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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 18, 1009.
Activities
gaeeessfnl Women Lawyers,
WRITER In the Delineator.
I after looking over the field of
I omftn'i activities In the
learnsa professions, uwli that
successful womon lawyers are
milch mora rsr than awvAiirM
doctor. "Since the (Jay, Cf Mother Eve."
ssys the writer, "every one has told every
one else that woman waa net logical, that
he acted from Instinct rather than Intel
lect, etc. Tt by some miraculous chance
the fact remains that there are at the
present day women lawyer of such capac
ity and renown that they have been en
trusted with delicate commissions by the
Vealdent of the United Btatee, who trusted
them above their supposedly superior broth
era of the profession.
"It la true that sex la a hindrance to
the woman lawyer, but Jf she resolutely
puts aside all womanlehnetm, he will find
that truo woman llnesa la aa great an asset
for her as for the woman doctor. The law
course covers uaually three years, but the
fees are about tloo a year; this does not In
clude the graduate course, which lasts a
year at a cost of about $125.
"It la a discouraging profession for a
woman, and unless she Is absolutely sure
that she Is fitted for It, no college girl
should undertake the long years of prepa
ration. V takes brains and hard work and
perseverance, and to those who are lacking
In any of these qualities we say em
phatically, 'Let It alone," But to those
who are sure of themselves and who art
bound to succeed, "Go In and win.' '
The Snob and the Womaa.
For a first-class snob, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, commend us to C. H. Fowler
of Springfield, Mass., who has written a
letter to the Republican of that city to the
effect that Olive Fremstad, the singer, once
did housework for his family in Minne
apolis. ' For a sensible woman, with delicacy of
feeling, commend us to his wife, who said,
when asked about the statement, that she
regretted her husband had written the
letter; that she wished Mme. Ftemstad
every success, and that she had nothing
further to say about the matter.
And, lastly, for a prima donna with sane
American views of real worth,' commend
U to Olive Fremstad herself, who replied,
when the letter was brought to her atten
tion: "Of course I worked for his family.
What dishonor is there in doing sot I
worked hard and at the same time trained
my voice; and I think I should be given all
the more credit for my success."
There Is something positively Inspiring in
this little honest, clear-cut answer. It la
a refreshing at a breese at noon. We
don't usually hear that sort of thing from
prlma-donnadom. The messages that oome
from these spoiled favorites of ths publlo
are usually querulous and egotistic or
pressagentesque.
Of course, she says what everybody
knows. Every American who deserves the
name understands that ths overcoming of
obstacles lends merit and strength to him
who overcomes; that the only thing to be
ashamed of Is not to have tried to make
the best of one's opportunities; that there
Is a gulf aa wide as heaven between being
a servant and having the soul of a Servant.
But, In spite of all Its self -evidentness
and familiarity, we like to hear It from the
unexpected source. It shows what we
sometimes forget, but ought never to, that
hearts and minds may easily remain simple,
sane and true even amid surroundings
calculated to set up false and allly Ideals
of worth and honor.
As for Mm Fremstad herself, all we
have to say Is that if she was once a ser
vant aha has her thousands of them now.
The American audiences who have heard
her sing are pleased to writ themselves
down her very bumble and admiring ser
vants. Women Workers la Franca.
An Inquiry made by the British Board of
Trade into French Industrial conditions
shows that In France wives and children
contribute to the family income to a
greater extent even than la generally be
lieved. An nnelysls of 8,606 household bud
gets of working class families In Paris and
In representative Industrial towns through
out the republic disclosed the faot that
among families earning $10 a week or more,
tS per cent of the inoome is contributed by
the wife and children. In the lowest In
come group ($6 and under) their Joint con
tributions constitute 18 per cent of the
total Income, and in the other groups vary
from 11'.5 per cent to U.1 per cent. Ths
wife's Individual earnirgs range from It
per rent to 14.5 per cent. In the town of
Roonne, with a population of U.VO. 97 out
of every 100 wives aid in ths family sup
port. A near approach to an equality of tabor
between the sexes haathua been reached In
France, where by the census of 1901 B.8O4.B10
women and girls, or . approximately one
third of the female population, were in
active occupations. They constituted one
third of all the workers In France. In Ger
many one-quarter of all . workers are
women. In the United Stat in 1900 5.S19.397
female were returned as la employment
out of a female population of 28,846.8s or
18.$ per cent. They comprised' lees than
one-fifth of all workers snd showed an
Increase in number of only 1.4 per cent for
the ten-year period from 1SD0.
