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Show jj 1 Woman sWorId ROSE OF THE SACRED HEART. Tlitii- the sweet legem sailh s Jesus hung in death Upon the holy rood, Uy crimson drops bedewed T briers of Calvary's height ' pi 4 blossom in his sight. ( 1 peerless, priceless bud. lived in the Precious Blood! Thy ruby fires do shine Like to the Heart Divine! I..e's symbol true thou art, K.'M of the Sacred Heart. ! The briers of sin. and care ivrprow the mount of prayer ir.ntrite 'mid suffering, ; to the Cross' we cling, p ( lung the thorny vine, I-:. mud it our lives entwine; lathed in the blessed flood Of Jesus' Precious Blood, All human joys and woes blossom as the rose. I.ove's symbol true thou art, Kise of the Sacred Heart. AUTHOR UNKNOWN. A TALK ON WOMEN'S CLUBS. From The New World.) According- to the secular press, the v .'man's club topic Is a delicate one to 1 .,: h upon. It seems to be one of the ; v.- wires of society, charged, as it is, v. irh awe for womankind and popular i iulgence in dealing with feminine mus. Now and then a hard knock :.- tivrn to women's organizations in t;, neral. and immediately the culprit invited to step out on the carpet '. ,1 ii defend his honor. Wo are liable to make sharp accusations accusa-tions when we view a thing in its ex- Ti-. incs. and there is nothing in the wide world that has not tasted of bitter ab- j MH.lity and ridicule. And although it ' v.'Uld be unjust to condemn every woman's wo-man's club without exception as silly j :,i,j dangerous to the home for anv lit- I :! band of women might be called a i-iub" so long as there is some object i:: view certainly some of the wildest, w i' kedest, cruelest and most heartless ihiMnips are put forth in more than one of the many clubs of women in this our liny of brain strenuosity. Holy "Writ ti lls us that charity is kind and that it is patient and that it "endureth all things." When women club together in a charitable cause and keep within the hounds of rationality, their cause is l.oble. While they keep patience and kindness firmly hinged on their un-: un-: TtHkings-iiie good within them will V.iv freer egress to an atmosphere of t-uth; the doors of their hearts will 1 nt squeak with the rust of pomp and -f-esteem, and their efforts will be worthy. There are many societies organized in the name of charity and in the name of other "uplifting" and "elevating" "elevat-ing" things which are but thorns in virtue's side. Their origin is sometimes some-times sincerity puffed up to extremes; sometimes high-toned vulgarity, and often it is an unnatural ambition for ijueerness by queer individuals. What a counterfeit of womanliness is presented in a gathering w hich has r for its purpose the crushing into shape-lesfmess shape-lesfmess every consistency of nature! ficture a woman frequently leaving her home and children and preaching to her sisters on the "Uplift of So-Hety" So-Hety" or "How to Have a Model Home"! It would be more in accordance accord-ance with a home-loving woman to suggest to her sisters that she and they stay home as much as possible unless it be convenient to have both husband and children accompany them on their pastime tours. I don't mean to claim that it is improper to seek advice from women in women'sather-ings. women'sather-ings. ThTc are many women who are Intellectual and penetrating, observant in home-improving: ideas. But once a woman has chosen the vocation of wife and mother, her place is not the lcc-111 lcc-111 re platform. The old rhvme tells us that ".Mali works from sun to sun. lint woman's work is never done." f course the woman's work referred to jn the couplet means her work in t'-.i- home, and I believe the woman is tare who does xiot love that quotation. I uuif agree with them. too. and sym-Ii!thiz sym-Ii!thiz with them, and that is good reason for me to argue that there is a coi ti -bdiction in the attempt to be a public lecturer, or a frequenter of ' iul.s. and be a model home manager, I wiiii or without servants. I "ill repeat that there are many v. onrr-n who. possessing more knowl-vlee knowl-vlee of things in general than the average housekeeper, are fitted by their superior abilities to teach household house-hold hints and hold discourse for the ne!it of wwmen wishing to improve ' opinions in their homes. Women i ' ur trs on home topics are also in a Tuition to aid in this instruction. But 'nncn are in many instances made f5i-s;-ouraged with their state in life by W-coining habitually drawn away from '!:" simple pleasures of their own hpn'th to the less responsible pastimes c.f clubdom. TIk- statements of some of our pub-mm pub-mm regarding the menace to so- I f'i'''v in th popularizing of women's ' iiih? should not be looked upon as an ' f ' iiFf by women of serious-mind, but r.''Mi.r as a timely warning that wo-nir-n should not look for ease and '"lUPMi.fru while home-ties and affec- I on 1, is the corner-stone of the' rrr- 'h" is the principal support in io 's imi.osing structure. She is the K'ij. Mump and around which is built ;d 'I nts beautiful and cheerful and c "'" The family dealings with the "'""id "ill always- cast a reflection of Mi- h.i racter 0f the mother and the So it woman ho'd her place i ! ' ' not shaken by idle unroason- I "' discontent. Let her aim be to I ;' K' ''! band and sons better men 'i daughters still more loving by ! ' ; '"'V '"'oil at homelike and natural ' .' 