Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — WOMEN HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMEN HOME

MISTRESS AND MAID. Mistresses stand sn ®f reform as srrO as ma&ls; ami the time bas wm? when btwwewives mass realtor Oat the relations hrixves them and thrir smtmb wtu not be those of stove an-I Ms owner. Xforrorer, the swwaer It 8s twCml by every mistress that all the cardinal virtues are mot bo he found tm a single icrUvi-duxl. the swtwter will *&» the domestic jwocf of h«r hsasehold. Even to* It passible- l® JWWS mm» so richly coDxel by mature, that mo. fault waM be found with then*. ~they would be worth uwre than a few pounds per a annuo to aay family. Dtrectly we proiiwe servants with angelic tempers ami am aJhmwnaaal tore for wort who never waat rest ®r Ws*lajN ■or a watchful eye «w them, them may we rest assmred that wages w!ffl-s® mp by leaps ami boa>H am] trolly they will be worth whatever .they desaaml. Bat HHTiI the m3Hemß*n<9i wcaes we have mo hope ®f todßmg doemestSes ®f this type, amd mnanwhle ®mr best chance of sec-wring better servSee .Is t® realiae that, as the msSstwss as the pfvwfc of the whole doaawtle m»ch!!m«y. »he ought to ooame miweh meater tt® pnsrfeetioa tham those she governs, says the Lady's Ami the best mistresses ate those who d® cot loot for perfection am servants, and yet shrive to bring them by copy stages to that Ideal state. What is amove and of the otimostr importance » that muotteases should mot Mind themselves to the feet that their maids are of Bfce pass&oas with themselves. They need to He comsad•eiei in little matters somecfenies. 'Their wort is their hoars long, their dmiies many, ami their tempeatioas ofiem very gteaL All these things are fwqacitiy forgotten by those who employ them, with the tesaltt that domestics resent being treated as machines, amd reheDSoa emsaea. There as. however, a wide dSsrtactloßi between showing -cwmsadesmtaom to e®wk»yvs and pampering them These Ss no need whatever to treat one's servants ns iff they were dwtiagnSshed gneste: bat. on the other hand. It Is a fetal paßty to show them less consNletatiosi than one's dogs, and to net towards them on the principle that aa maeh value as possible is to be got ont of them for the lowest poss3do rmnwatiw. Influenced the Car. The international peace movement has many prominent pecple as warm supporters and promoters. One of the most active is Mrs. Lnftner. who before her marriage was the Ctoomtess Kl-n-

sky. She Is a votamSaons writer oa the subject. She has written articles on International disarmament for most of the large papers of Germany and Austria. It was after rending her book. “Down with Arms.'" that the Char of Russia resolved to tasne hits universal When TMs Toe In. The little tots who are Inclined to “toe ta" when they begin to walk can have this fault quickly rectifled ts attended to In time, says the Philadelphia Times. The mother or wafer should mb fat lemat twice a day) the water side the little legs with a firm upward stroke. HoM the little foot In your hand in the correct position. Recollect, do not rub down, and not on the inner side of the irg. The object la to nourish and proportionately below the ankle, and rnb to the knee, slowly and quietly, but nwt too lightly. This treatment faithfully persevered In will oonn correct the txonble. The unselfishness which brings a wife Into true cooperation, the love which makes sacrifice a Joy, are essential to the success of tire wmnaa trim means to prove that fortune in not an above the plane of doty wefl done, she has to aspire beyond making the be* of things, and he caant creutfre. She hna to produce light and courage, and give to the faded new brightness, and gHd the worn aad marred, and bud to an A contemporary says: “American girls go to college now by thousands ly as they used to go to the grammar schools. It Is now expected that a girt shall go to college If she waats to, quite aa much as boys, and mat parents In moderate circumstances act upon the principle that tt is rather more nreesvary for girls to be wefl edacatad to

meet contingencies of life than for boys, since there are more occnpatlons wherein young men can succeed in the world than young women. Apart from possible professional or business life, the future bome-aod-soeiety-makers of America go to college for love of study, and for the broader and better culture which college training gives them. If the great need of a nation is mothers, as Napoleon said, it looks as if twen-tletb-eentnry Americans are to have healthy and well-educated mothers, to give the best possible start in life. There fe no more nonsense talked about the health of college girls. Most of them improve in strength and in poise of nerves, daring their years with their books. Early honrs. regular tasks and all the forms of modern girls’ athletics keep up the standard of good health dnring the years of special intellectual training of the daughters of America, In all her colleges and amversitlea.” vreman’a Watch Pocket. The originators of late fashions have aeSved a problem which has puzzled women ever since women’s watches were first made. They have decreed a new pocket for dresses. That pocket Is a watch pocket, and R is located on the inner port of the left sleeve, midway between the wrist and the elbow. The little pocket, from the outside of which a circular piece the size of the

watch face has been ent is conveniently seen and can be readily reached by the right band. The flap of the pocket sis padded with soft material, so there is practically no danger erf breaking the watch. The watch is slipped into the pocket from the side and buttons secure it from foiling out. As in the case of the wrist watches which were much worn several years ago, the face is always in plain sight, and the time of day may be seen by the wearer at a Stance. Uncompanionable 'Wires. - When yon come to think of it, says Dorothy Dls. in the New Orleans Picayune, the situation ts like this: For the great majority of women, their sole chance of happiness is bound up In their husbands and homes. If their homes are unpleasant; if, after the first fervor of lore in the honeymoon passes, they fail to be companions and chums with their husbands, they have laid ■p for them a future of desolate wretchedness. Xow. this being the case, one would think that any woman with a single, solitary glimmering of reason would, if only for her own selfish benefit make •very effort to render herself so agreeable and ao attractive that her husband would prefer her society to that of any one eta. But do they? Gracious, no! These la nothing else in {be world that fills me with as much amazement as the recklessness with which women deal with their husbands. I know plenty of women who never let their husbands make a statement without contradicting them, who parade their husband's failings before potnpaoy, and who. If there is some one topic that can always bring on a family row. never miss a chance to lug H into the conversation. And these women actually complain when their husbands go off to seek congenial company elsewhere. Think of It!

FRAU RERTHA VON LUTTNER.

NEW WATCH POCKET.