Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 9, 1910, Page 13

It does not pay to let gossip make an indellible mark upon you. Bill Bangs says it is easier to find fault ‘than it is to meke butter and that’s why Samentha Psalter does so much of it. Cy Cymbal says he knows a great deal that he canmot prove, but he cannot make Parson Dawson believe it. ‘When they get to talking politics down to the store, “Deacon Sturgis says the truth gets lost sight of. A boy is contented on the farm when he gets as much pleasure as hard knocks out of it Life is full of discouragements, and Sariah says the women face down most of them. Some of the men who think them- selves great would wilt some if they knew what their neighbors think of them. Jerusha Jones eays it is every wom- an’s duty to be as good-looking as she can, but no one is likely to mistake her for a near-beauty. Sowing wild oats is about the fool- ishest business the devil ever put a young person up to. An earlyapple tree will attractboys a good ways from home and put them up to all kinds of mischief. No farmer should get his mind upon his “lot” and then repine. * He'd better put it on his harvest and rejoice. Meeting of a tramp of a dark night is Mke meeting a skunk on a busy day. It suggests tact, since some- thing may be doing. Sariah says she knows 1 wouldn’t enjoy smoking ®so if she didn’t hate to ‘have me. Every man’'s heart may have a se- cret drawer, just as Parson Dawson says, but its better for them that they have lost the key. ‘When Cy Clmbal said nobody but a lot of fools lived in our town, the parson’'s wife said, “you MNve there, don’t you?” And Bill owned right up that he couldn’t feel so much at home any place else on earth. Many a man who talks of “my wife” with pride has his wife silenced, be- cause she can’t speak of her husband without feeling a sense of shame. Many a man who owns & good farm will go to meeting and sing just as if he believed it, “No foot of land do I possess, no cottage in this wilder- ness.” Pious people sing a great many things that are not so. If rich relatives didn't live so long life would not be quite so disappoint- ing to some folks. Deacon Downes is always saying its our Christian duty to love our ene- mies, and Sally Saunders, who is an honest old soul, says she loves hers best after they are dead. Parson Dawson’s boy says: “It ain’t the man who works his way through life who gets to be a millionaire, but the one who skins his way through.” I guess he earned his diploma. Fretting is a mighty poor quality in a horse and brings no faver to a hu- man being who has his way to make in this world. It is the June Wyandotte hens that 1vake January layers if they are fed right and kept right. A hen that is talked to lays more eggs than the hen who isn’t petted. Hired men might be made more help- FARMER TALK TO FARMERS ~ - The Farm Life a Strenuous Life—The Season of Un- expected Conditions—The Rair, the Fugs, the Eirds and the Blight—Impediments Come in Their Turn— The Fruits of the Battle—Farm Life, Hewever, is not all Salt and Bitter. WWeftten Specially for The Bulletin. |- Just as w; i(;,egnnhto Lvdck ourd l?o": v green peas the drouth set in, and abou! ‘&;:4“,3‘:‘&0:{ t;:l 't‘il?:::::xl;l:?efi half of tha later plantings are now &, Webster dafines “strenuous” as turnkmgfge!low and dying at the roots. “eagerly pressing or urgent,” etc.|l-ack of water. They say the colonel reads avoryth!n‘. The next things due are potato- I s'pose hé must read these talks, | Plisht, corn-smut, and oat-rust. “Hap- svant hereby to suggest to him that | PY thought; perhfi.ps they don’t come e drop politics end reporter-dodging | 2t #ll. Anyway, I'm not going to megazine editing and occasional | WOTTY about 'em till they do. There's *ree-chopping, and tackle a small farm | 00 real need of doing mo. There's ‘or truck-patch. If he doesn’t find the | eNOUSh to worry about as it is. nanakement of even five acres, in such ® s2ason as this has been and is, quite Es ‘strenuous” an occupation as even Of course I've saved something out of the struggle. Indeed, as I look back, I'm quite surprised to see how much has been dragged out of the fight. But, if I only had a market for the chickweed and quack- S and shepherd’'s purse and pusley we've hoed and pulled up I think I could have got rich. The trouble is there seems to be no demand for that sort of 1910 production. Everybody elsc has all he needs of such supplies. is