Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — DOINGS OF WOMEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOINGS OF WOMEN

WOMEN LACK GRATITUDE. VERAGE women are utterly lacking in gratitude. This sweeping statement Is made from personal observation and personal experience. Women do not mean to be ungrateful, but they are a thoughtless lot, and the day after a service has been rendered them it somehow becomes deadened into the mistiest sort of a memory, and though they intended to be oh, everlastingly grateful, they forgot all about their emotion of that character, find rather take kindnesses shown them, favors bestowed upon them and service rendered them as quite their right fthd natural due, and growflecidedly cross ahd ugly when a hundredth service is denied them, retninlpg ho memory of the nlnety-and nine favors that havg been their portion formerly. When'pne discovers a gyateful. woman she appears to be a, veritable rare avis and is regarded as possessing an unusually line character, whereas she has onljl the decency to be properly appreciative. Men are largely responsible for this defect in woman’s maker up.; They flatter her into the belief that nothing on earth is good enough tor her and then growl when they have so far succeeded in convincing her that these views are the right ones and tell her she demands more than they cap give and isn't grateful for the small favors they Itestow upon her. Let me whisper to the vain little potentates that they can not always rule with the high-handed insolence of youth and beauty, and it is well to cultivate a characteristic of appreciation, so that what they can not demand will be meted out iu the true spirit of friendliness and humanity. The day may come when on a bed of illness you are left to the mercies of strangers, your kith and kin having either died or deserted you. Then it is that the spirit of gratitude comes in very strong and apropos. Every one likes gratitude, and it is a quality worthy to be cultivated as the rarest flower in the garden of woman's nature.—Philadelphia Times.

Mason's Two Daughters. MissOs Ethel W. aiid Ruth W. Miisoh, daughters of the Illinois Senator. ai*e studying law at Washington College. Ethel, is 24 and Ruth 21. Both are singers of more than ordinary ability and culture and are well versed in all social attainments. At law school these sisters are prominent students.

They were refused admittance to the Columbian Law School Itecause of its antipathy to co-education, but at Washington 'College they are expected to take high degree. In addition to her school work Miss Ethel fills a position lu the Congressional library.

Woman County Treasurer. Miss Nellie Tulley, of Silverton, is now treasurer of San Juan County, Col., and enjoys the distinction of be-

ing one of the women in the United States that have acted as custodians of county funds. She was elected on the Democratic ticket at the last election by a large majority over her opponent, who was a man.

She was then acting as assistant postmaster at Silverton, a position she has filled with credit for several years. She was required to furnish a bond of $75,000 for the faithful performance of her duties.

Show Art in the Kitchen.

In the home there is an ever-present welcome for individuality. Art kltch?ns are not unusual, where each labor is dignified and simplified through an earnest effort to make it beautiful. The few plants in the window, the utmost cleanliness—little by little each day—the bright tins and the radiant copper, the cool granite, the shining range are so helpful to the occupant. If the food be simplicity Itself, economy is to follow. A little thought in purchasing, a little attention, a few kind words, and the queen of the culinary department does not fear the invasion of an army, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. She realizes that her systematic methods are repaying her a thousand-fold; that duty has become a pleasure, and that the appreciation and co-operation of the family have made a palaeo where cares are nominal.

I Family Invitation*. It, is a general rule that not more than tiyee persons in the satm» l>otMehold shbuld accent an invfjatipii. .Tfiis rule, miy of course be broken .When special ciremnstances seem'to justify (tq A daughter, may accept, an Lnvftgr, .tlon'rto a bouse where hear; mother, has , perer been asked.; awl jbqmberstatt > family, should not,tael hurt when soma ' .1 b«i» Wlfatfrt 4W* a<Al»Uv.l

are invited and others left out. At the same time, in the ca?e of weddings In church and for larger general affairs a hostess should be, careful to send, invl-. tations to all the members of a family which she knows well. It is not polite to address the envelope inclosing an invitation “Mr. and Mrs. Brown and fam-, ily.” There should be a separate invitation for “The Misses Brown,” and another for the brothers in the household.—Leah Laneeford in the Woman’s Home Companion, i Wedded Her Sailor Lover. A romance reaching half way around the world culminated in Ilpng Kong, China, In the marriage of Mips Mabel

iFlinn, of Fort Hamto Knsigu Albert, Jlprsball, U idled .States navy. Two years ago Miss ; iFlinn, who la a fa- • vorite in the society circles of Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton, went on board the battleship

