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Heritaae of
the Wife
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Don't Ulk about being maater in your
own house. Tou may be "while you are
then, but you havs to go out."
A man friend voiced this advice to hus
banda some tlma ago. la hia view the
correct oneT
I do not think it la. I maintain that It
la the wife, not the husband at all, who
is maater of the houae alt the time. There
la no may be" about It.
I am speaking domestically, of course,
and I take it that my friend waa speak
ing domestically also. I do not aee how
any sensible-thinking man "may be"
master of the household, even while
there.
II The bouse, and all that in it la. Is em
phatically the wife's province. The man'a
duty begins and ends In paying the rapt
And taxes and providing the housekeep
ing money. He haa no more right to boss
the hnmn than hla wife baa to Interfere
In hla business affairs.
Of course, the husband comes after the
wife. It must be ao. In a sense a hus
band Is a privileged lodger; he has rights
that no ordinary lodger haa, but there
is a limit to his rights.
8o long as a man haa a capable wife,
the control of aervants, the condition of
the house Itself, the provision of meals,
and the ordering of domeatlo aftalra gen
erally la entirely and completely her af
fair. The man who doee not let his wife run
her house in her own way la reducing
her to the position of a paid housekeeper,
and no woman of spirit should submit to
that, her very pride ought to prevent her
allowing her rightful position to be
usurped.
There are, it may be argued, certain
occasions when It is necessary for a man
to Interfere. That la true. But he ahould
I mj. -a -. ,( w1f'a rAmiAst. Aervants
often take more notice of what a man
aaya; but that la because, if he is
sensible, he rarely aaya anything to
them. A husband who haa to dismiss or
(reprimand a maid should always do so
to save his wife the disagreeable task,
and not for any other reason.
A household that is bossed by the hus
band Is seldom a success. No matter how
noraestlcated and fussy a man may be
and moat domeatlcated men are fussy
he cannot run thinga aa amoothly and
satisfactorily as can a competent woman.
He is attempting to perform work that
nature never intended htm to perform.
It la faulty argument to say that 'be
cause the husband pays he ahould be the
maater. Before he married, whether he
lived at home, in lodgings, or in a board
ing house, he was more or less under
feminine rule in household affairs. He
probably never dreamed of Interfering in
tomestic waya then, ao why should he
txpect to do ao on getting married? To
lo ao is to affront his wife. It Is aa good
ta telling her that she la Incompetent.
And for any man to think that be can
e boss of the show while he la at home,
ind relegate hia authority when he goea
out, ia nothing short of pure cheek. He
cannot run hla house like he can hla bus
iness; nor. If she la worth her salt, will
'ls wife allow him to try and do o. She
san't possibly hope to please him If ahe
loea. - -
A man la only master of the house In
t very few well-defined waya. Broadly
ipea-ing, running the house is a wife
lerltage. She la the true "maater."
Unless there Is an Infant Inmate! Then
Miss or Maater Baby usually takea con
trol. He doesn't spend the money, true;
lut It is spent for him. Everyone bows
lo the rule of the tiny monarch, whose
iceptre Is a rattle, andwhoae smile la
(he sweetest sunshine In the home.
What Women Are Doing
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,t Women's cluba will be the evening de
moted to the reporta of the Endowment
committee. The founders of the endow
ment and those on the honor roll will be
tn the stage under their state banners,
rwenty-one statea are represented In the
Hat of founders, and thirty-four states
are on the hdnor roll.
A Minneapolis paper baa been aaklng
"How much salary must a man receive
before asking a girl to be hla wife 7" The
majority of the answers, It seems, place
the amount between $800 and $1,000, Some
of the girls declared that they could
live on any sort of aalary "with a hus
band and a cottage."
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch of New
Tork announces that among the New
Tork state women , who will accompany
her to Kansas to establish a residence
o they can vote at the next presidential
election will be Mrs. Ada Mulr of Caxen-
ocla, Mrs. Frank Payne of Corning. Miss
Harriet Payne of Elmlra and Mise B.
Oaterhaut of Ilion.
The teachera of the achoola of New
Tork are to be organized into a union to
te affiliated with the American Kedera
Ion of Labor, if certain efforts can be
lUccessfuL
An official French order decrees that
lie army clothing stores, uniform repair
.hops, hospitals, and ao far aa possible
n the ahell making factories.
Before the outbreak of the war there
sere In Oermany 800,000 more women than
nen, and tn Austria-Hungary, women
turn umbered men by C00.000, making a
total of J.400,000 superfluous women, and
ilnoe th war the disproportion haa ln
srsaaed largely.
