presidential office has been
so magnified In its Importance by the
general public that the other branches
of government have been lost sight of.
This was due greatly to the career of
his strenuous predecessor. Mr. Reese
velt's temperament is impetuous and
dominant , and while he was president
his tremendously vibrant , virile per
sonality was so potential that he ac
tually eclipsed everything and every
body else In anything he had to do
with. He regulated or attempted to
regulate everything under the sun
from railroads to spelling books. He
sent special messages to congress
daily and the result is that he educat
ed the people to believe that the pres
ident was the man who not only did
things , but the man who did it all.
We are not minimizing the'splendid
efforts of Theodore Roosevelt in awak
ening the nation to the dangers which
menaced it. But with all his excel
lence , his defects as well bad a mark
ed influence on the thought of the na
tion and led It into some grievous er
rors of judgment.
President Taft suffers unfairly bt-
cause of this in public opinion. The
people naturally reason still from the
Roosevelt viewpoint and honestly hold
that If the credit is due the president
for all the wise and commendable leg
islation which is passed , then for all
that is not done , he should likewise
shoulder the blame. And here Is
where the people themselves are man
ifestly unfair. They are putting too
much emphasis on the president's duty
and forgetting that It belongs almost
wholly upon the congress of the Unit
ed States , the men whom the people
of each congressional district and
each state , by their own votes , have
sent down to Washington as their ac >
credited representatives.
The facts are that President Taft
has outlined and very clearly laid be
fore congress a program of legislation
remarkable for Its fullness and
breadth of comprehension of the real
needs of the country. These hills
cover the conservation of our natural
resources , the stricter regulation ol
railroads , postal savings banks , con
trol of industrial corporations , urge a
bureau of public health , the modifying
of injunctions and provides a bettei
government In Alaska. No fair mind
ed man will deny that hero Is lots ol
work cut out for congress to do and
work of the most admirable and progressive
gressivo pattern.
It is not for the president to legis
late. That Is the business of con
gress. That body has been In session
now since early December and hat
done little or nothing. It Is up to II
to act It is up to the people , whose
agents these men are , to see that they
do what they wish done or know the
reason why.
President Taft Is not above crltl
cism. When he deserves it it should
be freely and candidly given. But he
should not bo compelled to stand sponsor
ser for the acts of congress. The pee
pie and the press should spend somt
of the time they devote to "hammer
Ing" Taft to a more vigorous pound
ing of the men they elect to congress
to do their bidding.
Legislation along the progressive
lines outlined and advocated by Presl
dent W. H. Taft should bo promptly
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enacted. The duty belongs to con
gress. The president's duty , in this
legald , has already boon ilom * .
AROUND TOWN.
Get that gree'ii ribbon ready.
There's a sure enough building boom
In Norfolk.
Those are the days when you trry to
stretch the last half ton of coal Into
n ton.
Norfolk avenue Is a hard looker.
It'll be harder when It's covered with
that brick.
The Mabrny Mikes at Council Bluffs ,
being all assembled , ought to enjoy
St. Patrick's day to the limit.
"Teddy can't go around , " says a
headline. But Toddy made a lot of
other people go roud and round.
Wo just shake off the coal man
when along comes the Easter milliner
to seize and bind us. Figuratively , of
course.
No matter how old you get , you al
ways have that same feeling about
wanting your mother to come homo ,
nfteT she's been away awhile.
A dozen years ago a Norfolk hey
attending Harvard was offered a trip
to Europe for his summer vacation.
There was an aged grandmother at
home who was very dear to him and
he wrote hack : "We won't always
have mother with ns he always call
ed her 'mother' and there'll be n
good many years left In which to go
to Euiope , so I guess I'll spend my
vacation at home. " This week
"mother" breathed her last and that
young man came back to Norfolk to
day for her funeral. It would be
haul to put In words the Infinite hap
piness which that voluntary college
boy's act gave to that aged woman
and what a remarkable tribute it waste
to her.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Every lawyer tries to be more or
less like Abe Lincoln.
Some men have so much enthusi
asm that they haven't time for any
thing else.
I We admire the man who wina a
medal , particularly if he leaves it at
home.
| A boy seldom follows the career
mapped out for him by the school
teachers.
Men are all selfish. Tney would
rather be late to dinner than to have
to wait for it.
Which , by the way , constitutes the
Best Families in a town : Meat three
times a day , or false hair ?
The men can at least point with
pride to the fact that no magazine de
voted to their fashions has a million
circulation.
When a married man is an advocate
of equal suffrage it is better proof that
he is henpecked than that he loves
his wife.
There is one thing you must always
make up your mind to : Some people
don't know you , and wouldn't like you
if they did.
Think it over : How many people
have treated you right in everything ?
If you can think of more than one ,
you are lucky.
"I am not overly particular , for a
preacher. I admire the people who
love their friends and hate their ene
mies. " Parson Twine.