'J ":';,t'"'iietit. Commerce will take ;;'ro "' material world. Let woman ni-cj. -.;,,,, ,)VOV ,),(, finer and sweeter Hi'; holier world in which the soul has MICHAEL BAKBTKAY. WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BABY IS SICK ": i:nieh :, Li,,, ,,,, (-0-lidge. JT. D., of ?h" !J,:ihi..H- ii1KpitHl New York, in Indies' Home Journal.) Treatment for "Summer Complaint." "Snmtiioi complaint," or summer -nan hoe. js very common in young 1 ; f-ildren. ),ul fortunately we now know !!"" to handlo the trouble, and the mortality is Rowing much less than i' ".is a few years ago. This disease i- r'ally ,-i poisoning which takes place tai-ough the digestive organs: there-'""". there-'""". the first thing to do in treating ' trouble is to rid the system of the '" mating matter. The young mother may safely do a rat deal to help her baby before the .''""tor arrives. As soon as the icrrhoea begins give the baby a tea-nnonful tea-nnonful of castor oil and stop all milk -t once. Give him barley-water or ,v heat pruel, -alternating- with mutton broth -and barley-water in equal parts. As the child is losing- a great deal of water through his frequent thin passages, pas-sages, he must be given all the water possible in order to make up the loss. If there is much vomiting with the diarrhoea, egg-water will often be retained re-tained much better than ordinary want wa-nt or indeed anything else. To make gg-water, stir the w hite of one egg j into a pint of cold water, being- care-' care-' ful to have them thoroughly mixed; 1 ;d3 a small pinch of salt and strain through cheesecloth. If the baby is weak a teatpoonful of a stimulant may be added to this. The baby may be given one teaspoonful of this every ' ( n , pumnumTnoiTT half hour, or if he. vomits alL: other food he may have from two-to three ounces of the ;egg-water every two hours, it will not sustain life indefinitely, in-definitely, but will often" tide the child over. until he can bear more nourish-11 nourish-11 is: food. ' When there is much fever or the passages contain considerable mucous or blood, it is well to irrigate the bowels. bow-els. If possible the doctor or trained nurse should do this, at least the first time; but if the mother is too far away to obtain such help in time she may do it herself. When going any distance from stores in the summer with a family of young children the mother should take with her a fountain syringe and a soft rubber rub-ber catheter, which will be found invaluable in-valuable in time of need. The fountain foun-tain syringe should be filled with water wa-ter which has been boiled and cooled to a temperature of 98 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Add one teaspoonful teaspoon-ful of salt to the pint and hang or hold the bag about, three feet above the child. The catheter should be attached at-tached and oiled.. Place the child on his back on a table covered with a pad and rubber cloth, and have a basin close to the end of the table and a little below it so that the water may run into it. The child's legs should be j bent at right angles to his body and the catheter gently inserted about two inches into the rectum; then turn on : the -water and allow it to flow grad- j ually into the intestines arul come out nffain on the side of the tube. The catheter should be gently pushed up until it is nearly all in the intestines, but if it does not go in readily no force should be used. After a quart of water has been used leave the catheter ca-theter in the intestines, but detach it from the syringe and very gently knead the abdomen so that all the remaining water will run out through the tube. When no more water comes remove the tube gently. i When the baby is restless or has much fever fill a basin with tepid water, wa-ter, add one tablespoonful of alcohol and sponge his entire body with this. Frequently the above treatment will be all that is necessary to stop an attack at-tack of summer diarrhoea, but sometimes some-times bismuth and other drugs are needed and should be ordered by a doctor. When the Baby Has Convulsions. While convulsions in young children may denote serious brain trouble, the physician at first suspects them to be caused by an overloaded stomach or by some form of indigestion. Whatever the cause, the doctor should be sum-I sum-I moned at once. The mother should undress the baby, put him in bed in a quiet room, and place an ice-bag to his head, or wring cloths out in ice water, placing one on the child's head, and changing them often enough to keep them very cold. The child's feet should be kept warm by means of a i hot water bag. If the doctor cannot j come ' at once a mustard foot bath should be given the child while he is still