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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1909)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 11. 1000. Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life E Ooldrst Anniversary Of a setvaat. )VN In NeW Jersey, & few miles D from New Brunswick, there U I to be a unique celebration to day In honor nf a servant who has been employed at the old 1'rlre homestead for fifty years. tJurlng th.it long stretch of time, Mary (irogan, the servant, has not been 111 mough to give up her dally duties, ha taken few of the vacation allowed her, and has nevof asked for a raise of the wages originally agreed upon $lf0 a year. A Jewel of a housekeeper, surely, deserv ing the tribute of affection which family and neighbors owe. The servant has had some remarkable qualities which hnve spread her fame throughout the countryside. The last time she asked for a day out as twenty years ago, when she went to New Brunswick, eight miles away, to spend the day. She has not been to New York since the civil war. Then she came, to Make Inquiries about one of her children who had gont away as a drummer boy. She went by stage coach to New Brunswick and took the train from there, flhe hat never asked for an evening out since. The Trice farm has been In the family for morn thnn ICO years. It's a good long time to remember back Just how they got Mary, but .Mrs. Price says that she recol lects thnt there was a neighboring family that hnd had Mary for Iwo months and were moving aw.iy, and thnt they recom mended Mary to her when she was lonklng for a girl fnf general housework. Mary had landed at Cflsl'.e Harden Ih a sailing ship with her three children. PatHy, Mary and mil. The voyage, she says, took forty two days. The Prices put Mary's three children up at the farm and there she reared them and helped to rear nine little Prices, of whom seven are living. The first baby the Prices had after Mary came and whom Mary used to mother Is 9 years old himself now. He has built his own home on part Of the farm, and Is one of those who will be at the celebration Mary treats htm and all the others an though they were children ret The red-cheeked Irish girl Who started In to wash dishes and bake the bread In tho Price home half a century ago Is some what bent now, and the fifty years Have frosted the Jet black hair she brought to the farm, but even If she In 78 years old she Is hale and hearty enOURM to get up at 5:30 each morning and get the breakfast Juist as she did the first mornlrtg after she took the place. Bhe cooks as well as she did then, and around her In the little kitchen are many aged Implements of her art, Including one pan In which she has baked bread for forty years. All of her three children have grown up and gone away, and so have many of the children born on the farm, and whom she helped to rear, but Mary has gone on cooking and baking bread for the grandchildren nd tho great-grandchildren to oat. Curs for Women, Cars for Men. The reservation of rear ears for women In the Hudson tunnel during rush hours and the prospective adoption of the plan In the subway are first steps In what un der favorable conditions may develop Into an ultimate segregation of the sexes oft transit lines. How the open cars on Broadway, first Installed for smokers only, were Invaded by women who upheld tholr right to use them Is a matter of local transit history. It Is unlikely that forcible measures will be necessary to keep men out of the special women's cars. But It Is profitable, the World thinks, to peculate on the contingencies which might arise through an eventual dissocia tion of the sexes In local transportation. There Is no doubt that women would de rive most benefit from the change. Men passengers would be seriously Inconveni enced If banished from the women's cabins of ferryboats. As It Is, the reservation of a single tunnel or subway car for women reduces by one-seventh th number of seats men passengers can occupy to their exclusion, and to that extent In creases the number of male straphangers. To reserve alternate surface cars for women would distinctly augment mascu line discomfort unless the other cars were reserved for men. Prrsrcatlner the Dnrkelor. If half of the schemes proposed by matri monial enthusiasts are carried the bachelor, like the buffalo, seems fated to become ex tinct. For several years the proposal to tax him out of existence has been mora or lass constantly bruited, observes the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Last week a Wisconsin legislator gave notice that he would Introduce a bill providing for the es tablishment ot state matrimonial bureau as an adjunct to the bachelor tas. With the view, of course, to making his Capture more certain. And now comes the Chicago Dressmakers' club with the demand that the desperate quarry, driven to