There is some dispute as to which
is tne proper form : "Someone's else"
or "someone else's. " We aren't sure ,
but one or the other will apply to
most of the hair you see the women
wearing.
The meanest man In this world Is
the man who imposes on you because
you are kind to him. People who are
kind to you are so rare that you
should appreciate them and not im
pose on them.
You often hear a man say : "Before
I made the change i Investigated the
proposition thoroughly. " It does very
little good for us to Investigate a pro
position thoroughly. The worst mis
takes wo have ever made have been
after thorough Investigation , and what
we considered deep thought.
Sent by a subscriber who lives In
a distant town : "I lately read in your
paper that every man hates to walk
on the streets with a woman hanging
on his arm. I supposed I was the
only man in the world who didn't like
that , but since reading your piece , I
have inquired around , and all the men
I know hate it"
When a farmer's wife picks up a
newspaper these days , her sniffs of
scorn shake the cradle. The news
papers and magazines have much to
say of the Chantecler , and all the
spring styles will have some nint ol
the famous drama recently produced
In Paris. Chantecler , a farmer's wife
will tell you , unfastening her collar
that her sniffs may have free exit , la
French for hen and rooster. To put
n rooster on a $30 hat , or embroider
a hen on a $75 dross , when it is such
a care to bring them through the
roup , and rid thorn of mites , makes
the farmer's wife hnvo a low-down
opinion of city folks. "If they had tc
take care of chickens awhile , " she
says , unfastening her corsets so that
there will bo no barrier to her sniffs ,
"they'd bo thankful to have chickens
to eat , without wearing them. "
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
I. SfeScope ofDomestic
Science.
By EDITH G. CIIARLTON ,
In Charge of Domestic Economy , low *
State College.
Copyright. 1910. by American ttt
Aiioclttlon.
12 purpose of this scries of ar
Til ticles will bo an attempt to allow
the illrcct relation between do
mestic science and ordinary af
fairs In the life of either men or wo
men. Too many people have conceived
the idea that domestic science chiefly
couceniH those people who have more
time for theorizing than for actual
work. These think the BUbJect deals
largely with air castles of the licllamy
style of architecture nnd contains little
null help for present day bomemiik-
ors. There are some who still hold the
opinion that such is the meaning and
scope of domestic science , but their
number Is rapidly decreasing on ac
count of the introduction of the study
of scientific homemaklng Into public
schools , high schools and colleges. To
be an aid to housekeepers who cannot
take advantage of these courses of
study as pi escribed In schools and col
leges Is the ulin of this series of talks.
One of the chief purposes of domes
tic science is in tench men and women
how to ll\e lightly , how to use ma
terial thing * In such a way as to get
tin1 highest good , the best results , from
them. The M lein-e concerns men quite
as much as UODHMI , and It means
much more than ( he commonly accept
ed Idea Unit It has most to do with
cooUng and eating and washing dishes.
These things are of course Included In
the Mini ) and. 1 assure yon , that even
these t'M eedlngly common affairs of
life are deserving of a higher place in
the wonderful process of living than
is usually accorded them.
Life Is a serious business , and noth
ing which pertains to It is either a
joke or n trifle. Therefore anything
which helps to give even the common-
COOIUNO BY ItULE.
est things their true Importance and
assists men and women to be better
mentally and physically Is worthy due
consideration and a fair trial from
every individual. So. while these talks
concern the housekeeper more closely
perhaps than they do men , the latter
tire not exempt from at least an honest
Interest in their subject matter.
Those who have anything to do with
stock know how Important It is that
the animals be properly fed tu order
that they may be sultuWe tor their
special purpose. Men give a great deal
of study to the different methods of
feeding cows and pigs. They talk
wisely about whether It Is better to
feed corn or peas for fattening pur
poses. They are careful , too , to see
that the soil on which the apple or
chard Is planted contains the proper
elements to make strong , productive
trees. But when It comes to the dally
bill of fare for human beings the aver
age man and woman give It very little
thought. At least It Is the common
rule to eat what Is set before us or
what our fancy and appetite suggest ,
until we have so long disregarded the
laws of nature that our digestive or
gans rebel , and we can't eat even the
plainest food without discomfort.
It is a fact that the average person
knows less about his own anatomy
and the functions of bis body than
about almost any other subject. Think
lor a moment of the many noted men
who uro laid aside In early middle life
because their digestive organs are
worn out And no wonder they refuse
to perform their duties ! We wouldn't
treat a thrashing machine as wo treat
ourselves and not expect the machine
to be good for nothing Inside six
months. The illustration is more near
ly parallel with the case than perhaps
you think. Te man feeds his engine
with coal and wood in order to get en
ergy from It. lie also expects to get
eiu-rgy. growth and continued life from
ills food ; at least that Is the true rea
son why he cats. Yet how many men
and women are there who from an or
dinary bill of fare can select the foods
which build tissue make brain nnd
bjood-nnd which are most suitable for
the .production of beat and energy ?