But where In Europe women still assume
the burdens of the heaviar forma of labor,
comments the New York World, wUa us
the drift of womaa labor la toward the
lighter work In the office and store. While
in 10 women supplied 23.S par oent of the
employes In American manufacturing In
dustries, and In 190 2)1.$ per cent, the num
ber In 1900 was tiT per cent On the other
SAAiA.TCkeJM
Thli Institution la the only one
in tho central west with separate
building! situated in their own
ample grounds, yet entirely dis
tinct and rendering It possible to
classify cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to the
treatment of noncontagious and
non mental diseases, no others be
ing admitted. The other. Rest
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hand, the percentage of wemen In profes
sional service In the United States rose
from IT In 1R90 to 11 In 1900, and In trade
and transportation from $.4 per cent to $.4
per cent And this In spite of the yearly
addition of a vast European woman popu
lation familiar by tradition and early
training with women's work In the fac
tories and fields.
Farms for Spinsters.
Small suburban farms will be supplied by
the state to the 100,000 spinsters In Massa
chusetts if the plans of three score busi
ness snd professional women of Boston
are carried out Because of the scarcity
of men In the state it Is recognised that
something must be done to aid this army
of women and an organisation has been
formed for the purpose of winning state
aid In securing small tracts of land near
large cities, where women can engage In
profitable agricultural enterprises.
The Women's Massachusetts Homestead
association plans to encourage the many
thousands of women of all ages who are
forced to struggle to gain a livelihood to
raise flowers, herbs, plants, mushrooms,
strawberries, vegetables, squabs, chickens,
bees and pigs.
To achieve this end, the association wants
the commonwealth to buy tracts of land
wherever available, divide It into acre lots
and then, through a commission, supply
the women with a share of land. If the
state is not willing to furnish the land
free, then the association asks that It take
a mortgage on the land bought by philan
thropists, develop It, build cheap and com
fortable homes on it, and then furnish
the necessary Implements to cultivate the
oil.
This plan, say the members of the Home
stead association, will take thousands of
women and children out of the large cities
of Massachusetts, thin out ths congested
slum districts, and place these women and
those dependent upon them where they can
be profitably employed under sanitary con
ditions. There is a bill before the state legislature
Introduced by James II. MalUn of Worces
ter to have the state distribute landa to
heads of families through a commission of
five agriculturists and five labor men. The
women of the Homestead association want
this bill amended so that the unmarried
women, widows and mothers of families
can have a share of any land distributed
by the state, as well as the "heads of
families." These women also want two
women on the commission.
A wealthy New York woman has become
Interested in the project and it la an
nounced that she Is coming to Massachu
setts in June to investigate, and that she
will spend from $300,000 to $300,000 if the
cause appeals to her in buying land for
struggling "old maids."
Options have been secured on several
farms. There also Is a philanthropist liv
ing in Brooklyn who offers to give his big
farm for aa experiment If the state decides
to aid the widows and spinsters In earning
living from the soil.
Hlitta to Saleswoman
The last of the series of talks upon the
art of selling, before the class of sales
women of the New York Evening High
School for Women, on Flrty-thlrd street,
near Third avenue, was given by Sylvester
Byrnes, general manager for R. H. Mac
4 Co. Mr. Byrnes told the young women
present In substance to work for them
selves and with their own possible advance
ment always in mind.