Mrs. Russell Sage haa given k-C.000 to
Jtts Sailors' Home and Institute In New
fork, according to the secretary of the
amerlcan Seamen's Friends' association,
it the Institute more than a million and
t half seamen have been served In one
aay or another daring tn last five
rear.
Miaa Kathleen Burke, granddaughter ol
itr Edward Burke, gave a talk la Palm
3each the other day, tell Ins what ahe
lad seen la the nursing' camps fea Kurop.
the brought tears to the eyes of tboae
vbo beard her, and It was not very woa
lerful that wban tha ooliectloa was taken
tp for the cause $1,000 bills were numtr
tus. Twelvs thousand dollars was col
acted. Woman at last have had tb doors of
Columbia College ef Physicians and Hor-
fvis opened to them, ror anore than
enty-flve years aa effort was made to
rive women an opportunity to stadjr ta
'.his superior school, and It seems rather
dgnlficant that the chance should eotne
it a time when there Is so moch suf
ux excitement In New Tork. As soon
is the buildings ran be arranged women
till have their opportunity In the mllcai
Devices Lighten
Kitchen Work
"Which do you dislike more, dishwa.xh
Ing or wiping?" I asked my friend. laiy
Hreen, aa we started to clear away thr
table after my first nr.eal In her honpita
blc home. I naa brought up among
women who "do their own work," and
was trained to the Oolden Rule of dlh
washing, "Help your bifiy hostess with
the dishes, even as you would that she
should wipe them for you."
"'You're like nlrety-flve and a half otiur
women, Ellen," raiv laughed. "She In
a rare housekeeper, Indeed, who does not
dread dishwashing. Of course. It Ik
drudgery If you think so! As to the two
divisions of the cleansing. I hardly have
a choice, for I have eliminated the tea
towel from my kitchen except for polish
ing the silver and glasses. I can't even
say I dread greasy d'hwater any more,
for I don't have It."
Puch surprising doctrines nearly made
me drop the cups I was stacking, but I
remembered they aero Daisys best and
I gripped them hard. "Well, Just pre
tend I'm from MImou-1, Daisy, dear. I'm
willing to be shown!"
"To start at the beginning." Daisy be
gan, "most women do not commence the
work right and they are disgusted by
haphaiard heaps of tsbleware not prop
erly prepared. When there were only two
of us I set the soiled dishes directly
upon a waitress' tra and carried them
In one load to the kitchen, set my garb
age strainer In the sink beneath the fau
cet, rinsed the dishes In the running
water, and atacked them In regular piles,
all of one kind together, upon the sink
dralnboard at my right.
"That'e a good method for a small
family. Since mine haa trebled I have
bought thla wheeled tea cart with Its two
trnya and use it to carry out the dirty
(Unties rnd left-over food and to return
the clean china to Its cupboard. With
so many dishes to handle I find It better
to scrape and stack them at the dining.
table. She had nearly finished this
process, clearing each plate with a
wadded paper napkin and using an
emptied vegetable dish to receive the
scraps. "A lfl-ecnt rubber plate scraper
or a soft mint of bread might be used."
In the sunny kitchen we continued, the
disctisxion of the work in hand. Aa she
lifted the dishes lo the dralnboard, Daisy
explained "a right-handed woman should
pile the soiled dishes at her right, upn a
dralnboard, table, shell, tea cart or tall
box. and by thus routing the work from
right to left she will axoid useless, waste
motions."
Two dralnboards are most desirable.
but the second may be such a substitute
as my hostess mentioned. The empty
cart waa wheeled beside the left-hand
board to receive the clean dishes. Daisy
then spread out a folding dlahpan rack
of heavily tinned steel ribbon, three
Inches high, set her blue enamel pan upon
It, filled It with warm water to which
soap powder was added, set a crock of
scalding rinse water Immediately at her
left. In the aink, and a wire draining
rack upon the board Just beyond it. From
beneath the dralnboard she drew out a
stepladder stool, twenty-aix Inchea high
and sat down to her task.
As my hoatess waahed and rinsed the
stiver and glass, laying It In the rack to
drip, I wiped It and placed it upon the
cart. "Now alt In my chair and watch
me finish," Daisy . commanded, ' for
there Is no more wiping. I find It so
restful to sit at thla work, for It eaves
me much energy that I need worse for
other duties. I find one can work aultu
as well and as rapidly, provided her
equipment Is adjusted In height. My
stool la the same aa the bed of the alnk
and I alt a. little aide wise to get knee
room. The boards are six Inchea higher
than the aink bottom and in order to get
the pan nearly the same height I use this
stand."