The selection of food for the table In
order that It may be truly nourishing
and may yield the necessary material
for growth la one of woman's greatest
tasks. To be the maker of a home
from which strong men ant ) women
shall uo forth to build und kccu a mi-
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EDITH G. CHAULTON
tton powerful and united is the high
est task given to human beings. This
Is woman's true work. Is she honest
ly equipped and trained for It' . '
The Task of Homemaklng ,
Woman's share In the well being ol
the family dcmamlH not only an Intel
llgent knowledge of the principles ol
her work , but also Interest and enthu
fclnmn in It. To be a really successful
housekeeper a woman must be an en
thuslastlc housekeeper. Very few , II
any , men have achieved success In any
work to which they htivo given only
part of their thought and a niggardly
share of their enthusiasm. I believe
that the largest per cent of UIIHUCCCSH
fill housekeepers Is always found
among the women who are cither do
Ing their work Ignorantly and accord
Ing to somebody's tradition or because
their Interest and enthusiasm arc given
to some other person's work. Why Is
the opinion so general among both men
anil women that housekeeping requires
a little less Intelligence than almost
any other kind of work ? Why Is It
that the most Incompetent person Is
the one who generally offers her serv
ices In domestic work ? "She would do
better In some one's kitchen" Is the re
mark vnry often made of the unsuc
cessful woman.
What a Housekeeper Should Know.
It requires just as much brains to
keep a house as It should be kept us It
does to perform any other kind ot
work. It requires Just us much knowl
edge and energy to make a home
which truly fullllls all the term implies
as It docs to engage In any other In
dustry. And no other wo'rk demands
quite as much of the whole hearted In
terest , the real person , B does home-
making. One good reason why there
are so many Indifferently managed
homes Is because housekeeping In gen
eral has not as yet been put on the
same plane as other Industries. One
reason why so many women are need
lessly wearing themselves out In their
task of providing food and shelter for
their families Is because of lack ol
knowledge of the fundamental prin
ciples of their work. Lack of train
ing and practical education Is re
sponsible for many housekeeping fail
ures. A woman said to me : "I cook
for my family because I must , not be
cause 1 lia\e any Interest In the art.
for I thoroughly dislike It. " "Arc you
a good cook ? " I said. "No. I am not , "
was the answer. "If I am ever suc ;
cessful It Is due to luck more than
skill , because I really know nothing
about the science of It. and , after
years of experience , I simply can't get
Interested In It. " Unless this woman
is quite unlike the rest of humanity ,
her dlbllke can be traced to her fail
ures , for no one dislikes to do that
which he can do really well Just a
little better perhaps than tiny one else.
The woman who finds pleasure In mak
ing bread Is generally the woman who
has won the blue ribbon tit the county
fair and who bus a reputation for be
ing the best breadmaker In the town
ship. She knows something about
yeasts und flour , understands the prop
er temperature for breadmuklng and
finds her task a pleasure because she
has had Millie-lout interest In it to be
come familiar with Its science.
The lioiibekeeper's work. If properly
performed , gives regular exercise to
nil her faculties. If she understands ,
us she should , the effect of heat und
culd upon fuutl materials , upon liquids
and solids , she will have a working
knowledge of physics. If she knows
something about digestion and per
sonal hygiene bhe will not be a stran
ger to the study of physiology. Her
Intelligent handling of acids , alkalis
and the treatment of the different fab
rics In the laundry will necessitate a
familiarity with chemistry. If she un
derstands the scientific side of can
ning and preserving and the preser
vation of food by other methods , as
well as the processes of cheeaemaklng.
sterilizing , etc. , she will be on familiar
terms with household bacteriology. If
she does not understand these simple
truths , so closely related to her work.
Ignorance of them naturally presup
poses working In the dark.
The Well Rounded Life.
The aim of life should not be to
ppcud all the effort of our days In
working simply to satisfy the physical
needs of the body without any thought
for mental development. True It is
that a sound mind is usually found
In n sound body , but it Is also true
that an empty head , like an empty
stomach. Is equally susceptible to poi
sons. Where all thought nnd effort are
given to acquiring wealth , winning
social or political position without tak
ing into account the other side of life
the side which means the right at
titude toward the world , our neigh
bors and ourselves a great deal of
true living has been overlooked an < l
missed.
A Lon.rj Felt Want.
An American once went to Windsor
castle and Insisted upon seeing Queen
Victoria. He was told that H was
quite Impossible , as an audience with
the queen could be had only by ap
pointment. Still he persisted , and then
they told him llntfootcd that before
seeing the queen he must state the oh-
KM of his visit lie said ho wanted
lo bhow her n new piece of furniture ,
a throne bed-a perfect throne by day
and a perfect bed by night