In speaking of the kind of girls who do
not get employment when they apply for
It, he said: "When a girl comes in with
$800 pearl earrlnga In her ears, a sunburst
that prevents the sun from being seen and,
half a dosen rings on fingers that are none
too clean the kind of a girl that one office
boy X used to know always announced as
White Serge Important to Summer Outfit
WHITB serge frock la one of
ya 1 the alvaeet Indispensable items
I of a summer outfit and this
well to the fore, white serge
premises to have even more
awn
tl:an lta usual popularity.
For coat and sklrt-talloreA suits It has
no rival among the white woolens, though
the French makers have sent ever some
models In a white suiting resembling
heavy whipcord, and the Bedford cord, or
cotele effects, are liked In white, as In
colors.
The widewale diagonal serge, which
was much used In white as well as In
color last summer. Is still In evidence,
but haa yielded place. Insofar as modlah
ness la concerned, to finer weaves, and
with the white serge, as with the blue
serges, which this year are very smart
In addition to being, as always, extremely
serviceable, the hard service has given
place to the softer, looser weaves. To be
sure, the soft fine serge does not shed
doet as the harder weaves do, and a soft
white serge soils readily, but when did
the makers of fashion evsr consider
Utilitarian matters?
You murmur a protest about the ease
with which a modish white serge suit will
accumulate dirt and the tailor says
blithely: "Oh, but they clean perfectly.
ni the discussion snds there.
One might explain that cleaning estab
lishments are not always at one's elbow
in summer and that some Impoverished
mortals cannot well spare one gown out
of their wardrobes for a sojourn of sev
eral weeks or even of a week at the
cleanser's, but U Is simpler to buy ths
frock.
And thsy are exceedingly pretty these
white suit of fine, supple serge. Some
of them are exceedingly light in weight,
too,' and these are chosen for frock and
coat costumes, the frock a near relation
to the Jumper and with a bodice mostly
composed of sheer net or chiffon or ether
cool material.
There are very knowing little frocks too,
which are on the straight prtneease order,
with only a shallow yoke and undsrsleoves
of sheer material, and some of these mod
els are most alluring, but they are down
right practical only for the woman who
apends the hot weather at genuinely cool
resorts. For the woman whe does not the
ooat and skirt suit with separate blouse
or the coat and Jumper frock, with but
little of the srge used abowe the waist
line. Is the best general utility Investment
The straight prtnceaae or redlngote of
fine white serge, braided with soutache or
rat tall and suggesting In general lines and
oharacter the linen models Illustrated on
the opposite page. Is a charming, thing for
m untalna or northern shore, and the long
loose coat accompanying It will be welcome
enough on cpol daya Thla coat In the
dreaaier models often assumes cutaway
lines, meeting only at the bust or meeting
not at all and leaving the front of the
frock beneath ahowlng.
Other models have the long straight
fron
nts buttoning pn the bust or fastening
there under ornaments of passementerie or
of silk. Some effooUve models with straight
falling fronts save semi -military braid ef
of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life
'a bunch pf Junk' and stops chewing gum
long enough to ask If there Is a varancy,
ahe doesn't get the Job. There Is a vacancy
all light, but not the kind ahe means."
Mr. Byrnes told his hearers to ally them
selves with a house In which they had
entire confidence, and added that If they
themselves did not have the utmost con
fidence m goods they were supposed to
sell they could not do Justice to them
selves or to the firm and had better no
out anl go. a pi tee with somebody in wros3
goods they did have confidence. He also
told them to choose a department for which
they had an aptitude and a special liking.
Mr. Byrnes said there waa a better op
portunity for advancement In department
stores than In many of the other great
enterprises, because of the closer relation
between those In the minor places and
their employers.
After finishing his talk, Mr. Byrnes was
tho target for all worts of questions from
the girls in the class. In answer to a
question whether the characteristics of an
applicant did not have something to do
with what department of the store she
waa put In, he said: "Well, Vf a young
woman la of good height and of good pro
portions she probably will be put In the
cloak department" As to' the reductions
In price for which many customers clamor,
for one reason and another, Mr. Byrnes
said that he never could see why a min
ister should pay leas for his goods than a
carpenter. "Both are worthy callings," he
said, "and they frequently pay about the
same remuneration." In the way of tips
on how to make a sale the speaker advised
the girls to show the best goods first "It
flatters the oustomcr a little and makes
her feel comfortable," he explained.
