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Warren several years later coincided
with that of his predecessor. Mrs.
I Damon also stated that women con-
sider much more carefully than do
IJ nen the character of candidates and
both political parties have found them
' selves obliged to nominate their best
I men in order to obtain the support of
L the women. Increased responsibility
Jj means much In the way of develop
ment to women Kxperlence teaches
us that her first thought is to fit her
jtlf for that responsibility by acquir
ing knowledge. If the responsibility
iomes in the form of the ballot she
dt-cepts it, not as a right, but as a
l duty, and fits herself for the discharge
f of that duty by making use of all
available means. The natural aim of
woman is toward the highest good of
I the community. Their method Is not
I by radical reforms, but by slowly
I working toward those measures which
they believe will bring about the best
social and moral results.
Said Mrs. Rosa Modlin of Beaver
t'lty: "Taxation without representa
tion is tyranny. This is an old theme.
However, it is just as true today as it
was in the days of our forefathers. All
men are created free and equal; all
women are the equal of all men.
Women would be happier in their
homes and would make the other in
mates correspondingly happy if they
were represented by themselves and
not by a husband, father or brother
who voted the other ticket. I asked a
woman if she thought the homes would
be happier if women were represented
at the polls. She said, 'I believe it
would draw a woman and her husbanri
i loser together he would find it .is
pleasant to stay at home and talk poll
tics with her part of the time as to
sit on a dry goods box and talk to
some man.' Men say they are pro
tecting women. It seems to me it is in
the same way that people protect ca-
nary birds. If we had never been
P plated in a cage we would have triel
our wings more and would have had no
need of a giant outside to protect or
to eat us, as he saw fit. "We are tire 1
of being classed with the imbecile and
piuper. Many children with the wrong
kind of a father have not much respect
for mother. Mother is a convenience.
I rpfTi necessity. They say "pa owns
K Vnis house. Pa gave me this horse. Pa
helped me to this farm.' Where has
the money gone that the mother
earned during a lifetime, and whose
fault has it been that she did not get
better wages and handle her wages
herself?"
A question difficult of solution for
most mothers is how to send a daugh
ter to school and at the same time
five her a practical education in house
work. School monopolizes such a large
Part of the day that even to perform a
fpw tasks about the house seems im
practicable. There appears so little time
for systematic training that in many
families the daughter never has the re
sponsibility for any part of the house
work, and learns only what she may
happen to pick up helping mother.
Tiile mother sweeps. Jessie shakes the
rups and runs for the dustpan, says the
ifiladelphla Times, then stands rest
Mdy on one foot waiting for the next
wtier or for the opportunity to run
aw-y and play. On baking day Jessie
K called to stone the raisins, to get the
flour-sifter and the cake nan: and
hen mother cooks. Jessie must be
around "handy" to pare the potatoes.
,0 run down cellar in short to wait on
mother while mother does the work.
The same method or lack of method
's continued until the girl Is sixteen or
eighteen, when the mother begins to
wonder why her daughter knows so lit
tle and cares so little about housework.
" 'eft to keep house for herself for a
week the resulting chaos would hardly
lead
you to suppose that the girl had
"elped about the house almost evprv
y from her childhood.
1 A little consideration would show the
ack of knowledge and Interest to be
sfmply the natural result of having the
s'rt help .1 little here and a little there.
"ver learning to do anv one branch
ct housework by herself System in
teaching housekeeping is as much re
quired, and will produce as good re
sults, as system In teaching anything
else. As the time each day is very lim
ited, the best results will be obtained
by teaching not more than one or two
things at a time.
The little girl should begin, of course,
with some very simple task: she might
first learn to wipe dishes, or to do cer
tain dusting, or to do both: but she
should understand that the task Is her
own particular part or the housework,
and that she must apply her mind to
It and learn to do It well, just as she
would study arithmetic or geography.
When she has learned how to perform
one piece of work so well that there is
no danger or forgetting It soon, others
may be taken up in the order which is
most convenient.
In cooking it Is an excellent plan to
teach a girl how to cook one article of
food, and allow her to prepare that on
every occasion possible till she feels
confident of her ability to cook that
particular disli any time, at a moment s
notice, and with no assistance. In pin
suing this plan of teaching one thing at
a time, it will be surprising to set- how
rapidly a girl will become proficient in
the various branches of housework. Tin
understanding that each day when her
allotted portion is properly performed
she is at liberty to devote some time
to her own plans and pleasures, does
much toward stimulating her iiiteir.M
in the work.
Lincoln Man Honored
Xo politics for M. J. Waugh! He is
a business man, and the rewards of the
politician have never caused him to
pine for office. The manufacture of
good paint is his aim, and he is es
tablished in Lincoln because he saw
in the locality the center of a vast paint
consuming region. That was fourteen
years ago, and he sees the time that
K ik
has proven him perfectly justified in
his prophecy. In other words his cus
tom extends into all the states west
of the Mississippi to the Pacific coast,
with the exception of some of the most
southern and southwestern sections.
