Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1910 — Too Much to Believe. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Too Much to Believe.

“I should like to be excused, your lordship,” said the man who had been summoned on a jury in England, says Cassel’s Journal. ‘‘What for?” “I owe a man £5, and I want to hunt him up and pay it.” “Do you mean to tell this court you would hunt up a man to pay a bill instead of waiting for him to hunt you up?” “Yes, your lordship." “You are excused. I don’t want any one on the jury who will lie like that.”It usually takes a stronger hint to induce a visitor to go than was required to get him to come. Always remember that you’ll never make a man love you by playing a practical joke on him. 1> ‘ ' ■

Woman aa a Social Success... • There is no quality more to be desired to make a woman a social success than that of tact. Its possessor knows the right thing to do and the right time for doing -if, and thus gains a reputation for cleverness and for many virtues which a tactless person would never win from her circle of acquaintances, no matter how excellent her qualities of both heart and head. The tactful woman is not only a patient listener, but she is a thoroughly good one. She shows no weariness even when she has heard the same story more than once from the same person, and she smiles in the right place, and appears to enjoy hearing jokes just as much as her companion enjoys telling them, says Woman’s Life. A tactful woman generally gets her own way with her husband, and with other people, and yet in such a manner that people always Suppose that they are following their owji and not, her inclinations. The fact is that she knows when a .man is approachable and likely to be amenable to her wishes, and when it is best to leave him alone. Tact is a weapon guided with a multitude of precautions and feminine wiles by the wise woman, and it is only the wise, who possess it. Embroidered Linen Blouse.

A blouse of white linen appears here, the design of which affords an excellent opportunity for the girl who is handy with her embroidery needle. The shirt is very simple in cut, having a single pleat over the shoulder, the edge of which is button-holed in a fine scallop. At about the bust line this tuck broadens into two rounded tabs secured by pearl These tabs and embroidery are repeated on the cuff of the otherwise simple sleeve. The scallop outlines the Dutch neck, which Is filled with a high collar of lace and finished by a jabot of the same. The belt is also embroidered and fastened by a pearly button.

The Uiyot the Tele*hoee. She is more' than five feet tall, she is 95 per cent unmarried, she is neat, she la quick, she is never deaf nor

dumb, she is invisible when most effective—she is the girl who must be Consulted before you can get the telephone you want. Though not much of a mathematician,, she deals in numbers wholesale and retail, adding and substracting with lightning-like rapidity. The government experts find that she can answer 225 calls a minute without shedding a hairpin, but do not mention that she can give you thg same wrong number three times in five minutes and cause attacks of apoplexy and indignation at both ends of the wire. She must be either very patient or very indifferent, this operator in the conversation exchange, for she deals with many men of many tempers and many women Of many tongues. And if she can manage this successfully and emerge from a day of conflict with unruffled temper and smiling face, she must be a wonder. There she sits, this lady of the telephone, calm, polite, like Patience on a Monument smiling at Rage. From out the wreck of matter and the ruin of worlds comes undisturbed her even tones, “Number, please!”

Naaal O but ruction. Many people suffer from “stuffiness” or “stoppage” of the nose through life, without ever thinking of consulting their medical attendant. It is one ot the most frequent causes of deafness, and it is this symptom which is often the immediate or direct reason for the patient’s seeking advice. Nasal obstruction is responsible for many other troubles. Further, it not only interferes with the development of these organs, but when severe it is responsible for a state known as “aprosexia,” or impaired intellectual development, characterized by lack of ability to concentrate the attention, by dullness of perception, and backwardness in learning. Substitute tor Cream. The following Is a good substitute for cream: Boil three-quarters of a pint of new milk, put a level teaspoonful of flour into a cup with the yolk of an egg and mix well together, adding a little sugar. When the milk bolls draw it back from the fire, and, after it has been allowed to cool a little, pour over the flour and egg mixture, stirring briskly to prevent it from becoming lumpy. Pour the mixture into the saucepan and heat over the Are, stirring one way, until the egg thickens. It must mot boll, or It will be spoiled. When cold it is ready for use. i The Hout Fir. In the same order with the diptera come the house fly, already referred to—the blue bottle or blow fly, and others. The larvae of all such live on carrion and decaying organic matter. The common bouse fly has a very short life history. The female deposits 150 eggs on dung or any kind of sqft tilth, the larvae hatch, we are told, in a day or two and feed on the refuse, get full

grown in five or six days, take on ths quiescent or pupa stage for a week and finally emerge as winged insects to wander about, depositing dirt ©»' our picture frames and disfiguring 'unframed pictures and every shining ornament, tickling our skin just as we are doing some particular bit of work, disturbing our forty winks, to say nothing about his bearing disease germs about and depositing them as if they were rotten grains for fertilizing flowers. Verily the house fly is an unmitigated nuisance and should be exterminated, if we could only induce every owner of garbage and manure heaps to quickly consign it to the ground or to a roaring Are we could do much to exterminate this pest. Nothing but compulsory sanitary laws will come near to producing the abolition of this creature. He is no good to anybody, and may be seen at last stuck to a wall with- a fungus which has its roots in his entrails. Fascia* tin* Dlnaer Gows.

Simplicity and elegance are combined In the gown sketched. The skirt is long and made with a gracefully draped tunic of gold color chiffon cloth, matching that used for bodice, the latter artistically put together with fine folds'of the material over 1 shoulders and deep sleeve bands of gold embroidered net. Similar net is used for hand. across front and back and under arm pieces. Lower part of bodice blouses cleverly into a narrow waist band of gold satin joining it to skirt. Thia model might easily be copied by a home dressmaker with quite satisfactory results, its chief charm lying in. its simplicity. T» Keep Wall ciea*. The best way to keep the walls of the kitchen white and glossy is to wash their painted surface with bran water instead of soap. ’ Boil one pint ot bran in a gallon of water for an hour. The paint will look better and keep clean longer when washed with this than when cleaned with soap on water. . t