soul demands, it will be because e s too greedy. I've said before this that people who ®re always complaining of the actual Eeason as being particularly worse than any other past season are apt &6 be persons of short memory, unable ¢o recall their own troubles of twelve ©r twenty-four months previous. But I almost wish, now, I had never sald it. For this time it really does seem ko me as if The Old Scratch had un- toggled a few more links in his chain, and was cavorting around over a little wider radius than ever before. Thare Bave been days when I feared that the chain had broken in two and that be was loose! a Now | don’t for one minute suppose that my experience, this year, hasbeen any worse or much different from that of every other chap who is trying to dig a living out of a truck patch. I've perhaps had a few troubles he's escap- ed; he doubtless has had some I've not met. We've all of us been having a decidedly “strenuous” time of it. There has been something “actively pressing or urgent”-going on about eleven days out of every ten. Satan hasn’'t found many idle hands to set at mischief among the farms and gardens of New England this season. I, for one, am looking forward with real desire to the coming of a blustering winter's day, next December, when birds and bags can’t circulate and blight and bacteria can’'t destroy and weeds can’'t grow and it'll be too stormy to work out-— doors, and I can put my slippered f2et on the fender and just loaf. ! hands are calloused and rough- ened, my feet are sore, my back is lame and my old head goes swimmifiz vertiginously sometimes from over- much stooping and pulling. Just at this particular moment I really wish things would “let up” a bit, ani ecase off the pressure. I'll bet a stale dougi- inut against a green apple that there are several hundred thousand other o:d hayseeds in these United Sta'es wro feel much the same way. To begin with, the weather has been Just about as contrary and whimsical €s it oould be in any ordinary uni- wverse. I don't doubt that Omnipotence would make worse weather than that ©f the t three months; but I'm fajir- 5 confiident that Omnipotence never id. For a long time it rained so regularly every day that seeding was delayed and cultivation made impos- eible. This gave the weeds a chance which thay took with promptitude and energy. Then followed a “dry spell” which baked the sodden surface into clods and chunks and hatched out the buge. Oh, those bugs and things! They used to call this corner of the town *Peverty Hollow,” because of thz oid clothes most of its denizens regularly wore. But I've christened it anew. Hereafter its name is “Bugtown.” It bas nearly made me “bughousz” this year. Seeme to me I have had to fight, thus far, every known hurtful breed. of bird and bug and bacteria. Just listen to my tale of woe: But would we really be any happier if the bugs should suddenly absorb all the bacteria eand the birds eat up all thé bugs and then fly away to central Africa? I doubt it, brethren. The most of us have such a capacity for finding trouble that I think, if there were no birds or bugs or bacteria, we'd still be in a perennial and perpetual stew about something else. You've heard of the “worriting Sarah” who, after a Tong and hard life, went to heaven and | stopped the first sympathetic serapn | she met with a complaint that her halo didn’t fit. If is isn't one thing it's another. That has been, is, and Pirst came the rebbits. Thet meaht apparently nlwa_yn will be the rule. Wwarious trials with pbison and shot- 1 don’t think, however, thet we gun before I could collect asparagus. farmers need to hmave the “strenuous Then e new wort of blight attacked ||ife" preached to us this year. There the lattuce. This called for much ex- | g h ¥ be those who require to be prod- pegimmating and work. ded somewhat in that direction. But As soon as my asparagus began to grow the rabbits set out to eat it off. (Perhaps you'll say: “Does he call a rabbit a bird or a bug?” Now_don’t be captious at . the .mrt-om Recall the famous story of the English rail- guard who was appealed to by ?c:-ncer to put off enother who a mud-turtle by a string. l‘ho l'uu‘d scratched his head. ‘Dogs t= dogs,’ he finally said, ‘and cats is cats and they bean't allowed to ride. But tortoises is insects and there ain’t no rule agen ‘em. ‘We'll begin ovar egain: As soon the corn was planted the bs crows eanie from @i crowdom to pull | ¥ are