They don't use paint there anyway.
Why did he select Lincoln? Not only
because he judged it the center of
paint consumption, but because it is
the center of the productive region of
paint ingredients. Linseed oil and
lead, and what not. used In the man
ufacture of paint, can be secured from
this location as cheaply, if not more
so. than anywhere else. More than
that, he was pleased with Lincoln as
a location for a home, and he has the
home, too. at 1113 H street. There to
greet him at the close of his day's
labor are his wife and two daughters.
In Amherst county. Virginia. Mr.
Waugh was born in the year 1S49. A
few years later his parents journeyed
with him to Missouri and there he
was reared. When he arrived at his
majority he fancied Nebraska, and set
out for this state to begin his success
ful career within Its borders. Omaha
was his first place of location and there
he remained until fourteen years ago.
when he came to Lincoln. Omaha was
not so bad. In fact he liked the clty
fairly well. For thirteen years there
he furnished the perishing citizens the
drugs that were guaranteed to make
them well, and then entered the paint
business. After serving for four years
as proprietor of the Omaha Oil and
Paint company he purchased of Thomas
bif -
t'$&IK fist.
CHANCELLOR KLISHA IJ. ANDREWS
Chancellor Klisha IJ. Andrews, of the
I'niversity of Nebraska, has always
stood for progress and practicality in
education. The mental development of
the masses, the Instruction of the
great number of people who could not
attend college, has received his atten
tion for the past twenty years. As a
result in order to extend university
advantages to those who wish to learn
he has lent his influence and labor to
the Home Study Course now running
in the columns of the Lincoln Evening
News.
Chancellor Andrews has been known
as one of the foremost educators in
the United States long before he was
called to preside over the Nebraska
state university. He was president of
Brown and also was at the head of the
Chicago public school system for two
years. While in the latter position he
planned a series of articles which
would aid the great mass of readers
deprived of the advantages of schools
and colleges.
He was born in Hinsdale. New
Hampshire, in 1S1I. His father and
grandfather were Baptist ministers.
During the war he served In the First
Connecticut heavy artillery and was
mustered out In l.Sfil with the rank t
second lieutenant. He entered Brown
university In 1S6S and four years later
graduateil with high honors. He next
attended a theological school and fitted
himself for the ministry. After this
he studied in Germany and took up
educational work. For eight years he
was president or Brown university.
Chancellor Andrews is a prolific
writer and has published several
works on ethical and educational sul
jects. besides numerous magazine articles.
Wilkinson his paint grinding plant at
Burlington, la., and removed it to
Lincoln.
Everybody will remember the con
flagration that licked up this plant ten
years ago. It stood next to the Ray
mond Brothers' store on O street, a
Tour story building. The fire gave no
heed to water once it had tasted oil.
When it was all over, nothing was left
but fragments of the walls. A strange
thing marked the fire. The walls fell
In not many hours after the fire, and
burled the smouldering debris. Many
and many a barrel of oil and varnish
had been stored in the basement and
these were burning when the walls
covered them under five feet of brick.
This was early In December. The fol
lowing March Mr. Waugh chanced to
discover a crevice in the pile, through
which he could see the white-hot heart
of a fire, still burning. The bricks were
a molten mass underneath. Four
months after the fire the flames were
still alive.
Total destruction of the plant did
not discourage Mr. Waugh. Buying
the lots of the present site at Eighth
and M streets, he rebuilt, larger and
more extensive than before, and the
business has prospered from the be
ginning. While Mr. "Waugh is president of the
factory. M. Weil Is treasurer. Recently
they both attended the annual con
vention of the National Paint Grinders"
convention at Chicago, and when they
returned Mr. Wnugh was vested with
the authority of v'ce president of the
association. Paint grinders from all
over the country attended the conven
tion, which was in session two days.
The officers were elected In perfect
harmony. A banquet. In which Mr.
Waugh participated, followed the elec
tion. The next meeting will b- held in
New York, In November. 190::. The
duties of vice president of the organiza
tion are In no respect onerous, but
the office is considerably more than a
mere title.
Once upon a time Mr. Waugh was
urged to be a candidate for mayor,
but politics had no attraction for him
then, nor now, and he refused. Never
theless, he is vigilantly interested in
the trend of affairs, ami he has a host
of friends, both in commercial and
social life.
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"Keeping everlastingly at it brings
success" is a maxim worthy of s-rious
consideration. "Half a loaf is better
than no bread" sometimes is equally
applicable. In the university of Michi
gan the medical students have long
protested against the narrow and un
comfortable benches in the clinical
amphitheater. Inferring from a nint
from one or the proressors that new
seats might be obtained if the old ones
were destroyed, the students promptly
reduced the time-honored benches to
kindling wood, and h"v since b?en
without seats of any kind.
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Agent Own your own home. Why
pay rent?
Tenant Well-er-to- tell the truth-I
don't.
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