in bed. Use two tablespoonfuls of mustard to a gallon of water, and keep the child's legs and feet covered with the water until they are red. Have plenty of hot water ready so that a bath may be given if ordered by the doctor. If the child can swallow give him a teaspoonful of castor oil; and if the convulsions continue, irri gate ine Doweis as soon as possioie. Prickly Heat Is Quite Common. . This is a skin troubje well known to most mothers. Babies who are dressed too warmly or who do not have frequent fre-quent cooling sponge baths are especially espe-cially apt to have it. When there is much prickly heat on the child's body a thm cotton or linen shirt Bhould be worn next the skin, then the band and a gauze shirt: this will allay the itching. itch-ing. Give frequent cool sponges of water and bicarbonate of soda, or a little vinegar may be added to the tepid water and the child bathed with that.- Bran baths and starch baths are also excellent. After the bath dust a powder, composed of starch and talcum, tal-cum, equal parts, and one-fourth as much boric acid, all thoroughly mixed together, over the child's body. This may be used several times a day and will" help to make the baby more comfortable. com-fortable. ALL PROGRESS IS BY SACRIFICE AND SUFFERING. In "the book of Job we have the first glimpse in religious history of vicarious suffering, the first glimpse of the fact that all progress is by sacrifice. The truth is sealed byvour Lord's sacrifice. sac-rifice. His redemptive death on the cross, that we might live and progress. We are the product of all that is past and gone, and that is to come depends upon our active interpretations of life and duty. We live in a cycle of sacrifice sacri-fice and suffering. Pain is the mainspring of this universe. uni-verse. We are now reaping the reward re-ward of the suffering of others. Our happiness has its roots in a soil watered bv the tears of untold generations. The ladder by which man has climbed to his present position is stained with blood at every step. Fain and suffering is the common lot of all. Animals prey upon plants, and the man upon animals and bacteria upon man. Birds and butterflies but-terflies are not the careless, joyous ' Ihinis fif "hieh the pot tells us. living rh VioQiitv- and nleaSure. but they are. like all other -created beings, engaged en-gaged in a terrible struggle for existence. exis-tence. The song of the bird is a war cry. and the adornment of the butterfly butter-fly merely war pain Of the million seeds sown by the wind, only one lives. A thousand eggs are cat upon the waters to produce one fih an hundred men have labored and toiled that one might live. This seems like an awful waste of nature, time, work and life, but it is not. It is progress. prog-ress. The only progress which nature knows. , .,, t. 'War is the mother of all things, as the Greeks said long ago. The rod of affliction is the modeling tool by whicn God creates. There-can bo no happi-nef happi-nef if there has been no suffering. Joy is the offspring of sorrow. Out of war comes peace, through ciarMies, n the light, and through death comes life -The most glorious promise of the future fu-ture i th- history of the past. e are the product of evolution, and the most comforting thought is that there is no break in the process. There was a time when there was no suffering in the world, but there was also no life: when the earth was without form and void, a .d darkness tvas one the face of the earth As soon as life came, suffering hcS and it has increased with life, rl-ocres- may be defined as increase in he capaci.y for suffering. The higher the scale of life the more suffering J re i7 A stone does not feel pain, nrobablv a nlant does. When man, fi e crown of all life came into bemg, he was capable of the most intense pain and FUfferins. and this capacity for suffering has increased ever since The earliest animals were bu.lt to avoid suffering. They were a big as an animal could be and walk. The sensitive sen-sitive parts were protected, as in our modern iron-clads. by -pensive armor, as thick as could be carried. hWes and scales almost impenetable. Now these animals are all extinct. They were beaten in the struggle for existence, and beaten bv what? By the little animals, which had their every nerve on the outside. out-side. The animals that were most easily eas-ily hurt conquered those that were most protected. Now our museums are filled with the relics of these gigantic animals of the past, and one the waJls is hanging hang-ing the armor of the nights of the middle mid-dle ages who wure beaten by men without with-out armor. The best protected living thing n'.nv in existence is the clam, and the least protected is man. To try then, to escape suffering is useless. It has been tried on a large scale and did not work. We see more clearly today what is meant by many mysterious sayings in the Bible that "good comes out of evil, and life comes from death." People used to believe these statements, yes, they were doubtless true, but in some hazy mystical