the license office by these furious huntsmen and huntswomen, shall be required to take a civil service examination and to furnish satisfactory evidence of his ability to pay the dressmaker's bills before the license Is Issued. Clearly the lot of' the unmarried male eligible Is In the near future to be an unhappy ons If his harriers have their way. Every aVenue of escape may be cut Off. Like the unfortunate suspected of witchcraft, who proved their Innocence by drowning and confessed their guilt by swimming when subjected to ordeal by water, he Is to be driven to marriage and then denied the doubtful sanctuary by the license clerk unless the commercial agencies vouch for his ability to pay the dressmaker. If the proposed regulations be adoptedand It must no, be forgotten that the legislative majorities are com posed of married men, and that misery loves company his Only apparent recourse Is to the courts, where he may plead that such statutes are frankly, even braienly, confiscatory. And here again he runs plump tigalnst the menacing fact that most of the Judges are benedicts quite as envious of his single and untrammeled blessedness, perhaps, as their fellows In thy legislatures. In these days of riotous regulation, when the air is filled with the clamor of Sanatorium This Institution Is the only one Id the central west with separate buildings situated in their own .-.mule grounds, yet entirely dis tinct and rendering It possible to classify cases. The one buddies being fitted or and devoted to the treatment of noncontagious and nontnental diseases, no others be ing admitted. The other, Rest Cottage, being designed for and dttvoud to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases, requiring for a time watchful care and spe cial nursing. the reformers and the legislators S'.iles are flr)td With Ominous signs, the bach elor may as well prepare for the worst, even though he desperately hopes for the best. But let not his persecutors deceive themselves. In the moment that their bound arwt breathless saerlflee Is laid upon the altar there will be born In his bre-ist a fierce and overmastering desire to be revenged upon his tormentors. A ter rible vengeance may easily be wresked upon the mercenary dressmakers who have mothered this latest mode of torture. Once the system of compulsory matrt mony Is established by statute some re ientful esbeeheor may rise In this or that legislative hall to propose the regula tion of dressmaking rates and feminine fashions, with full assurance that every married colleague will Vociferously pledge his enth'uslastle support. The reckonlhg with other Classes of matrimonial regula- tors may be longer delayed, but the dressmakers, having greedily and Incau tiously Sowed the Wind, may expect to reap the whirlwind that has been gather ing since the day when Adam'a patrimony was squandered by Eve In her effort to garb herself In obedience to the first dic tates ot those Whimsical and tyrannltal ttskmlstrcsses, the modes and fashions. Children a Blessing;. Mme. Oadskt flared up in domestic wreth When she read It) New York what Olive rrcmstad had to Bay about the Impossl- Mlity of combining married life With an artistic career. She said things. It is un derstood that Mme. Lnulse Homer, whn Is the mother of twins that flourish In health and celebrity, will within a day or two come to Mme. Qadskl'S support. Mme. Gadskl Says! "Mme. Fremstad ls wrong Is saying that wifehood and mothorhrrd are an obstacle to art. I have found both of them essentl.il to the development of my art, and a great aid to It. I could not fully express my emotions until I knew the emotions of a wife and mother. "Mme. Fermatad says that children are a hindrance and not a comfort. My great est comfort, my rest from the strain of acting and all the exactions of my artistic llfe 1 find lrl my daughter. Before she was born I traveled with a maid. Now how much happier I am with my pwn daughter for my companion.' A 'Woman Who Does Things. It la a Jry to discover a person who dares to do the thing everybody ought to do and who also dares to do It first, says tho Circle Magaklne, telling of the work of Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, bf Kalamazoo Mich. Borne few years ago a meat-Inspection bill was up bofore the Michigan legislature as the result of constant campaigning on the prt of Mfs. Crane and her Kalamasoo club women. The farmers in the legislature discovered that meat Inspection would cut off their small slaughterings and they were up In arms at once, side tracking the bill at the first reading. News of the defeat reached Mrs. Crane at 4 o'clock In the morning, and, catching a 4:30 train for the state capital, she arrived before th opening of the morning session. Then she proceeded to win some of the oppo sition and through their efforts the bill was brought up for a second reading. It Was