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Show i.u v j I ; I s ! Woman's World i j jfEW EARLY MORNING. f ..rv. rv dav is fresh beginning:, 1 I ,...f., miirn is the world made new, Uy I I J; .jr;. (.,,i v of sorrow and sinning, I '','!',(, h ;i beautiful hope for you I; 1 x ',,,. f,,r w and a hope for you: !a I- I ,.vu j.HHt ihings are past and over: i I J Vi,.. ' 1 :-i.ks are done and the tears are j f I y.;..pi.j f error? let yesterday cover: 'o f I v.'-mi r jav's wounds, which smarted l ' ':jl,,T lii-'d. I v henlod with the healing: which "" I I ' iiiht has Fliod. - j ) . '1 I I ..y, s:-rday now is a part of forever: I J ? Iv.imd vv in a sheaf which God holds 1 I tisht, I; j T.':; i Kad days, and sad days, and bad i j days whirh never I I j 1 ; ail visit us more than their bloom I i Hud their blight,' I ''! ir fuliiH-ss of sunshine or sorrow- j f . h-m go, since we cannot relieve I 1 I them, J j ul undo and cannot atone: j I I- G' ! in his mercy receive, forgive them: ? J !. iy the IT'W days are our own; i I ';'i"iay is ours and today alone. 1 'j .i are the skies all burnished i I hrishl'v, ? f j is; the spent . arth rcliorn, I I v.- re Kre the tired limbs springing i I lightly I 5 To fae.- the sun and to share with I 1 V 'he- morn, j ; I in iii,. chrism "f due and the cool of I i . dawn. t I iy da v is a fresh beginning: ; t lesion my soul, to the glad refrain, jV;,.i, Miite f old t-orrow and older sin- l puzzles forecasted, and possible j ' nain. 'I T' K'' heart with the day, and begin ! ; -:nn-" . j ; GRACE AND HEALTH FROM USE OF FOILS , ' 'J j:..riim Martineau in Chicago Tribune. . j' -J( neing' is the best known exercise i fr women." said a man who makes i hs living developing the "muscleti Of ihns. who need muscular development, -but there is no such thing a? muscular C" -fl 'pineiit without the muscular l,.:h. Too many persons try to be ii:UM'Ular, but they do not try in the . ' nsl.t way. ; -Mnseular development." continued ' 1;., a dangerous thing for women, I (iaiic-rou.s from two standpoints, t w'emen never do things half way. 1Tli-y Ulier do not develop at all or :h.y ! velop too much. They do not jiiMW when to ptop and they soon get Pm much of a good thing. f ' Aim to Develop Evenly. ' Auain women who set out to develop iii-" pretty sure to lose something of 1 VP- I- amy by doing so. They develop .J !n ;!.e wrong way, and when they are ; ; !,:;' they have lost both their beau- :y and their grace. Often they are not vemeii at all. They have lost their! l'einiiiinity.. "The girl who, on rolling up her siv ves, displays the muscles of a man, is the woman who has developed vv uig. She worked up certain mus-: mus-: ( and forgot to work up others. She I js (t-veli.ped, but not in the right way. f "There came into my gymnasium a f"w dayn ago a young woman whosa 1 hysical development was one of the iin-sL I had ever seen. Her shoulders uie broad and her hips were wide and deep, but her waist was small. I H'-r hands were plump, but her wrists J I YH-e little. Her arms were full, but fU j : 10t of the sausagvsque order, and her y J i-ni'S -ere splendid. She showed as I .-V ualkl 4 ;t she enjoved a-fine tut- of health. i- young woman joined a fencing tiiif-'s in the gymnasium. s"he went rrieusrh all the exercises and did them v.:;:i,,ut a break of any kind. At the '! she did not appear at all ex-l.auste.1. ex-l.auste.1. " 1 keep in training,' said she, 'by Jin hour's work a day. I devote just (".,. hour to physical culture out of the tu.'nty-four. I find it s-u.Ticient to keep in excellent jihysical form. Aromatic Eath. a Great Aid. " 'In the morning I l ... t aromatic la b. This is a v. ri th with f-notich bath vinegar ,' : to be in-; in-; v.t.,.ratiiiff. It is a ba'h U'.a-. is in two l aris. 1 lirst take a : ",:;.) tion scrub. oh.. ,.f the sort which lamiliar to '''I i;i !io-L water and soap I use a h' in- ma.ie snap jelly and I take a bath v "in ti.e water at about a medium tem- 1" r:uro. . " "To get the water jupt right I draw !' locht before. The next morning j 1; !r just the tmpere.ture of the room. 1 '",v ;-'i'-i a little hot water to it, or times I use a bath bag. 1 use the '!" hath bags of thumb size, which " s.i eoiivetdent and cost so little. ll.:s bath is followed by a rinse , . " H,'matic vuiegar. I make this 'I'-''h and have various recipes for it. ,n;e tecipe is to cover a quart ""nut's nun a quart or white v ' MiiocHr. In three davc. I strain !:,!s. 1'onio it. 1 add a little to the ''' - ' .