sense nobody knew how. Now we know that they are not imaginative, im-aginative, but plain statements of fact. They are not figurative, but true., We know- that there has been a continual progress through sacrifice since the world began. The best and the strongest strong-est is always preserved by what is known in science as the law of survival of the fittest. . Has all life in the past suffered and died to bring us forth as the end? Can we say. "Here am. I, the end and aim of all creation. I am worth all the pain and suffering I have cost other beings." No suffering has been in vain, so our, too, must have its use. How can we repay the sacrifice? that others have made for us? By sacrificing ourselves for others, for those around us, and those who are to follow, for our neighbors neigh-bors and our posterity. We are destined des-tined to do for others, what others have already done for us. Let us. advance upon the knowledge that there can be no progress but by suffering and by sacrifice. A TREACHEROUS PERFORMANCE "I am so glad you have come, dear. I have a terrible tale of treachery to tell you." Mrs. Corston stood in the sunny reception re-ception room of her suburban home, with hand outstretched to her friend, Mrs. Bilter, who had just driven up in her carriage. "I can't wait to hear," she replied, with a bright, inquisitive smile. "What has happened?" Mrs. Corston sighed a preliminary I sigh. The story that was about to burst from her lips was so terrible in its details, that for a moment she was overcome with emotion. "It's about my cook," she said, at last. "What! that fine cook. Delia! You haven't had any trouble w ith her, have i-e.il- T r.Q n't tiollevo it" In common with all her neighbors. Mrs. Corston had had her full share of the unsolved servant problem. For a long time a steady stream of cooks had filed in and out of the Cortson mansion. When, therefore, some weeks before, Mrs. Cortson. by some kind stroke of fortune, had actually succeeded suc-ceeded in getting a "jewel," the news spread abroad with remarkable rapidity. rap-idity. Tales of Delia's fine disposition, her systematic ways and her general efficiency had become a matter of common gossip, and a couple of dinner-parties given by the Cortsons had attested to her culinary ability. Delia seemed also to have stood the test of time, for six weeks had passed and Mrs. Cortson was still loud in her prais-es. The surprise, the intense astonishment, as-tonishment, in Mrs. Bilter's voice, as she thus betrayed her excitement, may be readilv understood. As for Mrs. Cortson. she folded her hands resignedly, and with that almost al-most complacent air with which some women announce a supreme disaster. "She's gone." she said, in reply. Mrs. Bilter gasped. "Gone!" she exclaimed. "Why, I can't believe it. What was the trouble?" Mrs. Cortson drew closer. "Prepare yourself, my dear," she said. "But will you believe me, it was that contemptible Mrs. Planker. She has taken Delia away from me." "Put how ?What did she do?" "You may imagine what a designing creature like that can do. One day, taking advantage of my absence, she called on Delia and offered her more wages. I was paying twenty dollars, i Mrs. Planker offered her twenty-two ! dollars, and so worked upon ths girl j and influenced her that she got her j to leave me. Now, what -do you think-of think-of that? And to think I should have asked that woman to my dinner- i op.rtv!" j Mrs. Bilter roe to her feet. "This ip dreadful!" she exclaimed. "Such perfidy! Such treason! In all my born days I never heary anything like ! it. But I'm so glad you told me. I saw Mrs. Planker leave her house this morning to go to town, and I must lose no time. Such an opoortunity!" "Opportunity!" Mrs. Cortson r?-peated. r?-peated. Why. what do you mean?" Mrs. Bilter- smiled somewhat hur riedly as she edged out of the room. "Why, my dear," phe said, "don't you see that Delia was wilting to go to Mrs. Planker for two dollars a month more? I'm going right -around there to offer -her twenty-five dollars a month to come with me!" Brighton Smith in Ceintury Home. ABOUT MISCHIEF-MAKERS. ! We all know about instances where the repetition of trival matters has' worked much harm, where fair fames j have been unjustly blighted, where hearts have been cruelly wounded, I where business credit has been rudelv I shaken, even where crimes have been i committed, in consequence of a needless need-less telling. - Whether he that repeateth a matter is intentionally a mischiefmaker or not. the effect is much the same. One of the most innocent old creatures in the world was a fire brand in the church in which she lived, happily, devoutly, de-voutly, self-sacrificing, to a good old age, blissfully unconscious that three-fourths three-fourths of the dissension which she sincerely deplored in the- church were caused by. her own heedless? chatter. She invented , nothing and never told I anything with an idea to harm, but she heard everything and told all that sh heard with severe impartiality to the next person she met, never