Netting all the incitement, that | ful by & Httle sochabllity. gt up. and then I did have my hands |The gays are fairly long, now, and BLOCK ISLAND onions began to show there is “something doing” from sun-up Next thing m: vidences of the work oOf maggots. ‘ou people who have raised onions will Ikzrmw just how pleasant a thing that to moonrise—if not jater. It has made me laugh a little sometimes when cir- cumstances didn’t seem provocative of merriment—to think just how some tired city man, hungry for a farm. would have felt about it had he follow- ed me around for the last three months. He would have seen a new aspect of the country, I fancy. Archdeacon J. Service at Swordfish Spouting. The first service this season at the Episcopal church, 8t. Ann's-by-the- Sea, was heid last Sunday. Archdea- con Brown of Norwich conducted the gervices. There will be services each Sunday during July and August. There will be a ball game today on the Spring House grounds,Ocean View vs. Manisees club. Hon. Christopher E. Champlin has been here several days. Burned Power Boat Beached. The Bashi Bazouk, a power boat burned just off the southeast of the island early Monday morning,is beach- ed near the Vaill cottages. Charles Rowland has left the schoon- er Clara E. to engage in business for himself. Arrivale at Ocean Spray include Charles Holdredge, Miss Lotta Smith, Mise Grace Miss Ethel Stark, John Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Helt and son, Providence: Frederick Ratcliffe of Pawtucket, BEdward Davis of Marlboro, and Miss Josephine Fox of New Yor Winfleld Potter and family are at their summer residence on Green Hill. 8wordfish in Lobster Pot. ‘When Addison Rose was hauling lob- ster pots one morning this week he found a swordfish entangled in the warp, a rope which attaches the buoy to the trap. The swordfish had been bitten by a shark, losing blood enough to weaken it, making it easy to kill. It was dressed and brought to the old harbor. It weighed 290 pounu Ed- ward Davis is the possessor sword, given him by Mr. Rose. A United States gunboat lay in the west harbor over the Fourth. The sailor boys came ashore and celebrat- ed in roval style. ; There was the largest mumber of people here. over the Fourth ever known. The hot wave drove them out of the cities to get the refreshing sea breeze. E. Brown Conducts Episcopal Church—Big in Lobster Pot—Whales By that time the striped beetles ar- rived not by dozens and scores, but by quarts and pecks, and the cucurh- bers and squashes and melons called for the prompt attention of a trained nurse. Before these little pests had been $airly conquered, the still smaller black fleas descended from above or rose from below and swarmed over practi- eally -averything except the weeds. They made lace-work of the leaves in no_time. Before we had found any sure way to check them, the cutworms began to chop off young cabbages. Try to hunt out these hiding villains and kill them 4n a patch of a thousand cabbages and tell me if you find anything “strenu- ous” about it or not. Next the big pumpkin-bugs, after eonscientiously eating off every pie pumpkin plant which had started among the corn, moved into the squash B2d and hegan to lay out checker- boards with their eggs on the under #ide of the leaves Az 1 was wearily stooping along a Pow of crookneeks. turning over the lezves one by one and scraping off the eggs, “Hank.” the hired man, said eseusually ‘Noticed how thick the ‘tater bugs are?’ “Old ones?’ 1 ask- ed. “Nope wofties,” he answered. Then came a session with Paris @rean. Just as I got the field half sprayed, up over the northwest hill rose a sudden “thunder-head.”” and fifteen minutes later it was coming in & deluge, washing off all my work. 7his gave me th2 privilege of doing it €1l over again. next day. Tomorroy I've got to tackle the second hatching with anether dose. .Nevertheless, life is not all sait and As I look out at the tasseling rows of corn we've saved and the toss- ing plumage of the oat field, and the trim rows of the vegetable gardens, and, nearer the house, the rioting col- ors of foxglove and larkspurs and fire- pinks and exuberant roses and opening clematis, I feel th#t indescribable thrill of exuitation which comes to a man with the flowering of his labors into visible and tangible results of use or beauty. While I cannot make the corn or the cabbages or the roses grow, I can furnish the conditions under which they will