"Right there I can tell you a piece of
news. I Interrupted. "There la a new
dlahpan that haa lege to raise It to a
more convenient height. The feet arc
rubber tipped to keep from marring the
alnk. It is oblong, this pan. instead of
round, and very capacious. Mnk-protect-ing
is Its principal idea and It haa a
drain plug In the middle of the base and
beneath it is a sliding drawer of wire
mesh to strain the water and prevent
clogging the drain pipe."
"Oood Idea! You're waking up, Ellen.
With such a start you may cease bating
dishes, too. Be sure to get a drain rack
when you go home. China sterilised by
boiling water dries quickly and Is clean.
Really, it Is a more sanitary method
than wiping 'with a cloth. Of course, a
little warm water will not do, but you
can aave the rlnae water to wash your
dlshrag and clean the alnk."
Daiay's dishcloth waa new to me, being
of stout, coarse cord knotted Into an
open mesh. Daisy aays when all women
can have unlimited supply of toot water
or mechanical means of forcing water
under pressure over dishes the dishcloth
will be dispensed with. "Until then,
choose a cloth that la rough, to give
much friction, and that la very open in
weave, letting auda swirl through holes
to make It easy to cleanse after using."
"Do you suppose we will ever have
machinery for washing dishes?" I asked.
"Why, yea, Ellen. A houaehold dish
washing machine la already a reality.
I actually aaw one when I vlaited Hister
Kate last month. It Is about the shape
of a baby'a bathtub, enameled outside
and within, and with a cover to pre
vent splashing when in operation. I
la of a six to sit In the sink or upon
a dralnboard or table,
"Kate puta the dishes Into a special
wire basket, pours In scalding water
and washing powder, and turns the hand
wheel a few minutes. The suda have
been forced over and between the dishes
by a fast-moving propeller wheel at ont
end of the pan, outside of the basket.
After the washing she pulls a drain plug
and empties the water Into the aink.
The dishes are rinsed and sterilised by
a second application of boiling water
and they dry In a Jiffy. The same ma
chine ran be had with a amall electric
motor attached. Kate said." As she fin
ished talking. Palsy slid the stepladdr
atool bark In place under the drain
board. Woman's World.
Grace Darling's Talks to Girls
No. 5. The Traits in a Girl that Men Like
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The Charming Young American Moving
Picture Star.
Copyright, 1916, International Newa
service.
A girl aaked me how she can make
l.erself popular with men.
I wish I kne-w how to answer that
question, but It's the riddle of the Sphynx
that women have been trying to gueaa
ever atnee our first mother discovered
that she was the only woman to our
original papa.
Nobody has ever been able to explain
why men flock around aome one girl like
beea around a honey pot, while another
girl Just as good looking, aa Intelligent
and as well dressed is left papering the
wall at every party to which ahe goes;
nor why one woman can marry alx hus
bands and another woman never even
geta one poor little proposal of marriage.
From what I can learn, the secret of
popularity la a conjure that varies with
different generations of men. According
to old-fashioned novels which may be
supposed to reflect their day aa our
novela reflect ours the things that made
a girl a belle were fragility of body and
weakneas of mind.
All the most admired heroines fstnlad
at every slight shock; many of icm
were Invalids that spent their time re
clining on couches, and none of them ever
expressed an opinion, but clung to the
nearest man and let him do her thinking
for her. And they were all raving, tear
ing beautlea. and were very cold and dis
dainful to the suitors who came a -wooing,
i
That kind of a gfrl wouldn't be popular
now. No man would go near a girl who
waa always swooning for fear he might
get a sickly wife if he married her. and
anyway, he likes a girl who la an outdoor
glrf. and can walk and play golf, and row
a boat, and be a good chum.
Men also like girls who have got good
sense, and their own point of view, and
with whom they can carry on an Intel
ligent conversation.
Arjd I don't think men are so particu
larly keen about beauty. They like a
girl to be nice looking, and well dressed,
and to present a good appearance, but
they don't Insist on her being a living
picture.
Dook about you and you will see that
there are very few married women who
would ever have gotten the blue ribbon
prlxe In a beauty show.
My advice to any girl who wanta to
make herself popular with men, would
be to learn how to do the things that
men like to do how to dance, how to
play a good game of bridge, how to
play golf or tennis. Men are not built of
the stuff of which martyrs are made, and
no man la going to ask a girl to dance
who treads all over bis feet, or to play
bridge with him If she trumps his ace.