ceasing until the current of .her thought was changed by another piece of news. One of the most useful of women was another dear old lady who poent her life in extinguishing the lighted matches which the conversation of others was forever throwing. To her sympathetic ear young and old, men and women brought their ow n Joys and troubles and those of their neighbors. neigh-bors. She listened to all with earnest, wise counsel, and there the matter ended. She never repeated auht th.it could by any possibility either wound or harm, and always admonished thosa who brought these matters to her that "he that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth friends." NUN A PROBATION OFFICER. Magistrate Offers to Appoint Sister Mary Xavier, Who Works Among Prisoners. Sister Mary Xavier of the House of Mercy, at Madison avenue and Eighty-first Eighty-first street. New York, who visits the district prison and penitentiary and Sing: Sing prisons, went to the Yorkville police court yesterday and asked Magistrate Mag-istrate Pool to discharge a man he had committed to the workhouse for disorderly disor-derly conduct. Sire said she had obtained ob-tained empolyment for him in the coun-trv coun-trv and saw a chance for his reformation. reforma-tion. "I have heard of your work, among the prisoners, Sister, and I commend it. Suppose I appoint you a probationary probation-ary officer of the court without salary? Would that help you in your work?" asked the magistrate. "Yes, your Honor, it would help me, ' but I must consult my superiors, as I I cannot accept such an appointment I without their approval." she replied. I The magistrate told her to let him l-know if she obtained the necessary I consent, and said he would investigate j the case of the man she wanted discharged. dis-charged. Sister Mary Xavier has been working work-ing among prisoner for several years. If she is appointed a probation officer it will be th first -time a member oM v the Catholic sisterhood has held such a position. FAVORITE MARRIAGE MONTH. June is the favorite month for marriages mar-riages the world over. In Scotland, for instance, 1"5 of 1.1000 marriages take place in June, and in Sweden the proportion is, 150. Though in most European countries, June is the favorite marriage month, there are some exceptions. Thus, in Holland, May is the favorite month for, marriages, and in Italy. February, which includes the period preceding the beginning of Lent. In Germany, April, regartied as the first of the spring months, is the favorite fa-vorite one for marriages, and in Greece, October is .the favorite. In Russia January is? the favorite marriage mar-riage month. It is in consequence of these old world preferences, no doubt, 4 the somewhat curious result is shown here. June is the favorite marriage month for those born here, whether of American Ameri-can or foreign parentage, but it is not for those foreign born. UNWiOMANLY WOMAN. The situation or scene around and in the court in New York in which the woman Patterson has been on trial on a charge of murder is thus described by one of the reports: i "An hour before the doors were I opened the court building was beseiged i by a throng which numbered thousands. thous-ands. Some of those who sought ad- j mission said they were relatives of ' President Roosevelt, of Commissioner , McAdoo, of Mayor McClellan, and other distinguished men. Even those who were connected with the case had difficulty diffi-culty in getting in. As soon as Recorder Record-er Goff took his seat he ordered the room cleared of all who were without seats. In the afternoon he caused the ejectment of a score of women who were taking undue interest-in the pro-j pro-j ceedings. As they moved toward the door their faces were crimson with mortification, mor-tification, but the order was enforced. Four-fifths of those who succeeded in getting in were women." What sort of women are those? Of what class? Are they womanly women. Christian women? Are they women with homes, families, occupations; or women having interests or tastes befitting befit-ting their sex? Is a murder trial court a place into which a decent woman, wo-man, a refined woman, a lady, should be or would be eager to gain admission? Needless' to ask the question. X. Y. Freeman's Journal. THE LAST INCANTATION. (Lines on Modjeska's Faj-ewell in New World.) Before the inner altar, lo! again She stands, upheld by unseen spirit-hands; spirit-hands; And once again Art's zenith-fires are lit Within the arch of heaven she enkindles; en-kindles; And on her brow light from Olympia heights ; Effulgent breaks, while the swift winds of Life-Breathe Life-Breathe from the eternal fields upon her head. Now with the flying fingers, pitiless, Of heavenly power she strikes the tremulous strings Ot life, and sends the music of man's soul . Leaping to swell the eternal harmonies. har-monies. . . . . The lyr lies on the a'tir now, and clouds ' That only Memory can pierce enveil The inner temple. Come! let us depart. de-part. CHARLES J. PHILLIPS. Washington. D. C. April 27, 1905. |