grow and can help them to combat some of their enemies and aid them to a fulness of develop- ment they could not attain without me. In a certain sense, and in a limited de- gree, all these crops are the fruits of my labor—the results of my strenuous toil. Remembering that we never get something for nothing—that all we ob- tain we pay for in some wage of mon- ey or sweat and blood—we toilers of the dirt have the right to exult in that which we accomplish; the right and the privilege. v This is a typical, calm, sunny, sweet aired summer day. And five acres of thrifty garden are smiling up into my face as 1 walk the paths, and saying “thank you, 'boss” as plainly as if each leaf were a larynx, capable of vocaliging its vegetable gratitude for care and service. Around me the green mountains circle and the lush grass fields sleep: above me the unsmoked sky vaults into visible infinity; the air iz redolent with flower perfumes and thrilling with bird-cells and songs. Of course it's been hard to take care of things. But it pays, brethren; pays in a coinage purer than thet of any Philadeiphia mint! Delicately Formed und gently reared, women will find in all the seasons of their lives, as maid- ens, wives and mdthers, that the one simple, wholesome laxative remedy, which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally and which may be taken at any time, when the system needs a laxative, with perfect safety and real- 1y bereficial effocts, is Syrup of Figs and Blixir of Senna. THE FARMER. Big Whales Seen. Monday evening just off the shore in front of the Ocean Spray a larse whale was seen. Tuesday morning another, not so large was noted. For several days there have been great schools of yellow fins in this locality, where quanties are being caught dai- Whales will follow =a school of Not seeming to be frightened by the power boats.they were seen spout- ing for several hours. They were Not Evidence of Good Taste. Newspapers aim to serve their pa- trons and the editor generally knows what the public likes. From a news- paper man's standpoint the first pages of the Boston papers are prop- erly made up today. In one of them the President of the United States gets a fairly good sized two-column head upon the occasion of his visit to a It has th: Boston and vicini (& f Justive | larger than usually seen around here. at true_delicacy. Of flAYOT | pyjicr-s demise 1u dlscussed with, an| Dr Campbell af New Xork asrived which is so refreshing to the taste,|ordinary one-column head, but the| Saturday at his bungalow on Mohe— Blafr. Johnson-Jeffries prize fight draws an immense five-column head, leaded text gan that warming and grateful toning to The Clark bungalow is occupied this the stomach which responds S0 favor| ,,q o threc_aolumn cut of the vie|season by K. Corsa of New York. ably to its action and the laxative ef- ;orlnn-‘l pugliist! Undoubtedly a ma- Burril Sharp rgcrnlly ;lmrclused an ority of the people read the fight|auto of the runabout style. e Sl DS T0 TR WD ory st but 1 io cetaivly. & nad n auto demonstrator is at one of tem when, ogccasionally, its gentle|commentary on the public tastes— e big hotels. No doubt autos will Portland Express. The Reno Memori Jeffries had abused his endowmenrt of health and build by dissipution rhat !ef: an mebnaicab!: trace. He ca_l?m not come back and he did not. he cents per bottle.| morai is plain for all men.—Lawrence Telegram. eleansing is required. soon replace carriages on the island. The genuine, always bearing the mame of the California Fig Syrup Co., may be purchased from all leading 1in eriginal packages of one . Drice 8fty k Advantage of Being King. They may place the coronation of George of England ahead to next May or even further, but he {s the genuine un all this time. There is no call, al, as we have heard, for & recount. —Bonon Advertiser. Eize S e T . A ful letters of any kind the mind may suggest. ‘Wedneaday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. “Aunt Jemima': few know about the cooker. ered with anvthing to suit one's taste. For the packing I make cotton cloth ticks and partly fill with feathers, as they are one of the best non-conduct- ors granite kettle. sid. ticke clean. top is Dbest. bottom just before setting in your pail that contains the b for the length of time to cook different kinds of food. the cooker in the morning or at night ‘When the nights are cool set a pail of hot water in cooker with bread dough