Nor U he going to refrain from amusinx
himself In the way he likes best In order
to sit around n house and entertain a
girl who doesn't do thinga.
in these days a girl who wanta beaux
has got "to put herself In an attitude
to receive the blessing." aa old-fashioned
Methodlats used to say.
Then a girl should cultivate tact In
dealing with men. When a man takes
a girl to the movies she shouldn't dis
course about her passion for grand opera.
When he 'treats her to beer and sand
wiches she needn't spend the time talk
ing about truffles and champagne, nor.
when he takea her on the street car, need
she tell 1 how some other man always
brings around a limousine.
Yet I have heard girls commit these
very blunders, and then wonder whv the
man that they had mado feel small and
Stingy didn't come back lo see them
that a girl can
attentions Is by
again. The only way
repay a man for his
showing him that she appreciates them.
and you'll always find that the popular
girls are the girls that make a man feel
as If he were giving them the time of
their Uvea no matter how simple Is the
pleasure.
Above nil, I think that the way for
a ulrl to make herself popular with men
Is to be good nitured and companionable,
endy to enter whole heartedly Into any
kind of Innocent fun. That kind of a girl
mukra a man feel thnt she's just a chum,
and that ahe.laa't trylnu to marry him,
and he likes to be with her for that
reason.
But nobody can give a glii any cut-and-trlid
reclpo for popularity. The In
gredients and the flavoring have to be
changed to suit each Individual man.
cA Dainty Suggestion
Our Ice Cream daintily served
can solve many of your enter- ,
taining problems.
For instancy bar regular Ice Cream , served with
l&dy-fiDgeri, gfcvrnished with fresh or preserved fruit,
as illustrated above, will prove tasty and attractive.
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Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
You Mast Re Firm.
Pear Miss Fairfax: I am employed by
a man, though he is very considerate of
me is every way. ho Is entirely too fa
miliar as an employer and as a murrlud
man.
I have found It useless to ask him to
leave me alone. I am entirely tie pendent
upon myself or 1 would leave Immedi
ately. He pays me a good salary and tho
work la very pleasant.
WORRIED.
My dear girl, there are plenty of good
positions open to you If you are willing
to look for them and to work hard, even
If at an uncongenial task. You must do
one of two things. Either leave this
man's employ or be absolutely firm tn
taking a stand which will make him
realise once and for all that your rela
tions with him are purely Impersonal and
of a business nature only. I'osslbly you
are unnecessarily auspicious. Have a
plain talk with your employer a man
to man business talk In which there Is no
element of coquetry. Be honest with
yourself and make sure you are doing
nothing to encourage the very thing of
which you complain.
Don't Be Absurd.
Dear Mlsa Fairfax: I am 18 years of
age, have a good poxltinn in a bank find
um in love with a girl who Is 16 years
old. 'She Is a Utile ruipicttiah and lets
another fellow call on her when I am
not with her. Now 1 would like to know
how I ran atop this without a tpiarrcl.
A. 11.
You have no right to demand that this
ds. A
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nhlp between a boy of 18 and H girl of
ltt la all very well if the girl's parents
approve. Hut a love affair In which the
young people devote themselves lo each
other Is entirely out of place.
Girls Must Pay Debts
The Rev. Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of
the 'Broadway tabernacle haa a sermon
to grown-up daughters. In It he gives
the following reasone. why women must
forego the privilege of repudiating their
debts and pay up like men. "A woman,
no less than a man. Is In the grip of
Inexorablo moral law, and each allk:
must pay to the uttermost farthing what
he owes. A girl on the threshold nf
womanhood Is In most esses a charm
ing creature and brcauae of the chlval
ric devotion.- which la paid her she Is
In danger of losing sight of the demands
of the eternal law. .She must do her
share of the world's work. She must
begin at home, fihe must pay her debts
to her parents, and then to her brothers
and alatera. Id ler dsughters can do
for their younger Bisters what no one
else can do. Standing between their
mother and these young sisters, they
can do much to bring both sides Into
closer sympathy. Hecause of their wider
experience they can underatand their
mother, and because of their youth they
can enter more fully Into the feelings
of their younger sisters." Woman's
Home Companion.
Fashion's Spring Signs
Lavender, with a I.ixn of emerald green,
composes a fasclnatm-; color scheme.
Tha tunic skirt is still with us, but It
haa taken the Hue i.t the draped over
skirt of old.
Ostrich trimming is used again. Hats,
evening gowna and paranuls are decked
with It.
If you are clever with the paint brush,
you can paint the trimming on a little
nirl'a hat.
Kid In soft i olorln.fs trims many of the
smartest walking suits this spring.
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Do not think the man who calls you
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It is safe to assume that the man who
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