Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 March 1899 — Page 2

WOMAN AND HOME.

AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WEARS THE DECORATION OF A PRINCE.

Woman a Mlserable Creature—She Didn't Like It—Dangerous Hair Ornaments—The Borrowing Nuisance.

When Most Girls Marry.

It seems somewhat singular that in this democratic land there should be women who wear decorations bestowed by foreign princes or powers. Yet there are three such in New York.

One is Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright, whose history of Mexico won her the distinction from that republic. The others are Clara Barton and Miss Llllle d'Angelo Bergh, who, notwithstanding her foreign name, is sufficiently American to be—and is—a D. A. R. of the New York chapter. She traces her descent on the maternal side from a stock of clergymen and physicians, including Dr. Thomas Russell, an early graduate of Yale, who "rendered valuable military and medical services to the Revolutionary cause," as set forth in Miss D'Angelo Bergh's "D. A. R." certificate. To the paternal side she owes her two distinguished names—D'Angelo by descent from the great Frankfort banker and Bergh from the famous German philosopher, Dr. von Bergh.

The decoration worn by Lillle d'Angelo Bergh is that of membership in the order of Chevaliers de Melusine, conferred upon her by a prince whose name and titles are like an "Arabian Nights" enchanted horse with power to transport us instantly back to mediaeval times and old crusading scenes—Guy de Lusignan, prince of Jerusalem and Cyprus and hereditary monarch of Armenia—titles noble indeed, but without revenue or power, and fraught only with danger. His younger brother, arch-

MISS LILLIE D'ANGELO BERGH.

bishop of Armenia and Constantinople, had the distinguished honor of being poisoned in truly oriental fashion by the sultan of Turkey at a banquet, his influence having become sufficiently great to excite fear in that gentle monarch's breast. But Prince Guy de Lusignan still can confer a gracious recognition on merit and has bestowed his "Ordre de Chevaliers de Melusine," which dates back to the crusades, on three Americans, the two women mentioned and Bishop Satterlee. It was given to all three in gratitude for their interest in Armenia and services to her cause rendered in different ways.

Miss Bergh, who is a well known vocal teacher, is a woman of deeply philanthropic spirit and gave freely of time and talent to raise money for the Armenia relief fund. Lillie d'Angelo Bergh has had a very interesting life and is as thoroughly cosmopolitan as it is possible for any one to be, having been born in the United States and educated in France, Germany and Italy. She was a special pet and protegee of the late Queen Olga of Wurttemberg, sister of the Emperor Alexander of Russia, and was in the circle of intimate friends of the young Grand Duchess Vera of Russia.

In Miss D'Angelo Bergh's pretty studio in the Albany her collection of photographs—many of them bearlng autographs —of celebrities is a conspicuous feature. Patti, Calve, Melba and Sembrich, all with friendly and complimentary autograph inscriptions, form a distinguished group. Another group is composed of pupils, many of them of the best families in New York. A socially valued one is of "Winnie" Davis. Daughter of the Confederacy, inscribed "Your affectlonate friend and pupil, Varina Anne Davis."

Woman a Miserable Creature. "Yes," said the woman physician, "we women are altogether miserable creatures. It is being more and more impressed upon me. A man's body and mind seem to have been made independently to some extent, but there is such a union between the body and mind of the woman that anything that affects the one is sure to affect the other and seriously. "There is no use talking, it is certainly true that a woman is better if she devotes herself to sweeping and dusting and does not take into her life any of those things that will cause her mental worries and use up her nervous force. Women not only are made ill by their own troubles, but by the troubles of other people.

Take a man who asks woman to marry him and she refuses. What does he do? Go and get ill over it? Not a bit of it. He may feel a little blue for a time if he has gone so far as to consider that there was only one woman in the world for him, but he goes on with his business and probably does not lose a wink of sleep or his appetite. But it is quite a different matter with the girl. "A man has asked her to marry him, and she has refused because she doesn't care for him; wouldn't marry him under any circumstances. But notwithstanding all this she will probably lie awake all the night after she has refused him, lose her appetite perhaps and be thoroughly miserable and used up for several days. Oh, yes, I have seen it often enough! "Why, I know of one case where a girl refused to marry some one of whom she had been very fond, though only as a friend. He felt badly enough, but she was so entirely broken up over the affair that she fell into a nervous condition, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat and was ill and miserable for over a year. Why, she hardly recovered in time to accept an invitation to the man's wedding! Yes, we women are miserable creatures."