over it and cover with a folded cloth. It will be nice and light. ing- when using a wood fire for other purposes. and th soapstone and food put in together in small dishés. ice-box of an unused refrigerator. Two pails can be used in a common-sized one and packed with anything most convenient. hurried wife does not know that as a general rule green vegetables should be boiled in abundance of well-salted boiling water, without a lid, and they their green color much better. or any other sometimes have a elightly bitter taste, due to accident of culture or what not, it is always best to puta teaspoon of sugar as a means of counteracting a bitter taste, should there be any. is not used amiss W’ rather strong, a .dash of sugar added after the milk will make it much more palatable. oyster stew know how it helps the fla- vor, although it is not discernible. sweetness added makes them much better. freshing at all seasons of the possible to thé farmer's family a little help that daughter or son might render. that fruits may be and garnished, added to the fact that they, can be made at any time of the year from whatever fruit happens to be in season—berries, peaches in summer; apples, winter. ments omitted, are used instead of a mayonnaise while cream whipped stiff gives a white dressing that contrasts attractively fru eaten together the stiffilyv-beaten whites of eggs are substituted; the eggs should be well fi be tinted a delicate tint with cake or fruit coloring. the addition of a tiny hit of cinnamon or some candied ginger gives the de- sired spicy flavor. or rich cookies are propes accompani- ments for sible to have combinations of one's own that are palatable and refreshing. There is not f0o much work in making salads as those unaccustomed to mak- ing them imagine. first attempt to say I enjoy reading the many good and helpful letters of the Corner. near kind like. though miles and miles divide us. world of ours’is not as merry as a marriage bell. Nobod: T've my faults like others. a ripple on the surface it is for us to strive to make it smooth. patience, makers. the Creator placed rocks and moun- tains and valleys. he can huy in the city any of the bod! dyoo'n't appeal to m\! with a wood fire, within reach a dish of baked apples, a pitcher of cream, a loaf of bread, a plate of butter—no, thank you gentlemen and ladies; wouldn't expensive dinner your club can afford. objects of the Corner is to make do- mestic work easier as well as to make the home brigitter, I am going to play know the little household helps and 1 will contribute a Tew: per with wood alcohol and rub the mir- ror with it. on @ roll of c¢iéan paper and polish with #. This will make the glass clear and brilliant. lets. original brilliancy cannot be restored. convenient in cleaning skillets. Such a brush is easily kept clean. mal] is small, place him in a small bathtub of water and comb the hair with & fine comb. Water W E SOCIAL CORNER THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $250 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday In each month. EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. The Builetin wants good home letters, good business letters; good hel They shBuld be in hand ; Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THE GOSPEL OF THE SOCIAL CORNER. The members of th: Social Corner have had a busy time and a hot time in preparing for the celebration of the Fourth and the entertainment of the family and guests. has had a good time, but everybody cannot have idle-time. their own burdens and fathers their own labor by bringing up daughters and sons to think that there is something more Labor is honorable and it is mean of any ‘Where every one does his or her share life is much easier and pleasanter, and this will b2 the Gospel the Corner will preach, and this all its memberl should try to practice—EDITOR SOCIAL CORNER. Doubtl they are glad that it is all ovar. Everybody Mothers increase in lelsure than disgrace. member of a family to shirk. water and rinse. milk pitcher. Cut glass looks clearest when wash- ed in tepld water and brushed with a dry bristle brush. A crystal polish in- creases the brilliancy of old pieces. A little white oilcloth apron can be worn while giving children their bath, It is also useful while washing dishes. Bind the edges with white tape. A rouné bottle filled with hot water is superior to a flatiron féor pressing seams in delicate goods as it can be