ftgaln on the point of defeat When one of these newly acquired champions called for & flve-m!nute recess to permit Mrs. Crane to discuss the bill. Mrs. Crane talked to the point, making the purport of the bill clear and emphasizing the great need of it. During the rest of the day and night she Interviewed farmers, every- where convincing them of the reasonable- ness of the proposed law. The next day when the bill was finally read It was pass- ed by an overwhelming majority. Which Transparent Coat an Extravagant Fad E HAVE had late coats and ATI coats of embroidered net be jfyf I fore, but surely hevcr have the aesigners Drought out such ras olnatlng coats to sheer stuff as are put forward to tempt women to extravagance this spring. And extravaganee it really Is. for the filmy, exquisite things come high. To be truly successful their sheer folds should be weighted down by embroideries, and too, they are lovely ohly when planned! with true artistic understanding ot line and fold, so the really smart models emanate from master designers, and that always spells high prices. And yet and yet many of the men and women who copy are very clever, Would perhaps have been as famous as those master artists had they had their oppor tunity and environment, and we have seen two or three ceats In unpretentious work room which promised to turn out very well Indeed. "There are so many beautiful embroi dered bands, motifs and all kinds of orna ments which can be bought ready made how," eaid one of the dressmakers respon sible for these copies, "that If one has an eye for tine one can get a good deal of the effect of the Importod models without buy ing the work done to order on the material, and then there are a good many kinds of embroidery which are quickly done after thej ara chee stamped." The typical sheer coat of the season ls of net, chiffon, marquisette or lace, un lined, perhaps sleeVelessna demna to be worn over a frock en suite or contrasting, by way of an accessory rather than a Wrap. That ls, a woman will probably not take off this filmy coat as she would another rap .but will regard it as an Integral part of her costume. Of course an Immense number of these sheer coats are being msde up to match frocks, and here indeed Is the top notch of extravagance in this particular line, fir the suit coat usually cannot be worn with anything save the costume to which It be longs. A sheer black Coat, on the contrary, or a white coat may be put to vailous uses, am! probably it is in recognition ot tills faet that the French makers have put forth a considerable number of chic models In black black marquisette, black cMtfon or blask net. Almost every well known house shows something ot this kind and every New York importer who caters to the fashion able trade has brought over at leant ono of the black coats. ' Some of the models fall full from the shoulders or from a shallow yoke, but these, while often draped In roost artistic fashion over the arms or ln the back and showing the figure silhouette through the transparent or semltransyavrent folds, do unlet very skillfully designed tend ti add bulk to the figure; and, for that reasin many designers have preferreJ using bolero or short bodice effects for the upper part of the coat, loosely fitted of course yet somewhat clinging and defining the figure, while frem the short waist line the sheer material falls In full folds almost to the floor. A gl.tnee at the two net coats sketched for this pate will explain better than words the general lines taken by such coats. In goes to shew that Mrs. Crane la a woman who doee things. The Woman's Civic Improvement league was the result of a vigorous campaign of organisation, in Ihe street-cleaning cam paign of the league the women gathered together the men on the Job and gave them somo lessons In handling a broom. Old men tl.ey were for the mnst p.irt, not used to hard work or the Interference of pet ticoats. It was another great day when they washed down the asphalt with a hose and brooms, almost resorting to soap and scrub brushes In an effort to get off the dirt of ages. There was no sprinkling of pavement after that day but a thorough scrub twiae a Week with the fire depart ment assist Ths men WhS were lazy ani refusej to work In the new Way were d(Bmigged the men who took pride In the new system had their pay raised; in this fashion the while wings were Whipped into elart becoming, before the end of three months a rival of the fire department for brilliant service. The Woman Athlete. Miss Wilms Berger, the !0-year-otd nurse who felled ft man who attacked her near IjAke Shore drive, In Chicago, with a Jlu Jitsu twist ef the wrist, dares any one to bother her on her late evening strolls. "Police can't protert me from ruffians, but t can protect myself," Sho says. "If the young girle of the eountty Would learn this Japanese art assaults