-ry day. i , " '"'itinued th:s girl, laughing- ' S J: ' U::1" t'athing is a givat deal as a ' ' muscular development, it is not v h"'" 'hinjr, not by any means. ; xt thing is exercise and it is j"'' : :" "v i rate this. I would not give ,' :i y rxercife for anjthing in the ' ', 1 1 take an hour of it eveiy day '.I '' ' '"' 1 gft it early and some- !l iiilf' before I pet it, but I am 111 it- some time during the Strength, and Grace With Foils. . i l.-ive different ways of exercis- f ' A, v favorite one is with the foils, i , ! !!:;,t this is an exercisu which I 'nl Ktaceful his well as strong. ,. ! 1 1;' it because it makes the ( .tioi-g. ,1 am naturally weak X ; vr:s',s. 1 like to handle the foils. lA ". ,v' 11 makes my wrists, handi? and y-i V " :"'!"ii., without making them too ' ' :' 1 ''diardt fences because fencing j .; ' '" the sil.ane of the bjek. "I ; . : , ;'!' 1 of that awful middle aged .' ' sa'd rshp. "and I noticed that 5 ", ',: ' ks "f fencers were always nice f, a:." f , . ' ' liaVl' h pretty back ought to be something to the woman who ly attractive. Tho.se awful ' ' ; oi fat which come so soon to I. ' i Idle aged woman will be kept J ' ';v il'.w&y!-' if a woman will put on ; '. pi-k up a foil, and lunge and 4 ';-'f with it. 1 f' ii e because I w ant to be grrace. Y ' notice that thocse who fence I .;y i:.c... g-rae-eful figures. The hand- g , - oi tin. (,js s,.ems JO give one a cer I -'iniount of body balance. You can I ,;irt,,r backward after you have i .to fence, and you can bend , , ' ,,I"vVaid. You learn the trick i l'l'ing and-you learn all sorts' i . ; ""rul movements brought out by I ' i'.'irry thrust. j fencing Arouses Appeptite. I '1 fence, too, for an appetite. I 1 v". :, f hunsi'-v al niy meal- I don't ; to be ice cream-and-c'ake hungrv l J,,' '""'KIT all the way through. I like ' able to eat my dinnenr and enjov -1 I don t want to depend upon fms-1 fms-1 --e.g and condiments, dainties and for my food supply, j " The beautiful woman is generally I ,"mf"1 "lvh0 can nearly anything- M . Is SPt before her; sne can take I J'('j '-'X'-rcise that Is offered; she doe? 1 h,i e Vf "t-adaches and she feels trim f v ;;lwayrs. That is the woman tol'nnred Ul' the MOman who is i the VrLiudse of beauty don't look at W L ey h3Ve a fresh' briht i vvnlch alone is worth more than j I all the beauty In the world. But look at the women of 40. How few beautiful beauti-ful women there are of that age. Yet there is no reason why a woman of 40 should not be in her full bloom. " 'Exercise, develop your muscles, take care of your skin and you will be handsome. That is the bast advico to beauty seekers1.' " Marian Martineau's Answers. Grandma: I want a wrinkle cream for the lines in my face. My whole skin looks like parchment. It is a mass of little fine wrinkles. I am Gn, and I suppose sup-pose I am. too old to be treated by a beauty doctor. By no means. You wrong yourself. Sixty-five is young these days. But you have let your skin dry out. Cover it every night with a thick layer of good skin food. In two weeks time you will notice the difference. Mrs. J.: My face is thin. Please give me something to make it plumper. First, be sure vou have no nii5.;,,f- teeth. Then massage it with this skin food. Take as much mutton tallow as will fill an egg-shell. Add an equal amount of the oil of .almonds. To ths add a piece of spermaceti as big as a walnut. Heat together. If too thick add more almond oil. This makes an excellent skin food. Arlina T.: I have a skin food which is made from pure lard, half an ounce: oil of perfume, ten drops; almond oil. a tablespoon. It is all beaten together and used nightly on my face. Is it all rhrnt? Yes, if the lard agrees with your skin. There are those who can use-it. while other cannot. If it agrees with you it is cheap and good. Society Girl: Tell me how to whiten my neck and arms. They are a dull brown. I want them made white and pretty to wear with evening gowns-. Tan, you know, is fashionable. Still, if you do not 'want it you can bleach your neck and arms with lanolin aad peroxide of hydrogen. This will make them a snow white. SALLY IN OUR ALLEY, Df all the girls that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally; .She is, the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. There is no lady in the land . Is half so sweet as Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. Her father he makes cabbage nets. And through the streets does "cry 'em; Her mother she sells laces long To such as please to buy 'em; But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Mondav; For then I'm drest all in my best To walk abroad with Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. My master carries me to church, . And often am I blamed Because I leave him in the lurch As soon as text Is named. Heave the church in sermon time And slink away to Sally; ; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF WOMAN" IN BUSINESS , (Chicago Tribune.) As an instance of what woman can do In business the success of Miss Ella J. Jones is remarkable. Miss Jones is" but -4 years old and only the last four years of her life have been spent in "business, yet she is now the head and active manager of a machinery manufacturing establishment employing employ-ing eighty-five men and is -about to erect and operate a new plant with almost double the capacity of the old. Besides being the pole manager of her business. Miss Jones fills the position of secretary and treasurer of the company. com-pany. Her success and ability in directing the fortunes of the enterprise are the more remarkable because of the fact that the business she is engaged in is that of machinery manufacturing, a line of work which would seem out of the natural scope of a woman. But the fact that she is one of the first women to become engaged in an enterprise enter-prise of this nature is no obstacle to this remarkable young woman. She seems perfectly at home amid the surroundings sur-roundings of a machinery shop and from her office in the plant mananges the affairs of the business with the judgment and care of a mature man of business. The fact that the new plant is to have double the capacity of . the old would seem to indicate that her management has been productive of permanent and encouraging- results. Succeeds Her Father. Miss Jones came into the position she now occupies two years ago through the death of her father. At that time ! she was employed in the office of the j firm, ana her father held the position of manager and treasurer. So com-' com-' pletely had she mastered the details of jthe business that upon the demise of her father, there being no one else available for the position held by him, she took up the reins of management. Since that time Miss Jones has been the head of the firm and has acquired and retained the respect of business men. She attends to all the details of the business. If a man wishes to sell anything he must see Miss Jones; if there is a question in the wages to be decided the same authority is the final arbitrator. All of the many questions that arise in the course of business are decided by her. As one of the men employed em-ployed in the plant put it: "She is the boss." Apparently there is nothing about the plant with which she is not familiar. The construction of a machine, the cost of the raw material, and the labor that are used in it are all known to her to the smallest item. She knows -the machines ma-chines in the shop and their method of operation as well as any of the men. and. what is more important, she knows the men also. She is to all practical prac-tical purposes a campetent machinist. If one of the machines should get out of order, and there was no one else about to repair it there is little doubt that Miss Jones could come out of the office and remedy the matter with the skill and expedition of an old machinist. In appearance Miss Jones is anything but masculine. She is a. small, dark, vivacious person, entirely gentle and refined in manner. There is about her no suggestion of the cares and troubles trou-bles that are an Inevitable part of business busi-ness life. Rather she recalls the happy, smiling teacher of a kindergarten, with a group of rollilking little ones playing around her than the business woman with the responsibilities incident to her position upon her mind. Modesty is perhaps her most striking characteristic. character-istic. She shrinks from publicity. She maintains that there is nothing noteworthy note-worthy in what she has done. "Women Capapble in Business. , "There are plenty of young women, who could have done as well as I had they had the opportunity," she says "Women have just as much ability for business as men if it is only developed; the reason why so few women are engaged en-gaged in a business to this extent Is because they have had neither the opportunity op-portunity nor the training necessary to such a career. Still mine ii? by no means an isolated case. There are over 1,000 women in this country who , are actively interested in the operation : or various business enterprises of fully ful-ly as great scope as this." I The office from which Miss Jones . manages her business is situated in one corner of the square brick