rolled over them like a roling pin and will not leave a shiny streak as the iron does. Try these things and you will real- ize the advantage of knowing how to be handy about the house. INDUSTRIOUS FLOSSIE. Preston. Fireless Cooker. Editor Social Corner: I agree with it is surprising how Soda purifies the sour We made ours two vears ago from butter tub. The outsideNcan be cov- of heat. In the center place a tin pail or Those with straight S are best, and use paper to keep A round cushion for the Heat a soapstone anid put it at the boiling edibles. Experience will ‘be the best teacher Bestowing Rags Upen the Poor. BPditor Social Corner: The other day, a scrub lady in whom T am interested, asked me for pleces to mend her shirt waist. At the same moment she show- ed me the walst. It had been given her the day before by a lady for whom she scrubs. When I saw it, I wondered who the donor could be, but I did not ask, for, ‘really, I would rather not know. I might be compelled to re- adjust my estimate of some one whom I now respect. The waist was of the sort known as lingerie, of fine stuff, all tucks and lace; a pretty enough walst in its day. But there were three long slits down the back, and numberless bracks all over the two fronts. To me, it looked hopeless, fit only for the rag- man, or the backyard bon-fire. But what could T say or do? What I did do, finally, was to fish out from my piece-bag a strong piece of lawn, and then, because my scrub lady still look- ed pathetic and helpless, to line the entire back, mend the rents, darn the bracks, knowing it all to be but the veriest waste of time and effort, and to bless (?) the lady (?) who bestowed the worthless rag upon a woman too poor to resent her charity (7). Truly, I think it outrageous to bestow rags upon the poor, who have not the ma- terials to mend with, nor time nor skill for such intricate repairing. I object to the word “mean,” and rarely use it, but I cannot refrain from. say- ing that it is mean to give rags to the poor. More than anybody else, they need durable an'd dependable garments. To give half-worn ones of good ma- terial is permissible also the old- fashioned and the un-pretty of cut But to give garments that are noth- ing but rags and tatters =eems con- temptibly mean to your friend, THE WAYFARER. They can be put into I often cook my dinner in the morn- At noon the dinner is warm roonmis are cool. Have the hot An ideal cooker can be made in the Norwich. A Little Sugar Helps. Editor Social Corner: Perhaps every BLANCHE. in a roemy pot and will retain In cooking string beans, or cabbage, vegetable which may A little sugar hzl{m green peas and th boiled cabbage. ‘Where the broth of a clam stew is Those who add a little sugar to the like a little life, A little sweet in things, to every-day MERRY MARTHA. Preston City. The Popular Fruit Salads. Editor Bocial Corner: Salads are re- Norwich. Make the Corner a Mother’s Club. Editor Social Corner: It is with pleasure and profit that we take up the Saturday Bulletin and turn eagerly to the Soclal Corner. Already I flnvl clipped several letters for the helpful things they contained. I w espe- cially Interested in the letter signed ‘Mrs. P. H W.” She expressed many valuable suggestio: but the one ap- pealing to me most was her idea of making the Corner a sort of Mothers’ club. This is 2 many-sided and- deep- ly interesting subject to every one who has children or is interested in chii- dren. Perhaps nothing else admits so many and diverse views, and all equal- ly good and helpful. like what she says of the advantage in raising them in the country. My heart goes out more in pity to the little city children with only a narrow back yard or the city street than for all homeless cats and dogs or devagtation of the birds. The child question looks like a big, important matter to me. And we ‘There are a variety of ways combined, served pineapples and malaga grapes. and nuts in oranges, celery Cream dressings, with sharp condi- with the bright-coldred ‘Where fruit and cream are not ored wigh lemon and may When apples and celery are used no one too humble or shioned but can give valuable information In some physi- cal, mental or moral wi Qur great watchword in trying to be true to our divinely - appointed guardianship,— whether parent, teacher or friend,— is the freest, largest growth for body and soul. We should be just as care- ful to keep all taint and superstition away from the