on girls would end. "Mashers?" and Miss Berger threw back hef head and laughed defiantly "Why, I let them take me by the hand. Then 1 floor them. It's as easy, as easy Ss " With a sidestep and a quick grip on the newspaper mans arm she lifted him to his toes, so that a single move by him would break his arm, "That," she explained, releasing him, "is tho simplest of the holds. There are hun dreds. "Oil, It's monstrous," she said Indig nantly, "the way girls are at the mercy of assailants who He In wait for them. If mothers would only give a few minutes a day to their daughters' Instruction In Jlu Jlt8U tnev wouldn't heed to bo afraid to tru8t the girls out alone at night." "Instead of giving all their millions to echools and libraries I wish some of tho philanthropists would protect the girls of this country against the brutes Who make them afraid to leave their homes alone. They could safeguard ihe girls by providing for their Instruction In Jlu JltsU. "Why, look at me! I'm a nurse at the Henrotln hospital. I like to take a Walk sometimes late at night. And I Just dare a masher or any other kind of a man to" bother me. I can take care of myself." Miss Berger, who lives with her father, Dh Frank J. Berger. 60S Southport avenue, was for a time assistant to Tsunellro Tomlta. a Japanese 1iu tltsu Instructor nr fame. f.ltfle Thlnga to nemember. Eyebrows are improved by the use of a little vaseline every other night. For delicate skins nothing Is softer and more healing than almond meal .In' the washing water. Relaxation is one of the greatest of beautlflers. To cleanse the teeth thoroughly, use, waxed dental floss after each meal. Damp hands should be after treated to powdered alum. Some pimples disappear Under the appli- cation of bismuth A little glass of orange Juice taken In the morning is splendid for Clearing tha rum- plexlon. To correct stooping shoulders, always re- member to stand with the abdomen drawn in and chest thrown out. To acquire an erect and graceful carriage, hort sleeve would doubtless be preferable We have run acros a number of other coals of this class with the touches of dull gold to relieve the black; and sometimes with gold and Jet combined In the trim ming. A Paquln model. Intended for even ing ware a casino wrap as such unsub statlal trifles are dubbed on the summer llxts, has an odd deep yoke ot shirred and corded black velvet. Don't elevate your brows, madam. A shirred and corded yoke of very soft and lustrous black velvet Is no awkward or bunglesome thing In Mine. Paquln's hands and the velvet Is eminently becoming next the face. This yoke comes solidly down over shout- der depth and Its bottom line runs on down in deep slender points, each point ending under a handsome rhlnestune ornament like a large round button. The lower part of the coat l In either chiffon or fine silk net (our memory falls Just there) and falls full end unllned to the floor, the fulness coming out between the long yoke points In a most effective fashion. Another handsome model on the cape line is cf net su;erhly emrboidered In gleaming Jet. The embruldery design Mfl 'obtto "embroidered b l a c k n'" mmlmml CIUFFON AND NET TUNlc- miM kil IS yAfvli one of the,tt moS "i188 the Jet so M TvVl'l tiWl'W lkkli el the materlal heavily around the I I J W''i'WvJl Plcitlw tlSlVi w" " tlne bUuk shoulders that' it R ff.Ptjt fi 5 l SlfoilBlllnTW ntt' tne 0ther tfves somewhat ptK I'VHMl P 'l mifflllwJ liil Uk mirluU the tame effect as 7 twCT H' 'Uk ' f 'fx'iyfc' fUei but ln eu!h a yoke. Uelow the tri'ArP VllnxiV llM4vfnM'lPt' CUB lhe bIaok tlf't ,alls rul1, but iluV V HjvH'S IwZMlifcjfl Vi outlined by em- there ls very deep, MfW lltrt f9Q3ytYti', broidery ln a dull jet embroidery jf 'nTiW" I i g0ld "ne bra'd r round the bot- fTltiJ&l Ili5'k'l !llTtRjw;i I cord and In black, torn, running up in I HAL I 'fVJtfPl I Th "e moJul gleaming scrolls Itv5 i? Vltxt' ." I wlth the laced uPn the net and IKXQ'iHSft '"'jaCTvi I S'de" Wa" ln heav'. nar- j IjjiA'i'jJ 3VM i 1 tended for wear rower border along ffl4&f&r$ 'IMtSW wlth B plaln the fints- This f'Pj 1 1 l Vl fl Iff I clinging robe of tape is laid in fine Jjift 11 U i I I! J, while and had horiluntal plaits K ll fl ' U lon" sleeves of across the arms so P5 ff Am tne tlack net tlt theie Is a J ov,r w'''te cfllf flowing drapery If jgJSg fon, but If ln- effect at the sides. S;?' )i J- tended fr sepa- Worn over a V S"' rate wear a clinging frock of "awN 'A sjBBMBBaBBBasBBasBSBf -eyeless Sf- any or lhe chorm. tmmJu i practice wrlktni alnut your room a llttl.j while each day balancing a book on your heaJ. Th's Is R good old recipe. f'Ivemtnute exercises are now part of the health regime ot all r.mbltl ifis girls. Aficr bathing, throw the head back as far as possible five times; then the arms buck five times, to brosden the chest, benj the knees forward five times, ar.d the upper part of