Saving the A est Generation,
Defective eyesight writes William Allen
Johnston In the April Circle Magazine,
calling attention to the necessity of guard
ing the health of the little people, la even
more common than defective hearing and
uaually more disastrous In results.
A Chicago physician ttates that the num
ber of "ahort-alghted" children in this
oountry today runs away up into the mil
lions. And this great army of little weak
lings may be made healthy, robust chil
dren by the timely and proper fitting of
glasses.
Beside defective eyes and ears there are
many other nervous Irritants which either
escape the parents' eyes altogether which
Is almost always the case or else they are
voted too trivial to need correction. The
skilled physician can find them; he knows,
too, that while there are quicker ways de
liberately to wreck a child's health there
Is no surer and more deadly course than
the neglect of these "trivial" abnormali
ties. A crooked tooth sounds unimportant
enough, but In a young child It may com
pletely disarrange its bodily, mental and
moral development Proper mastication Is
prevented and Impaired digestion with all
lta resultant Ills and Its promise of per
manent weakness naturally follows.
The case is cited of a little girl who
had grown to be a hopeless "liar." She
was anemic, very delicate and frequently
I1L A careful examination revealed con
stant fermentation In her stomach, and
this was caused, It was found, by a single
crooked tooth, which prevented the grind
ing motion so necessary to proper masti
cation. The fermentation of food in the stomach
caused unnatural nervous reflexes, which
In turn overstlmulated the brain and re
sol ted In a disordered imagination. The
Child "day dreamed" and exaggerated.
The straightening of the tooth made her
normal In every way.
In the medloal Inspection of the New
Tork city schools It was found that 30
per cent were backward. Putting the mat
ter In the light of economy, the city was
fects down each side.
Heavy crochet or knotted lace Is some
times used for trimming, as In pno of the
models sketched here, and we have seen
some French models whose coats, falling
straight over the front like a priestly vest
ment open on the left shoulder and along
the under arm seams, with lacings or stays
to hold front and back In pUoe. The line
of trimming runs down the shoulders,
around the annhole and along the under
arm seam, and these coats are sometimes
sleeveless, though others have rather loose
sleeves ef three-quarter length.
A long redlngote loosely drawn around
the body and fastening with one large but
ton well below the waist on the left side
Is the comfortable cloak supplied with one
French prlncesee frock , In white serge
which has a plain tunlo falling In apron
fashion over the skirt front and buttoning
down the skirt, kilted around sides and
AND WITH
BANDS OF IRISH
back and ahowlng a kilted flounoe below
the apron front
Among the Imported costumes, too, are
some tremendously good looking coat
and skirt suits of white serge plainly but
bnautlfully tailored with novel cut and
seam arrangements, but without trimming
save for a collar facing of some vivid In
dian print something in which glowing red
or Chinese blue or the beautiful Oriental
yellow Is the chief color.
Black collars aro found In aonte of the
white serges, but not so generally as In
earlier seaaona White ottoman, white
satin, white tussor, white Beugallne, all
lTS SERGB 1 lij
SUITS, BRAIDED I IT I I t vJV ian1flt B
crochet. srsn . A mi
wasting $3,000,000 a year In teaching chil
dren who were physically unfit to receive
an education. Examination revealed the
fact that of the small army of backward
children over 96 per cent were "dull" be
cause of physical defecta And of this
considerable, almost total, num1er more
than 95 per cent were changed from
dullards into normally bright scholars by
simple operation or physical treatment
EnglUh Women Workers.