spotle; white mentali- ties, at the same time pruning and en- ecouraging the natural growth as to keep their little hands and faces clean and bodies strong and robust. One could go on writin olumes ‘on this subjeot before one 1. g‘l{ through but the space in The Bulletin, I am reminded, is limited. Let me quote those sweet words, of our own ‘dear Cambridge poet, and then I will stop, and let someone else “have the floor”: all possible ways; Olives, cream cheese, crisp crackers. | jjliterate or old lad ‘Where there is originality it is pos- MATILDA TOOTHSOME. Plainfield. Satisfied with Country Life. Editor Social Corner: This is my It seems friendly and Everything in this good is on the out- ide exactly what they are within, and If there’s | “What would the world be to us If the children were no more? We would dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. Hold thy for blessed are the peace- I was born on a farm where “What the leaves are to the forest With light and air for food Ere the sweet and tender juices Are hardened into wood, If one has the price luxuries, but that On the farm, and “That to the world are children, And through them, feel the glow Of brighter, sunnier places, Than reaches the trunks below. 3 RS. E. P. R. ‘with you for the most Packerville. [Motherhood and childhood are re- sourceful subjects; and as mothers are also intensely interested in all do- mestic questions to which the Social Cprrer is open, it In its entirety can be nothing less than a Mothers’ elub, a co-operating force for the home and the betterment of every member of the family. That is what the members of the Social Corner are invited to contribute for, and The Bul- letin is pleased to receive so many commendations of it -Editer Social Coraer.] Moosup. F. J. C. Little Household Helps. Editor Social Corner: As one of the helper's part. The sisters like to Slightly. dampen a roll of tissue pa- Sprinkle a little whiting The Master of His Own House. Editor Social Corper: I have read mments with considerable in- d recognize that you are usu level-headed i your remarks; here does ‘“‘the master of éome in If he has not the su- Do not put milk into cut glass gob- Milk clouds gflass so that its A small broom made of stiff wire is < ally but To kill fleas on a pet dog. if the ani- | house” to open the letters sent to his mar- rmhh daughters? 1 have on occasion, and not -p:.% q-‘ with “thpia withont drowns these finding ten hould go for Information in any and the good of the thority to open the letters addressed to his wife, if he thinks it necessary, or m.fl ed checking. out-of-date, a father was the w’ 11, and I do not think he. New-fashioned ideas the best; and I do not, ernized familiess turn ilies of othar [We're going to be frank. Wa do.not ‘think they are -ny_rbctur, neither are they any worse. ‘be-~ tween the old days and the new is just the difference between subjection and equality. , The apirit of the mod- ern home is not of r, but of confi- dence. I do not like to think that I am the master of a dog. A 1 tlon* of comradeship between man and his do- mestic animals is better. To h.vo the confidence of a brute is to haye nine comman out of promptly ruv sponded to. Where love abldes is no need of a consclousness of -. er, or of self-assertiveness. thing goes right because a et equality and harmony abides. . play the part of e boss is petty tyranny.— Bditor Social Corner.] Lt My Dinner for the Fourth. Bditor Soclal Corner: 1 three pounds of sirioin steak, laid on meat board, scraped with sharp knlh one way till all was fon. salted and made into an oblon, cut the fat l;ln l::.v mecn,,l y .h‘bdodntm the spider very ho ru inside with larded paper, turl:d‘. meat several times with broad tin pi shovel; bolled some carrots, white and yellow, cut one white one~in ‘two lengths, took out most of the center, lled with the yellow carrot in pls 1ze of small te pencil and h‘tfl full. Browned large potato in hot beef fat, placed on dinner plata, carrots one side, potato on the other side, an three small red beets bolled, dpped | salted vinegar, at the bottom of the plate. A little blue bow! of warm peas completed the bill of fare. For dessert 1 stirred some confectioner's sugar with some cold water, dropped a teaspoon: on plate and put one-half of & waln meat in the center of e-c? d‘ro part. Yantic. Kindly Coun Dear Wife of the Social Corneri¥ you find that this letter in any' way fits your case kindly take it as personal Do not fall in the way of crlt\a% your husband. The chances are flattered at his atten winning him. his little wa If you do met show respect Is be un- tidy? Make a place for his things and when you find them around pul th where they belong. When he , k in turn if he has Do not nag. If he thhh long time dreesing, are that he Is right. Learn quickly. Do not retort that Let him. Be glad to have him neat and appropriatel d, If he has, while single, acquired of intemperance, do not use such workle dividual. for him no ‘one else will. you are chane: to dres: he primps. as “jag” or '“boose” or “dope.” Do net be coarse. Use your commons .