She Didn't Like It.

"I am so proud of you!" With eyes tenderly expressing the fond appreciation and tender love of a devoted husband, John Blumer turned gently and imprinted a kiss upon his wife's forehead.

"Yes, my dear," he continued. "I feel somewhat conscience stricken when I think of how silent I am

as a

rule about

ail those qualities of mind and heart which you possess. As I go about among

my

friends and talk with the brilliant and cultivated women who shine with such splendor how glad it makes me to think that you are not such as they! Give me the quiet, simple woman, who is content to stay at home, who lives but for her husband and who prefers the domesticity of the home circle to the artificiality of society. No one knows better than I do that when you go out you suffer greatly in comparison with other women, whose glamour of intellect blinds the senses. Beauty in women I can admire—indeed I do admire it—and yet, after all, I prefer you. What do I care if you are not beautiful, when I know that you are good? What difference does it make to me if you cannot be bright and witty, no matter how hard you try with others? Hello! What's the matter?" "Don't you think," replied Mrs. Blumer as she took her handkerchief from her eyes and glared at him with a combined look of sorrow and anger, ''that you have said enough?"

John Blumer rose from his chair with a despairing gesture and looked out of the window savagely with a hard, set look on his face. "That's just like a woman!" he ,muttered indignantly to himself. "Give her one word of praise, and she turns on you!" —Pearson's Weekly.

Dangerous Hair Ornaments. Women cannot be too careful in selecting combs for the purpose of wearing in their hair. Imitation tortoise combs are highly dangerous from the fact that they are combustible and have been known to explode when exposed near a fire, gas jet or lamp.

It Is not very difficult to tell the difference between an imitation and a real tortoise comb. The former is generally very clear, and the places between the teeth are finished off square. On the other hand, real tortoise combs are somewhat cloudy, but very highly polished, and the spaces between the teeth are carefully rounded. They are made entirely by hand, while the imitations are molded.

When a woman thrusts a little tortoise shell ornament through her hair, she little dreams of the number of hands through which it has passed. The finest tortoise shells in the world come from the West Indies and the next from the coast of Africa. At one time it was thought necessary to kill the tortoise for the purpose of getting the shells, but now they are plucked from the animal just as feathers are from a goose, and in the course of a year the tortoise is capable of growing another shell.

By blending light and dark shells together the expert is able to produce almost any shade he wishes. Having been carefully prepared, the shell is constantly steamed to prevent it becoming crisp, and when pliable it is immediately molded by hand into the shape desired.—Exchange.

The Borrowing Nuisance. Many good housewives suffer terribly from a borrowing neighbor—the sort of person whom we have all met—who, rather than employ her ample means for providing necessaries for domestic use, is continually troubling her more senslble neighbors for the loan of a couple of eggs, a cake of soap, a fish kettle, flatiron or preserving pan. Habitual borrowers are liable to forget to return such articles, and the lender feels naturally diffident about asking for them. Go without any article you want rather than borrow it, or if it is an absolute necessity make up your mind to buy one at once. You will then have it always at hand and will feel under no obligation to your neighbor; neither will you have the responsibility as to its safety while in your possession. If dire necessity, such as sudden illness, renders borrowing indispensable, see that the article that is lent is punctually returned in exquisitely clean and good condition. Should it take the form of a comestible, see that the quality is as good and the quantity the same, or rather in excess. Unless you hear to the contrary, even so slight a loan as a newspaper should be returned as soon as read, for you can never tell whether your friend may wish to file it or send it on to some one else. When books are borrowed, they should be at once covered and never defaced by the turning down of a page, so common a trick of most readers. The gist of the whole matter is this—never lend or borrow. —Buffalo Express.

When Most Girls Marry. For the comfort of the American women of marriageable age it may be stated that their prospects are much better than those of women in the older countries. According to an authoritative statistician, there are in the United States as a whole 965 women to every 1,000 men. while in all Europe there are 1,019 women to every 1,000 men. The proportion in the different European states is, however, variable. A woman's prospect of marriage is distinctly affected by age. The statistics of all countries show that the great majority of women marry between the ages of 20 and 30. Before reaching 20 a woman has, of course, a chance of matrimony, but the objections raised by parents or friends to marriage at a tender age frequently outweigh the desire of the young woman to acquire a husband and lead her to defer the wedding day. All the statistics that have been gathered in the United States bear out the statement that a woman's best chance to marry is at the age of 25, that over six-tenths of the marriages take place between 20 and 30, and consequently that a woman's chance increases up to 25 and steadily decreases after that age until it reaches the vanishing point somewhere about 60.—Professor D. R. McAnally in Ladies' Home Journal.