According to statistics Just published,
the excess of fomale population In England
amounts to 1,070,000, mainly due to the
lower death rate among women. Woman's
participation In man's labor, therefore,
must apparently ralae that rate, for ns
against 10(596 male deaths from accidents,
there were 9,661 female deaths from ac
cidents and peculiar causes. Women also
appeared to have a greater average dura
Quaint
An Engineer and His Engine.
FTER serving for thirty years aa
an engineer on the Philadel
phia, Baltimore and Washing
ton division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, William M. Ford la
A
lying critically ill at his home
in Chester, Pa., and those who visit the
old man Insist that he Is dying of a broken
heart; that he longs for his engtno and
thlnka of nothing else during his wakeful
moments.
Whenever Ford hears the whistle of a lo
comotive he arouses himself to a sitting
posture, bends his head ' attentively, and
whispers: "If I only had It back I believe
I would get well quick. It waa a good old
machine and It was all my own."
Ford Is referring to the machine he
used to drive over the lines of the Phila
delphia, Baltimore & Washington when he
talks like that About six months ago
the old engineer was hale and hearty, but
the members of his family persuaded him
to give up railroading; he had never had a
serious acotdent during all the years he
was on the road, and had never killed a
human being. But ha was getting old,
they told him, and ought to quit work and
rest the remainder of his days.
Ford reluctantly consented, but he im
mediately began to pine for his engine. In
a short time after his retirement Ford
showed a marked change In his Condition,
and haa gradually been getting worse.
Jostles Over the 'Phone.
Justice Herman D. Hunt of North Va
kima, Wash., Is convinced of the conveni
ence of the telephone. Ho realises particu
larly that much time and expense can be
saved by the exchange of a few words over
the long distance wire.
Judge Hunt tried a case and Imposed a
$30 fine over the long distance line between
this city and Toppenlsh.
Attorney G. G. Lee of Toppenlsh called
the Judge's office and Informed the dis
penser of Justice that a deputy sheriff was
In his office with George Swaxey, charged
with assault and battery.
"We plead guilty," said the attorney.
"Bring your man to tho 'phone," said the
Judge. The prisoner pleaded:
"This you, JudgeT I'm guilty, your
honor."
"Twenty dollars," replied the court.
"Thanks," said the prisoner, and the re
ceivers were replaced.
The fine was paid at Toppenlsh and the
prisoner waa released. The proceedings are
declared legal.
A Venereal Chlnamaa.
A Chinaman, who claims that ho is 1C0
years old, arrived .in Seattle from Manltou,
Colo., en route to his native land to die-
are used for collars, and often the collar
la partly of the serge, only the lower por
tion being faced. A pongee in color may
be used for this facing, and one of the
wide collars may be fastened on with
white pearl or silk buttons, the large but
topholes being bound with white silk.
Large loose separate ooats are made of
white serge and are comfortable thlnga to
throw on over a summer frock, where addi
tional warmth Is needed and elegance Is
out of place. One of the most attractive
models we have aeen waa an ample coat
with Raglan shoulders and a aeam up the
middle of the bias back.
It buttoned down the front with huge
white pearl buttons, had a shawl collar
which ran down In a point In the middle
back, and the aleevea were wide and open,
the bottom of eaott turning up six or eight
Inches and buttoning to the sleeve with
big pearl buttona. The coat was unllned
and even the collar waa self-faoed.
Big white serge capes, too, are offered
In the cloak departments and are made
with dinging ahoulder lines and very ample
flare and with or without aatin lined hoods.
One of these is a most useful possession
for summer, and the price is not necessar
ily high, for many of the capes are quite
unllned, and even when there la a lin
ing of soft satin the
price is moderate,
much less than a
good coat
tion of life. There are 135 women old
enough to claim an old ago pension to cover
every 100 men.
How was the excess number of women
to lie provldt-d for? Marriage was still
Woman's most extensive occupation, claim
ing 49$ per cent In England and Wales
1. e., nearly one-hnlf of tho female popula
tion over IS. Granting thRt all wives were
supported by their husbands, marriage
provided for about three-fourtha of women,
but for twenty years only, between the
ages of 35 and 56. Before and after a very
targe proportion was not provided for.