the body backward and fcrw.ird from the waist. Walk around the room on the loes, to strengthen the muscles at the back of the legs, and while still In a glow rub wed with the bath towel and dress. W o in e of the Orient. Tho movement toward giving more free dom to women In India grows, nr.d grows Q.uieu, wnicn encourages the boiler that 11 ls real reform. It Is a year agosince " Institution was o;cind In ono of the '"Str cities, which offered to educate girls wnose rarer.is win promise to Keep tnem unmarried until they reach their Joth year. Many of the smaller towns are now taking up the question of the remarriage of wlloWs. The reaction Is really a strong one, and not only does the Idea of allowing these girls to reach the state of womanhood before marrying. Instead of while Uttlo children, but actually the mar riage of widows has become a desirable matler So that matchmakers now seek for husbands for widows and the young men are willing to accept them. It Is only a few month ago since one of the native Curious and Romantic Capers He Took the tllnt. ECAUSE he found that It would not be ponelble for him to secure a much desired pastorate as long as he remnlned single, the Rev. - Fdward Barber of B the Methodist Episcopal church south, without waste of tmie, took to him s!r a bride. He has been in charge of a church near 1-aurel, Md., and came to Baltimore to at- tent tho annual conference, and to see If It ere poslblo to get a Virginia appointment, "Brother," Bald the presiding elder, "If vrtu were married, you would fit that Place; but unmarried you had better not have It. Mr. Barber got Into Communication with Laurel and In a few hours Miss Alta Mildred Welsh. IS years old, was enroute Paltlmore. They were married and the bridegroom got the charge he wanted. Aged Snltor Italics. T.OVO and bind hunger won't mix. Other wIfc T.lzale Bohner might have enjoyed today's Clear, crisp air and spring sun shine by tiding about Cypress Hills ceme. tpry buggy on a honeymoon trip. In- fctead she spent the day In her home at 28 New Jersey avenue, East New York, slng h g: Tftke back the heart that thou gavest! What ls mine anguish to theo. But it was a twostep time that she plryed the sccompar.lment for those Words, ard between stanzas sho said she'd much rather be waiting at the church than walt- Inrf fnf a 75-vea r.ol,1 hrlAnffronm to vnbi Up to the fact that two persons could hot live nn 15 week "Here Is what he wrote, here', his very note." trilled the Jilted Llizle as she swung round to the piano again to Set lrt muelo the dttalls of how sho had been wooed by Charles C. Griffith of 2f6 Jamaica avenue, an nnelent hnrhrlnr xclth ft weak heart. osthma and $80 000. Lizzie, who Is only M and heart whole, takes care of other persons' children for A nvlng, and ,8 ag fun of Jlnglcs as Griffith I. of gold. Bhe was willing to sing for masses the Jet so heavily around the shoulders that It gives somewhat the tame effect as a yoke. Uelow the net falls full, but there U very deep. Jet embroidery around the bot tom, running up in gleaming scrolls upon the net and in a heavy, nar rower border along the fronts. This tape Is laid In fine horizontal plalta across the arms so that theie Is a flowing drapery effect at the sides. Worn over a dinning frock or any of the chorm Ing spring tones. these transparent hlnek matt sea, ovirmrt. nnrly ,flecUve. but ... . .,, , ,,.,. frlr.al to lette and mndolt htavly inj gorreously adorned with metal. Jt or crystal 'are designed rather for evening wear than for afternoon, though the gold and black coats will In many Instances ac company afternoon toilettes. Some coats of the same type ss the black models Just described arc made up In the soft smoky grays and usually In company with a gray hat are supposed to lie worn over any harmonizing color as well as over gray. Slnco these popular grays harmonize almost as generally as black, such a eoat has a wide sphere of uaef alliens. One smoke gray marquisette model which ls drawn In at the short waist line by a cord and la trimmed by embroidery of dull silver and gray, Is un extraordinarily modish garment, but a number of thu mod els corded In Russian fashion at the wuist give toj much thickness to the figure. There are Innumerable cuats of sheer material lined with white chiffon or with soft silk, but those belong to a class apsrt from that of the transparent cat, which Is one of the new season fads high court .Viie arranged a marriage for his widowed daughter In a mnnn.