Massachusetts in company ,wi,th several other young women of Brooklyn. It was then spe first Ensign Marshall, who fell in love with her. The ensign was sent to Manila during the Spanish war. Some time ago Miss Flinn surprised her friends by announcing her engagement and her Intention of crossing the Pacific to be wedded In a Chinese port. She left home, going by the way of San Francisco to Hong Kong. Miss Flinn is a young woman of rare beauty and cleverness, and Ensign Marshall, who Is from Texas, is one of the most popular young officers of the Asiatic squadron.—New York Journal.

Men as Housekeepers. It is rather a humiliating fact that in occupations which custom specially relegates to woipen, the greatest successes are achieved by men, In the highest development of cooking and dressmaking it is the men. not the women, who have become most proficient, says the New York Everting Post, Similarly the man who has be<*n what may be called an official housekeeper, who has looked after the institutions that are conducted by the state, can often give points to all other housekeepers. The essentials of state housekeeping are economy, system and health—principles which apply as forcibly to everyday housekeeping. The wife of a former state housekeeper is indebted to her husband for many time and moneysaving and health-promoting suggestions, some of which have been borrowed for the benefit of other housekeepers. i_.

A Lack of Manners.

The authoritative tone that the majority of young women take with theli mothers nowadays is not precisely an indication of good breeding; bat then good breeding seems to be rapidly going out of fashion, complains a woman of the world. A few relics of it are still 'left, just enough to show how delightful a thing it was. A really courteous man is now described as being “of the old school.” A really high-born woman Is called “old-fashioned.”

Nobody would like to see children go back to the stilted stiffness of the days when they called their parents “Sir” and “Madam.” But their present demeanor Is the reverse of polite or gentle, and reflects but little credit on themselves or on those who have brought them up. The mothers” seem to get accustomed to this kind of brusquerle from their daughters, and do not perceive its effect upon people who bear and see it for the first time.

A Field of Work for Women.

A field of Work for women which seems, especially suited to them Is the profession of trained librarians, and as yet It is by no means as overcrowded as many of the others to which they are called. There are thousands of public libraries tn the United States, besides private, reference and , college and school libraries, and in all of these there is said to be an increasing demand for the services of graduates of library training schools. There are three of these large training schools in the United States, and all of them are open to women on equal terms with men. At the largest of them preference Is given college graduates, and a thorough high school education Is essential for all candidates. I ( ’ . t ■

Killed by Swallowing Pin*.

It is usual for women employed in silk ribbon mills to keep a quantity of small pins Ln their mouths in order that time may not be lost in reaching for them, as would be the case if the pins wete kept in traps. The women say it is no Infrequent thing for them to swallow some of the pins. Among those employed Ip Simon’s silk mill, at Union Hill, N. J., was Mrs. Jennie Smith. A few months hgo she was taken ill and recently died from what was supposed to be consumption. A post mortem examination showed that her lungs contained several -A Hint to'Fleahjr ’Women. A noted sfcger’s rale to reduce the weigh pounds looks easy.' It W a diet of underdone beef and mutt<ra, with vegetable*, fruits and plenty of walking, but no medicines, swewts, teeMdtepMtitirtity r«oda« or -set gyusnag? pea, ‘ ~i: ;i,i. I I eboord nd >»nif!oD It sJHS*. f

ETHEL AND RUTH MASON.

MISS TULLEY.

MISS FLINN.