A Writer Who Can Cook. Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, whose negro dialect stories and readings have made her famous, is one of the best cooks in America. She has made money as well as a wide reputation for her books, but her pride is much sooner touched by reference to her soups than to her romances. When wearied with the pen, she can always find solace in mixing a salad or compounding a gumbo and shows veritable genius in all that relates to sauces and savories. ln the kitchen over a frying pan her keen sense of humor expands. She can spin funny plantation jests and jingles by the yard, her dlalect is as sweet as that of a "cane shed nigger," and, hearing her, then the listener realises what a remarkable gift this Louisiana woman possesses. It is probably a combination of her southern temperament and talents as a cook that causes Mrs. Stuart to be noted for her generous hospitality, and among her friends it is generally understood that where the authoress is there good things

to eat are sure to be gathered together.— Philadelphia Times.

Hints Worth Heeding.

White satin shoes that have become soiled need not be thrown aside as useless, but can be cleaned by being rubbed with a piece of new flannel dipped in spirits of

wine. Then rub the satin lengthwise of the grain and change the flannel frequently; but, as the spirits are highly inflammable, take care to use them by daylight only and at a safe distance from the fire.

Packing to avoid creases is an art, but one that can be acquired. Folding garments to fit the trunk in which they are to be stored and laying a sheet of thin paper between the folds will do much. Packing so tightly that the clothes cannot shift about, even under the baggage man's handling will do more. The indiscriminate folds that come of a vigorous shaking up will do more harm than any amount of pressure put upon those laid with care.

Wine stains in linen may be effectually removed in holding the stained article in milk that is boiling over the fire. Fruit stains are best treated with yellow soap well rubbed into each side of the stain, after which tie a piece of pearl ash in the stained portion of the fabric and boil the article in water. When finally removed and exposed to light and air, in drying the marks will gradually disappear. Mildew spots on linen should be rubbed with soap and fine chalk powder.

Her Kind of Wife.

The subject under discussion was wives, and one woman thought she knew a perfect woman from a man's standpoint. "Being a woman," she said, "I know exactly what sort of a wife I would like if I were a man. It would be one who would never say, 'I told you so,' or,' You are not getting any younger, dear,' or, 'You d-d-don't love me. as you used.' It would be one who would never stay at home and sit up for me when I went to tho club, but would take her own pleasure in a reasonable way; one who wouldn't want her mother, her aunts, her sisters and her cousins to stay with her, nor have a family party on Christmas day, nor expect me to go to church when I wanted to do something else, nor sniff when I bring home my chum Smith to take potluck. I would have a wife who never got old, nor bad tempered, nor jealous when I talked to Mrs. Blarneyton; one who never said silly things, who always looked bright, capable and better looking than other men's wives; one who dressed on nothing a year; one who never had a flirtation and was always well. That is all, I think." There was silence for the space of half a minute and then—well, she wished she had not been so sure of her ability to define a good wife.—Elmira Telegram.

Opinions of Women.

Confucius says, "Woman is the masterpiece;" Herder, "Woman is the crown of creation;" Voltaire, "Women teach us repose, civility and dignity." Richter says, "No man can live piously or die righteously without a woman;" Beechor, "Women are a new race, recreated since the world received Christianity." N. P. Willis thinks "the sweetest thing in life is the unclouded welcome of a wife;" Michelet remarks that "woman is the Sunday of man, not his repose only, but his joy, the salt of his life." Voltaire also said, "All the reasonings of man were not worth one sentiment of women;" Saville, "Women have more strength in their looks than we have in our laws and more power by their tears than we have by our arguments."

A Bank of Brides.

Simla, the summer capital of the Indian empire, is a pretty pine treed place well up in the foothills of the Himalayas. A feature of Simla life is the annual fair held by the native hills people, an attractive item of which is a "bank of brides" in an amphitheater, where sit numbers of young women who thus calmly announce that they are candidates for hymeneal honors. Some of these aspirants to matrimony so patiently awaiting a choosing are quite pretty and have intelligent faces, but those of Mongol caste must needs linger long for a partner, if personal beauty enters into the equation.—Edward Page Gaston in Woman's Home Companion.