Economic eelf-lnd-rndence for many of
these was a stern necessity. The number
Of women and girls over 15 In 1901 returned
aa occupied was $4.5 of all living, but a
very much larger proportion actually en
tered on a trade of occupation, many leav
ing It on marriage.
In speaking on the foregoing data, Miss
Features of Everyday Life
He Is Sin CI long and came to the United
States In 1807. He lived for many years In
New Tork, Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
With the rush of gold seekers to Colo
rado the old Chinaman, for he was over
100 years old when he came to this country,
Joined the young men and Journeyed west
In Colorado he served as a cook and later
aa gardener. He has accummulated an Im
mense amount of money and he la living In
ease In the best hotels herb.
The local Chinamen are celebrating his
home going with groat pomp. The aged
Chinaman looka to be every day as old as
he claims, for his skin Is so wrinkled that
it does not resemble the covering of human
flesh. It Is as thin as parchment and as
white aa paper. Only a few dosen strag
gling hairs from the fast disappearing
pigtail of the old Chinaman. He Is lame
and extremely feeble, being suported when
standing by two young attendants.
Cannot Eat Lot Letters,
"I ain't no goat; I can't live on dese here
love letters. Judge," complained Rose Berry,
colored, who was testifying against her
sweetheart In the police court of Baltimore,
Md.
John Henson, the swain In question, was
arrested for disturbing the neighborhood
by madly running after the object of his
heart's love with threats to make mince
meat of her.
Henson testified that the trouble began
because he refused to buy Rose a suit of
the same goods as a sample which she
had. Rose testified that John never did
give her anything worth while, and all she
got while he was away on the Eastern
Shore was love letters, It was these let
ters she protested her Inability to eat
They were both fined $10 and costs and
were committed to Jail In default
Wakes Up the Wrong; Man,
Albert Bweltxlngers effort to to cure his
son Frank, 19 years old. of the lie-abed
habit earned the father a sound thrashing
and a pair of puffed eyes. Their home is
In Mahoney City, Pa.
Prattle of the
ITTLE JOHNNY had been to
LI Sunday school with his papa.
I The lesson was about the death
ui Dam, r i i 1 1 ua wwho
he sold: "Mamma, we won't
have any more about Saul."
"Why, Johnnie?" asked mamma.
" ' Cause he's dead."
a) i.
Small Tommy was playing In a mud
puddle one day, when his mother saw him.
"Tommy, you naughty boy," she ex
claimed, "come out of that mud thla
Instant!"
"That s always the way," whined Tommy.
"You never want a fellow to enjoy him
self." Teacher Can any one In the class tell roe
what a lawsuit Is?
Small Boy Yes, ma'am, I can. It's a suit
worn by a policeman.
Johnny (aged 6) Mamma, I wish I had a
little sister.
Mamma Why do you wish that, dear?
Jc.hnny 'Cause I'm tired of teasln' the
eat.
Little Miss Caroline, aged or there
abouts, was to be flower girl at a wedding.
In planning her costume It was decided
that shn should wear pink socks which
end about half way to the knee. Miss
Caroline has always worn socks instead
of regular long stockings In the summer
time, so It surprised the bride, about a
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WELL SUSTAINED
B. I Hltchlns has pointed out that a cer
tain proportion of married women, however,
were, through widowhood or economic
causes, forced to re-entor the labor market
They returned at a great Industrial dlsad
vantage, snd this handicap. It could hardly
he doubted, was a main cause of pauper
ism. It was, snld Miss Hltchlns in con
clusion, this passing to and from different
planes of social development the entering
competitive Industry, leaving It for domesUo
duties done for their own sake, and then
re-entering It which rendered women's
economic position singularly weak, although
their more temperate and orderly Ufa made
them less criminal than man and less liable
to come on the race. In Industry woman
has ostensibly a lesser task, but It would
be difficult to prove they hpd less) f.'-tlgue.