building build-ing of the plant at South Chicago. On the desk of the manager in one corner or the room is a small vase of freshly picked flowers, but aside from this the atmosphere is strictly one of business. Here business callers are received, their business listened to, and the questions ques-tions that arise settled firmly and with expedition. The readiness to meet every exigency that appears, the apparently complete grasp of the young woman in the manager's man-ager's chair, are what create the strongest impression upon the visitor. And always, no matter how complex the question or -how annoying and trying the affairs of the day, they are met with a cheerful smile a smile that does not cover completely the solid firmness of the mouth and chin. Directs Erection of New Plant. The recent purchase of the property upon which' Miss Jones' plant its situated situ-ated by the south park board made it necessary to seek another place for the construction of the new and larger works. A suitable site has found on the istate boundary line at One Hundred Hun-dred and Fourth street, and there the new plant will be erected. All the details de-tails of the deal were in the hands of Miss Jones. It was she who selected the new site and it will be under her supervision and on her plarus that the plant will be built. The work involved in the management manage-ment of a business of the size would seem to call for the entire time and energies of any one person. But despite des-pite the fict that she is an indefatigable indefatiga-ble worker M:i-s Jones has found enough time to devote to social duties, to make and keep as large a circle of girl friends as most young women of 21. Frail Children. The summer is the golden time for strengthening and developing weakly children, of whom there are always a larger percentage than there ought 'to be. The school period requires too much from the mental organisms of this class of children, who come to their vacation va-cation time thin, wan and Dale, being too often merely bunches of nerves. Children who manifest a low degree of vitality, as evidenced by lack of interest in-terest in play and childish amusements, need our tenderest care and the best of hygienic environment. By this I do not mean parental fussiness or over-attention, over-attention, which is to be avoided, but the avoidance of undue exposure to anything that depletes the native stock of vitality, and strict attention to those things which shall secure for such a child not only the conserving of this ' native stock of vitality, but the increase in-crease of this reserve fund to the utmost ut-most limit. Paramount in this line are the two requisites cf quiet and open air life. Putting these two requisites together 3'ou will see that such ways of getting, the open air as drives and excursions are not allowable to any great extent wtih these children, for more or less noise and excitement accompanies it. Of course the summer reason offers the greatest opportunity to realize and materialize these things in all their primal beauty and quality. Seeing the causes of the fraility of children are multifarious, some being inherited, while others are acquired, it is always worth while to have such investigation in-vestigation into each case as is possible with a view to the ascertaining of the true cause, and hence, any special needs, of the case in hand. As strength comes exercise may be gradually increased. Suitable food snnniv ia o n t v o - im portant feature of the successful management man-agement of these children, and should consist of easily digested things, being, largely milk and cereals with meat broths, eggs and fish. As to exercise, nothing can surpass digging and delving in the lap of old Mother Earth, who holds fully es many treasures for the children as for the grown people. On a dry soil when the weather is not damp, full freedom may be allowed the child to sit and bask in the sunshine sun-shine tir roll on the salubrious earth. If the child gets sleepy the attendant should have a thick rug or blanket on which it may lie to rest or drowse. Walks through a pleasant woodland with its balsamic air, or on the sands of a sunny shore, are congenial to our purpose. As a rule, children whose lives are filled with excitement have not the endurance en-durance of those whose lives are more monotonous, these latter accumulating more nerve force, while the former deplete de-plete the stock of vital energy they already al-ready possess. Whether their lives are to be useful or negative in the world depends on whether they possess much