- 1¢ takes a good supply to learn to live happily, and every woman - couple, T should say—has her own son which Mlt(-n pr'nhvu tad'bt - vm le: but work together an: wisdom by solving it. Be thnnmm: your husbend and try to make him happy. Be thankful for your home make it the most desirable pli the world for him. Be n neat, and dainty, and sweet. p your af- fairs, especially your troudles, to your- self. Don't talk your husband over with your neighbor. Beware of very intimate friends. Be pleasant with all —intimate with none. Be happy In your own place and in your own way. WIDOW. in The Habitual Criminal, “An habftual, incorrigible enemy of soclety should be solemnly adjudged teo be put to death,” said Judee George Holt of the United States district court of New York, in an address before the Wisconsin State Bar association. c.n “Y would give him would require froo( that he had an habitual cr hul for s lm torm of years. I woul 30!‘ tunity to make n MI dmnu finally it were est b{ proof that the man one of those, numbers of whom exist in érn .0- ciety, whose nature has been by a 1ife of undeviating wickedness h(o that of a wild beast of any substantial Improvement or al such a man, in my opinien, sh solemnly adjudged to be put.te But {f, inview squeamish mentality of thi e, such a co impractica’ 1 shonld “Bhut him up for life whebe he could dg no more evil to society. e b Judge Holt my consider mm, ish sentimentalfty” because so fi in not willing to begin a ruthless of habitual criminals, but the of the most learned penologists world ¥s against the jurist. Those are making a careful study of the ow- firmed eriminal are not inel load the entire responsibili unfortunate, and there is a view b steadily more largely accepted m social organization Itself, should be held responsl 1or p'-- ence of the criminal. beginning to ':znm and tao lt flmt eriminality ai racy are on the results of an underfed, onrv-‘cod poorly-houses or alcohofized and soma~ times diseased parentage. Sinee the habitual criminal was condemmed at birth in many cases, ful ankd kindly people oppose such drastic aoston as that proposed by Judge Hait—An- dianapolis sm— The End of Korea According to recent advic the last semblance of Korean autonomy will soon disappear and Japan will openly and boldly annex the coun! province of her empire. Su was Inevitable from the moment *he Japanese took over the admindstrgtion of the forelgn relations of the R'linlh Kingdom and rendereéd@ the anciimt government of the country a mere ¢ urehead, even In domestic affairs. It s understood that some provisios will be ma: for the Korean imperial family, but the Korean admginistration such will soon ce to exist. While the Koreans, with characteristic sulien- ness, show no sign of agitation over the pending oblitehation of thelr w tional existence, the Japanese .u'ha ties are uklng no chances. . The gar- risons everywhere are being material- ly strengthened and arrangements are being made to cope pro; any outbreak that may ocour. While the passing of Korea as a separate geographical dvision and“ a distinct nation will be regre fted L) world over, there can be no denying the fact that she has deserved her fate by her utter inability to get in touch with modern ideas and by her unpro- gressiveness and lack of thrift. Owine ess she fell an easy prey to the invader, and, although an an- cient empire, h wing will cause not a single ripple ln International af Tairs. ~New Orelans Pleayun: Shock for Boston. We are sorry to see that distinguish- ed Bostonlan, John I. Sullivan, writ- ing: *“He has proven that.” Of course, Mr. Sullivan knows ae well as Dr. Eliot that the correct form of the pasat participle is “proved.”—Boston tha. The Feminine P The feminine pessimiet "‘":t". &"- Muulhounotl.m - an rejoices will be. R H