They often worked longer hours under the
factory act than most men did under their
trades union. The domesUo work acconv
Frank attended a dance and was accom
panied home by Charles Hemden, an
athletic young mati. who plays full back
on Shennandoah foot fall team, to whom
he yielded his room.
When the son did not arise after being
called for business next morning, the
father. In a temper, hounded upstairs, and,
seising the sleeping Hernden, whom he mis
took for Frank, dragged him out of bod
and proceeded to wake him up with a
varied assortment of flstcuffs.
Hernden, thinking he was being attacked
by a burglar, pitched Into his assailant
and beat him so badly that it will be days
before he recovers.
A Poor Salesman,
That Uncle Sam would make a poor real
estate agent la Indicated by the advertise
ment for the lease of Santa Barbara Island,
which the government haa Just issued. In
the bald statement of the attractions of
the little Island off the coast of California
no attempt Is made to gloss over Its many
drawbacks as a place of residence. The
advertisement of a request for bids In all
Its brutal frankness reads as follows:
"The Island is about forty miles from the
mainland, Is about one and one-half miles
long and one mile wide. The Pacific coast
pilot states that there is no water on the
Island and no grass, but plenty of prickly
pear and shrubs. The Island rises to an
elevation of 547 feet. Landing la at all
times dlftcult and can be effected at only
two places. The anchorage is In eight
fathoms of water with clean sandy bottom,
but no good holding ground."
1
(treat Grandmother at ST.
Mrs. Frank Soger of Bellwood, Pa, cele
brated her 67th birthday, April 11, by gath
ering around her the members of her im
mediate family and their children. Mrs.
Soger Is a great grandmother one of the
youngest on record and among the guests
was her great grandchild, Marie Harvey,
aged .4 months. All members of the Soger
family married young.
Youngsters
week before the wedding, to find her small
attendant wearing stockings and looking
uncomfortable in them.
"Why are you wearing stockings, Caro
line?" she asked.
'I'm saving my legs for the wedding,"
was Carolina's reply.
And at the wedding, to Caroline's great
Joy, the exposed parts of her legs showed
not a scratch.
Both father and mother struggled va
liantly to teach little Effle to repeat the
letter "A." The child emphatically re
fused to pronounce the first letter of the
alphabet, and after many vain efforts the
father retired from the fight discouraged.
The mother took the little girl on her lap
and pleaded with her affectionately.
"Dearie, why don't you learn to say
'A'?" she asked.
"Because, mamma," explained Effle, "des
as soon as I say 'A' you an' papa will
want me to say 'B.'
"I licked the stuuVout o Dick Smith
this mornln'."
"You bad boy I Aren't you sorry for It?"
"Yessum awful sorry. I Jest found out
that he'a goln' ter have a birthday party
tomorrej,'.'. ,
The following conversation was over
heard between two boya, aged 7 and 6:
"Joe, why oau't chickens talk?"
"Aw, they don't' have to; when they
wants anything they Just pull their wish
bones and they gets their wish."
pushed bthem must equal In output of
energy to much more than all the industrial
work of women. It could be said, then,
that their lower denth rate was the result
of privilege and protection.
Leaves From Fashion's Notebook.
The fullness of all afternoon and evening
gowns is moderate, and falls chiefly from
the waist behind.
Rouleaux braidings have been taking on a
new character these last few months and
gaining In attractiveness.
Gray and pink la a favorite color com
bination, likewise black and royal blue,
and strong blue and a dead ainalbo et shads
of purple.
Foulard promisee to be one of the leading
fabrics for summer wear, and the Kronen
dttsiguvr havw beun especially partial to
It Uils season
The color range In platn linens Includes
every shade on the modish list The copper
shades are noticeable, and likewise oaoiiou,
UUeul, French and powder grays.
The very kmg coat and the three-quarter
coat have their special advocates this sea
son. The former meets with particular
favor when It Is such a coat as might be
worn by Itself.