- that was very public,' and the t.evrsp.pers were sufficiently enlightened pprnle to approve his course. This Is a msrveloue change. A 10 the Woirten of Turkey aiid Persia, doubts begin to rise ns (o whether they ran hold the freedom he' hive worltM for not b-cause of their kindred and friends nor be -a use of an ungenerous spirit mi ths part tr the revolution. st in hMh countries whom the women have striven to kid, but because the struggle for free dom is already sp ken of ss foredoomed to failure. Persians trust to their wom en's counsel and aid. as do the Young Turk nrtv, but signs arc ominous. In the meantime Persian women are hoping fof success. Irl both countries 1t Is the hlgh-cls women who are cultured, that are miking a fight for liberty. While her poorer sister ls Ignorant, the TersUn woman belonging to the middle and Upper classes has been loavened with mod ernism In the schools conducted In Persia by American. French and Bngllsh. How far these schools have succeeded can be Inferred from the fart that the Ferslan woman has not been merely Invested with eurfnee culture, but. on the contrary, has been Inspired with a genuine love for freedom. The Terslnn women of the cul tured class sang praises to the Persian Parliament when It was first established. They believed that a new era ha1 dawned Upon the country. One patriotic woman him and make home happy when he pron Ised to give her the house In which h lived fthd a big lot of land m the rear and j a week for house and spehdlng money, tt wg Wth that understanding that Bursts were Invited nnd tho tiousx n rt..e. mt(Ki ff,r , Saturday wedding. But Orimth spcllod things at the altar. He oou'dn'l havo done a better Job at It If he had been the villain in a Third avenue melo drama. Something must be forgiven on account of his age, but he went too far when he kissed the bridesmaid and nibbled a piece of frosting off tho wedding cake before an novnclng at the last moment that ho hod decided not to give Miss Bohner the deed to the house and lot as a msrrlage gift, and had decided also that IS a week would bo big enough allowance, as he couldn't eat much on account of tils heart. Wins Bride la Parlor Car. Irt a dusty parlor car, whirling .across the continent toward the land of perpetual eurshlne, a soldier boy, clad In his khaki uniform, was hurrying to the call of duty, that would lead him to the far away Philippines. Among the crowd ot sweltering tourists, business men and pleasure seekers was another warrior, a tiny person with a bow and arrows, and a girl. Fob four days, among the grime and dust and dirt of the stuffy car. Sergeant Thomas II. Rowland of the Vnlted States army, fought the greatest battle cf his The spoils of victory was a promise that tt filled the soldiers heart 1,h Bladness and the girl's heart with ss. But to the tiny warrior who had be,n nl U w" ,lmP'r 9 old afy- it was nve years sgo tnai miss wiuie neper of Virginia, shd an heiress In her own right, met the soldier boy, who soon becAme her sweetheart Ih the parlor car. And It was five dayl later that a trans port was waiting at the dock at San Fran cisco to take him an ay from home. There were tears at the parting, for, l:i spits of the sturdy courage cf her for-becrs-good old Virginia st:ck she, tha girl, did the natural girlish thing, wept and told him to go and do his duty for his country but to please oh, please corns back and not let one of those horrid I lllplnos shoot him. And he( flushed with the victory of his four days' Whirlwind Courtship, and, glad dened by the promise he had won, boarded the ship with & fletfll may eaf air, srter vowing more promises In return. At last the Intrepid sergeant, tanned to a swarthy brown by hi years of xervloe In the tar east, cam back and took the first train south, seeking his pretty- heiress In her mountain home and there ha made her pay the fof felt of her promise. Weds tat Rhyme. Justice of Peace Wefremeyer, the poet of Clayton, Mo., has established a record by marrying six couples In one hour. In cidentally there were VerSeS for each cere mony. Up to the time of the tush It had been an unusually dull day for the man who Do You Open Your Mouth f) Like a yotinfr bird and eulo down whatever food of medicine rnavV. be offered you? Or, do position ana character ot Most intelligent and sensible people now-a-days insist knowing what they employ whether as food or as medicine. 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A TiQst of medical authorities of all the several schools of practice, recommend each of the several ingredients of which "Favorite Prescription" is made for the cure of the diseases ior wnicn it is claimed to be a cure. You may read what they say for yourself by sending a postal card request for a free booklet of extracts from the leading authorities to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y am. it come to vou bv return bost. It's foolish and often dangerous to experiment with new or but slightly tested med icinessometimes urged upon the afflicted as "just as good" or better than "Favorite Prescription." Tho dishonest dealer sometimes insists that he knows what the proffered substitute is made of, but you don't and it is decidedly for your interest that you should know what you arc