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Show I Woman's Page Her Side and His Substitute for a Corkscrew Galalith Is i Nov Used for Toilet Articles Colored Toilet Sets May Replace Parisian Ivory New Cabbage Sanad Peach Shortcake. I WOMAN AND THE PERSONAL VIEW. Cora Temple sighed. It was indeed a hard problem David put to her. Few women are public spirited by nature. Their very position as the mothers or the world makes them Instinctively Instinctive-ly self-protective and protective ot those who depend on them. It was difficult for Cora to feel intimately concerned with the dishon est building codo the Rourke outfit1 wanted her husband, as architect, to help them put through. Of course if it did mean, as Daviu insisted, the injury and possible death of the poor tenants of the tenements built under Its faulty provisions, it would be a horrible thing to let pass. But would It really mean that? Might not David be mistaken? Might nof his knowledge as an architect make him take an exaggerated view of the danger? Even if there was danger, was it David's duty to go out reforming the world? There were bound to bo wicked people always, no matter how hard good people tried to purify things. Wouldn't it be enough If David just refused to have anything to do with the horrid code and set about making his living without the aid ot these vile politicians? Wasn't a man's duty to his wife and to himself and to the present rather than to a vague public and a more or less distant future? Cora was not a selfish woman. But she was tired. Tired of experiments. Tired o jerky ambitions that kept them forever climbing and falling, climbing and falling. She was not a human barnacle, either, clinging un-productlvely un-productlvely to her hardworking mate. On the contrary, she had offered of-fered to help very actively and substantially. sub-stantially. She could not help thinking now, and with a vague impatience, of the chanco to earn $35 a week which had been offered her by the renl estate man. David would not let her do salaried sal-aried work for a living. Yet he kept dragging her through these unpleasant unpleas-ant experiences, these heights and depths ot financial prosperity all because be-cause he was bo fanatically ambitious. Cora checked her thoughts, her face flaming with a shamed blush as she suddenly realized the crass selfishness selfish-ness of her reasoning. It was base. It was unworthy of her. "I wouldn't be one of those women," she told herself with a mental shake, 'who don't pay their carfare if the conductor misses them. Or holds out her income lax because she doesn't know anything about laws and hates 'em anyhow.' And yet laws do seem so remoto to us women," she went on with a sigh and a worried frown. "It isn't David's business to go trying to reform the building laws while we live on the little surplus of money we managed to save out of the Colony Park wreck. It isn't fair. Oh, how I wish he'd let these big schemes alone and be content to take a comfortable jobl" Cora propped her chin on her hands and gloomily regarded her husband as he sat on the other side of the living liv-ing room table. It occurred to her all at once how pale he looked under (he lamplight. A rush of pity and of loving sympathy overswept her. 'Oh, I know you're right about it, Davy," she cried, going round to perch on the arm of his chair. "I'm overtired. I walked loo far today, and I helped Lizzie Iron, and I'm making over my blue foulard and "' David looked up with a rueful smile. "Dear Kiddle," he began, "this scrimping and pinching won't last long. I'll find a way out. But you do see, don't you, that I can't let them get away with that building code? I'm not guessing at results, dear. I know what would happon. Why, we'd be watching the papers overy day for news of some tenement fire or collapse col-lapse " -'Yes, yes, Davy, dear; I see it now. , You are right. I saw only the personal per-sonal side, the close-up view. Now I get a perspective on 1L But but If you start to fight that Rourke crowd how how can " "How can I make a living?" finished fin-ished David. "That's what's on your mind." David rose and began pacing the floor. Cora's heart sank. "Well, I'll find a way," her husband said with grim vehemence. 'Only trust me, Cora." IN LIEU OF A CORKSCREW. When a cork is tightly held in the neck of a bottle, and no corkscrow is at hand, the cork may be removed in the following way: Hold a cushion or pillow- against the wall or the doorjamb, using the loft hand for the purpose. With tho right hand, gently but firmly strike tho bottom of tho bottle against the cushion, being careful care-ful to strike it Gquarely and not on the edge of the bottom. With overy blow the cork will bo forced Blowly out by the pressure of the liquid Inside. In-side. At the last spurt, which discharges dis-charges the cork, one must be quick to right the bottle so that none of the liquid is spilled. THE COLORED TOILET SETS. Galalithe is now being used for toilet nrtlcles. Hair and cloth brushes are seen with a greon. yellow, or blue galalithe back. It is expected that galalithe toilet sots will roplace to a large extent the French ivory or celluloid toilet articles since the factories of these Ivory articles are mainly in the invaded district"; and it is impossible to manufacture them under present conditions. RECIPES. New. Cabbage Salad. Two quarts finely chopped cabbage, two level ta-blcsooons ta-blcsooons salt, two of white sugar, onn if black pepper and a heaulng one of eround musUird. Rub yolks of four hard-boiled encrs until smooth, add half oup butter f slightly warmed), mix thoroughly with the cabbage and add teacup of rood vinegar. Serve with whites of the eggs sliced and placed on the salad. Peach Shortcake. Two cups pastry flour, three teaspoons bnking powder, one tensnoon sugar one-half teaspoon nl. Sift all together, then add thre tablespoons butter worked in fine. Divide Di-vide in two parts and pat gently into round cake tin. making room to place quartered roaches or berries on toD. add sugar and butter. This makes two t'akps and serves six people generously. gener-ously. Bake in quick oven twenty-five twenty-five minutes. oo |