The new medieval gown has a body loose
and shapely like a sweater that reaches
Just below the hips. From there down It
Is continued by a deep plaited flounce. The
same effect Is seen In many of the new
hlgh-walat-llne skirts and semi-princess
dresses.
Whatever form the skirt takes. It Is kept
absolutely flat and straight In front, and
almost aa flat behind. Occasionally one
sees a skirt having a gathered yoke piece
round the hips, from which the material
fulls In full folds, but the material is usu
ally very sheer.
The flounce Is undoubtedly on Its way
back to us a natural outgrowth of the nar
row, close-fitting skirts. Of course, the In
fluence of the flounce will he felt first In
the In c or lingerie princess dreseoe. Choice
In thi) matter of princesses is no longer
limited.
Blue serge continues to be a favorite for
spring tailor modes, but all shades of
brown, from dark tobec to a delicate
champagne run it close. They have tho ad
vantage over blue that they do not so
readily show the dust, but they are not so
becoming to the average complexion.
One of the fashion features this season
Is the return of the old-time bishop sleeve.
The lu slweve Is not quite so full as Its
predecessor, and Is generally made In laoe
or transparent spotted net; also, It had a
close-fitting band of trimming Just above
the pouch at the wrist and another just
above the elbow.
Chat A ooat Women,
Ivy Palmer of Manohester, Vt, has been
taken to the retreat at Brattleborok Blie
Is vu and Is thought to be the only native
born Indian woman In the state. Shu Is a
Tuscarora.
Mrs. Bailie J. MeCall of Cincinnati left
fifty shares of Cincinnati Btreet ltailway
stock to the National Woman Suffrage as
sociation. Just what use will be made of
the bequest haa not been decided.
Mrs. Ellen M. Richards, instructor in the
department of chemistry at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, has ac
cepted a call to lecture In the summer
school of the University of California She
will go In June and will give a course of
lectures on household economics.
Mrs. Ellsa Hall of Melrose, Mass., aged
75, has Just Invented a skirt holder. Some
months ago Mrs. Hall tripped on her skirt
and foil, breaking her ankle. While con
fined to her bed she devised and made with
her own hands the model for the skirt
holder, which she believes will prevent such
accidents.
The taxes that men should pay for re
maining bachelors, a speaker contended be
fore a woman's club in New York re
cently, should be turned Into pensions for
widows and spinsters past the age of 60.
Thla appropriation of the fund, tt was
thought, would come nearer fitting the
punishment to the crime than any other
that could be suggested.
Mrs. R. H. Tucker of Spokane, Wash., Is
sold to be the first woman wireless opera
tor In the world. At present she Is In
oharge of the station on the steamship
Indianapolis, plying between Seattle and
Tacoma. - Bpeaxing of wireless telearraphy
as a business for women, Mra Tucker said
that the only reason she could Uunk of
why women do not go Into this service Is
that they are afraid of the Instruments.
Women of British birth residing In this
country have recently onranlsed a society
to be known as the Daughters of the Em
pire. The society Is a' branch of the Im
perial Order of the Daughters of the Era.
pi re, which waa started in Canada by Mrs.
Clark Murray of Montreal at the outbreak,
of the Boer war. The American branch Is
known aa the King Edward vn chapter,
and the members aare careful to state its
purpose Is social, Intellectual and philan
thropic only.
Mnalnga ( a Cynlo.
To swallow ths truth, most of us want
It sugar coated.
The churchman's motto Is: "Lpve me,
love may dogma."
Philanthropy not only hires a press agent,
but a clacque aa well.
The people who build castlea In the air
are never sure of their ground.
Some men would even like to take their
pick of the various brands of success.
At least where a mirror Is eoncsrned, a
womaa always looks on the bright side.
When a girl Is color blind she has little
excuse for making a fellow green with
envy.
The gatea of heaven are Jealously
guarded, but the devil always has the
lutohstrlng out.
The chap who Is regarded as one man In
a thousand Is cordially hated by the other
tut.
Many a fellow refuses tp lay something
by for a rainy day so long as he can bor
row an umbrella. New York Times.