taking into your stomach and system expecting it to act as a curative. Tof him its only a difference of profit. Therefore, insist on having Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. Send 31 one-cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only on a free copy of Dr. Piercc'a Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages cloth-bound. Address Dr. Pierce as abovsj nd dedlcsted It to the law- Ti.e follow ir.g lines are rart of It: Can despots destroy the ParlUment In their despotic insanity? Can they harm the Institution glorified by Antel Oabrlel In heaven? Never shall a tyrant hnve the power to overthrow the structure Whose foundation rests on freedom and equality. Another case will serve to show the de votion cf the women of Persia to their country's cause. A sweetheart who lived In one of the provinces refrained fiom writing to her lover, telling him how much she missed him or complaining of his ab sence. She write him. Instead, that she looked upcr) him as a deputy who had to he far away from her. She said: "I wish t could he with you In our dear Parlls ment. Put I do not complain. I want you to stay there as long as the country demands It of you. Bo btave and strong end remember that the Parliament must be defended with the Inst drop of blood. In doing so you are building the Persia of the future, whose greatness depends on the courage of the men of todnf." Women to Itnse Pnrlc Sewnd. Agsln have women shown their desire for managing affilrs end performing worM hlch has ustislly fnllen to men. This time It Is the Women of Bnyonne, the New Jersey City adjacent to the Statue of IJberty. who are aspiring and In eplte of the ridicule that first greeted the suggee- ot Cupid thinks and talks and ties nuptial knots In rhyme. He was sitting with his poetic feet on his desk. Iambics, troches, ananests and dactyls playfully chased each othor about the room. Yawning and stretching his arms above his head, Werremeyer muttered: "Oh, solitude, I love you not; ioU bring me In no shekels. I yearn to make two young hearts ono, E'en though the bride have freckles." Shying the revised statutes at his office cat. Pentameter, the poetlo Juatlcc, was about to settle back in hla chair for a efiooxe when the door was gently pushed open from the outside. Werremeyer was on his feet In a Jiffy to greet the couple In characteristic style: "Aha, you've broke the spell at last Walk in; I'm glad to see you. I'll make you one And may the sun Of happiness ne'er flee you." In Choice blank verse he pronounced the MMl ceremoniai. ine footsteps Of the first couple were still echoing In the corridor When the second appeared. "Aha," said Werremeyer. "They're coming now as thick as files Around a sugar Cask, Awake, my muse, Your bard enthuse To do this gladsome task." For an hour there wns no rest for tha poetlo Justice. All of the six couples on whom he lavished tho rondelays, triolets, quatrains and limericks were from St. Louis. Whon the last had departed Werremeyer mopped his brow and said: There was once a Justice who doted On verse that the newspapers quoted. He tied knots for six While a man could sav "nix," An achievement, you'll grant, that Was rtoled. .,., . , . IIalng done enough work tor on day, he locked his office and went home. PRATTLE OF THE YOITNGSTEBS. Mother, (writing) Bobby, how many time have I told you to keep quiet? Bobby (reflectively) Seven. rf) y Tommy-Say, Johnny, did you ever think you would like to bo a pirate when you L.. m. tweome a minT . Johnny (contemptuously) I should say net. Pirate are played out. t want to be president of a big trust, or something of that sort Tommy, sftor going to bed, became thirsty, or thought he did. He called out: "Ma, I want a annit." The mother's voice answered back: "Tommy, you go to sleep." Tommy grunted, turned over, and was silent for ten minutes. Then again: "MS, I want a drink." ' "Tommy, yoU go right to sleep," was ths reply. Intense stlencs sgaln for ten minutes. them "Say, ma, I want a drink." "Tommy, lr you don't go right to sleep I'll come and spank you." More alienee, this time for about two minutes. And then: "Bay, ma. When you crime to spank me) Won't you bring be a drlnkT" vou want to know something of the wrote a poem making body. that which you take into your stomach D " " ' I - " 1 a ni tlon they are persisting In their effort to be appointed park policeman and Ihe park con. mission has at lust decided that the experiment shall lie tried this spring and summer, Mrs. Alfred S. Swan of No. RT4 Avenue R yesterday said she would accept the position of superintendent of the corps Of women. Kit other women have agreed to act as guardians for children In the park, and Mrs. Julia lloldzler. originator of the plan, expects many more volunteers. Alexander Christie, president of the park commission, said yesterday: "This has been Joked about a