or little nerve fnro To not only hold the inherent stock of this, but to get more, should be the great desideratum with the growing child, and to do it the growth should sufrer few and small interruptions. Frail bodies generously endowed with nerve force will make better engines than stout ones with an insufficiency of it. I believe I have written on this subject before, but it is one on which too much of the right sort cannot be said. Dr. A. P. Reed, in Ladies" World. Hints to the Housewife. Be charitable, not only with your purse, but with your opinions. Remember that flour thrown on burning kerosene or gasoline will extinguish ex-tinguish the flame. Oilcloth lacked across the bottom of a screen door will strengthen the netting net-ting and prevent rain from beating in A candle protected by a glass chimney chim-ney made for the purpose is much safer to carry about the house than a lighted lamp. Keep a good-sized piece of charcoal in the refrigerator until frost comes removing the charcoal every ten days or two weeks. Have all the plumbing painted well with white enamel, not onlv for sanitary sani-tary reasons but to lighten the work of the housekeeper. Keep a lump of washing soda over the sink pipe and it will neutralize the grease in the wash water and prevent the pipe clogging. , Unique match holders for t he summer sum-mer cottage are made by carefully sawing saw-ing a cocoanut in half and screwing the dry shell to the wall. A clever woman traveler mended a rent in her gown by using a hair from her head as a thread for the needle she always carries in her purse, j If a paper bag is slipped over the hand before the cloth or brush is taken to clean the stove the finger tips and nails will be saved contact with the grime. ( Flowers For the Sick. Flowers are always welcome to the sick: a sweet pleasure of life is that of sending flowers. When unable to talk or see a dear friend, they can realize your love and sympathy through th" sending of flowers. It may be but a rosebud: it will bring a smile to the pale, sad face, and pain will be forgotten forgot-ten for awhile. Send .none but the choicest, and only a few at one time a choice rose or a small bunch of carnations, carna-tions, with smilax or a few rose geran-I geran-I ium leaves; a bunch of sweet violets, lilies of the valley, pansies, freesias' roses, heilotrope, mignonette, bachelor's button, Roman hyacinths, jonquils narcissus, sweet peas, nasturtiums' daisies and chrysanthemums; a pot of tulips, or a rare lily. These are all tokens of love and will bring joy to some faint heart. Flowers with strong perfume, like lilac, jessamime or tuberose, should not be sent to the sick. They should not be allowed in the sick-room, as they do not keen long and are unhealtbful. Flowers should be' removed from the room at night and put in a cool place, and they will keep longer. If care is taken to send only flowers that keep well, the joy and pleasure will be neightened to gaze, upon the fresh, sweet tokens. When sending flowers to the sick in the place where you live, select a strong card-board box that is flat and shallow, so there may be but one layer. Cover the box with some bright colored crepe paper; it. will take but a few minutes of time, and make a more attractive at-tractive box 'for the flowers. This is but a trifle, but trifles go to make up life, and will bring a smile to some one's face. When the box is uncovered there will come the delightful odor of the flowers, a gentle reminder of the .giver; and in the heart there will be a kindly thought because of the consideration. consid-eration. Line the box with the lightweight light-weight paper that florists use, then place in the bottom of the box some good green, as sprays of smilax, maidenhair maid-enhair or other ferns. Lemon verbena and rose geranium leaves have a very pleasant odor to most sick persons; sprays of mignonette and the different kinds of asparagus are all good. Put the flolrers on the top of the green, having all the flowers lay one way, arranged so they will look their prettiest when the box is opened, and tuck among the flowers a little note of love, or an appropriate quotation. This will be evidence that it was sent witti heartfelt sympathy, and an unfailing sign that thought and love prevailed. Now wrap with clean white wrapping paper, having no trace of former use, tie neatly, and the box is ready to go on its mission, some good in the world to do. This ki.vily thought will long be re-membere re-membere i by the sick, and at the same time briPhten their lonely hours. Ladies' World. |