great deal, but It has Its serious side. If these women mean business and are willing to report for duty at o'clock Id the morning, with another squad at o'clock In the after noon, and If they are mentally and phy sically capable, I am sure the board will emrioy them." It Is not purposed to uniform the women. But 10 c1ul tn"n "h badges and canes. Ifoanenold Helps. A large pinch of salt put in the tank ot a coal oil lamp will cause it to give a better light Try a little lemcm end salt mixed the next time a prlre mark stick to the bot tom of china dishes iir brlc-a-brac. A little muriatic acid added to the rins ing water after a blue and white fibre rug J" scrubbed with soap and water will help u restore ine color, Instead of adding bluing to water In which Isco has been rinsed try making the final rinsing In milk; it gives a lovely creamy tone to the lace. The easlset way to clean a rereal cooker Is to turn It upside down In a pan of boil ing aicr and steam It until the sticky mass is soft and loosened from the sides of the pan. Always line a cake pan with paper. The medium weight yollnw paper, used for wrapping, can be bought for 10 cents a roll. Grease the puper, not the pan, ex cept on the edges. When too any oysters have been freamed for filling pates they can bo re heated the bext dnv by adding a little more milk and fresh seasoning. Heat In "'"ed the bext day a double boiler or they may burn. Do not put S tomato aspic to harden In a tin or Iron baking pan; the acid In th Jelly acts on tho tin and makes the salad taste, while the blark pan gives an un sightly black rim to tho aspic. Cake pans can b more quickly greased If the pans ere first heated. An easy way Is to put small lumps of butler over the lining and stand pen on top of stove for a minute before spreading the grease. A sticky cake rr bread pen should not b cleaned with a knife or anything which Ing more probable thereafter will scratch the surface and make stlck- For this reaaon the crust of bread often advised as a cleaner Is not desirable. Chat About Women. Miss Emma C. Sickles Is trying to gel nn K"yernment to establish a bureau ol 6Vmeetlp Science and lunchrooms In con- nectlon With the various government de- partments. She believes that cooking will, In timet, rival stenography, book keeping and other similar work. Miss Beatrice llnrraden has hsd many Interesting letters written either In re. latlon to or prompted by her literary wrrk. They have come from some peo ple living In lonely static ns in faroff countries. Australia. New Zealand. South Africa, British Columbia and elsewhere. As a reward for her services In better ing the condition of the Italians In South Brooklyn, Miss Eleanor Oclgnii, a Brook lyn school teacher, has received a golden cross from Pope Plus X, and a certiflcaa which makes her a member of the Knights ot th Tapacy. Lady Cook, better known to Americana as Tennessee Clafin, is going to give an entertainment this fall In New York, to which unmarried salaried people will be Invited, the Object to be matrimony. File thinks tho reason salaried people do not marry Is because they do not know one e, i. i i , v. ,tw Biiuiiirr. our 10 e."wik iu itwiv iw women, prominent socially, to assist her In re- celvlng the unmarried people. Dr. Tekla Hultln, a member of the Finnish Diet, says that in that assembly the women and men are seated not ac cording to sex, but according to their political affiliations. The women Imme diately changed ths status of the sex by voting together In favor of laws for their grod. A woman nould not leave the eoun- ir without aklng her husband s permls- ""I1 that wn. changed. Df. Clara M. Moore of Denver has ju., bM,n ttppoi,lted physician of the wom- an's department of the State hospital foi tnB Insane at Pueblo. Dr. Cntherlno Col- JJ of VtltoxTn C Wh.0' St?,? Board rvf Health, ln Georgia. Dr. Eara T. Mayo and Dr. Edith Ioeber have Joined the Clinical staff of th Anti-Tuberculosis league of Louisiana. Central Illinois possesses the oldest un married woman In the Vnlted States. She is Miss Carrie Mllhouse of Kendal coun ty. Who will be 1(6 years of age May 1 next. Sho was born In Norway and while In her native land Was about to be led to the altar, but Changed her mind at the last moment and has remained single slnoe. Bhe was famed as a beauty In Norway Shd tradition recounts her attrac tive features when a young Woman. Miss Borah Is said to be the only wo man lawyer in India. She is said to make a comfortable income by practicing her profession and to encourage other wo men to follow her example. Her most In timate friend IS Mrs. Snrojlnl Naldu,, the wife of an Mngllsh medical officer sta tioned In India. Mr. NaidU Is a native Hindu and a poet. One ef her books, "The Golden Threshold," was well received In England both by the reviewers and the buying public. com- fhjr on so-thin ami invu-rnrQfiiirr TV