Adulteration, says "Dinners and Diners," of articles of consumption is of course a fraud upon the public unless due notice of it is given. But, according to The Lancet, a redeeming feature of the deception in these days is that the adulteration generally occurs in some wholesome form Margerine is an excellent food substance, though it is not butter; the potato is very nourishing, but it should not be found in bread.

Breakfast bacon is an excellent change from more solid dishes. It is a good appetizer. It supplies strength enough in combination with bread or potatoes for any ordinary pursuit and has the decided advantage of being very easily digested. It should be cut thin and broiled without burning or fried crlsp.

Plants and ferns that are kept in the house should be watered a little every day. The water must have the chill taken off, as quite cold water stops the growth. The leaves should be thoroughly sponged and washed every week. All plants require plenty of air and light.

Since women have understood the art of wearing proper corsets they have adopted a new mode of walking—viz, a swing of the hips from the waist, which perhaps is not altogether what the best masters and mistresses of deportment would enjoin.

For kitchen tables and boards use sand to scrub them with instead of soap. It will keep them whiter. If grease has been spilled, cover with a little fuller's earth wetted and left to remain on all night.

Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service has unearthed another band of counterfeiters and secured a large quantity of bogus bills, which are so cleverly executed that the average person would never suspect them of being spurious. Things of great value are always selected by counterfeiters for imitation, notably the celebrated Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has many imitators but no equal for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness and general delibilty. The Bitters sets things right in the stomach, and when the stomach is in good order it makes good blood and plenty of it. In this manner the Bitters get the seat of strength and vitality, and restore vigor to the weak and debilitated. Beware of counterfeiters when buying

True Heroism.

"I'm going to kiss you," gurgled the ancient maiden. "Madam," said the hero, bracing himself for the ordeal. "I have faced the foe too often to tremble in this hour of my danger.'' —Philadelphia North American.

Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is very efficient remedy. For coughs and colds it has no equal. lt is good for adults and children. For croup and whooping-cough it is invaluable.

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"Great Haste is Not Always Good Speed.'' Many people trust to luck to pull them through, and are often disappointed. Do not dilly-dally in matters of health. With it you can accomplish miracles. Without it you are

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Keep the liver, kidneys, bowels and blood healthy by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, the faultless blood purifier.

Dyspepsia—"I know a positive relief for dyspepsia and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It cured me. My neuralgia also stopped." W. B. Baldwin, 164 Oak Street, Binghamton, New York.

Tired Feeling-"My appetite was capricious, my liver disordered and I was tired. Hood's Sarsaparilla relieved it all. It cured a friend of mine of female weakness." Mrs. Jessie A. Mearns, Clayton, Del.

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Hood's Pills cure liver ills; the non-irritating and only cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.

Slovenliness.

Worse even than overdressing, although, thank heaven, less prevalent, is slovenliness. Certainly there is nothing more repellent than the sight of waist and skirt that do not properly connect, of dragging ruffles or of pins that call attention to gaps which a few neat stitches would effectually conceal. No woman who is anxious to preserve the respect that is due her from every man will be careless in her attire even in her own home. I do not suppose that it is easy to have one's garments always fresh and neat in appearance, but it is worth a considerable sacrifice of time and effort. Richness in material cannot hide this laxity, but rather accentuates it. I don't believe that a man of refined taste ever wittingly marries a woman who is dowdy in her dress, and if he does the chances are that he isn't worth marrying. Fussiness is likewise unpleasant. There are women of whom one instinctively feels that he must not approach them closely for fear of their clothes. They are the most unsatisfactory creatures in the world. They cannot move about at ease or they will disarrange the perfect fit of their costumes. Now, dress is an important thing, but it ought not to assert itself too prominently, and women should be able to rise above the rank of the unimpressive forms on which milliners make their window displays. Here, again, simplicity is the best remedy.—Elmira Telegram.

Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup prevents consumption. One fifth of the deaths in cities is from consumption, caused by neglected colds. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup always cures colds.

The Light Breakfast.

It is no uncommon thing to find among our acquaintances that many persons, when asked as to the kind of breakfast they eat, reply that they either eat none at all or only drink a cup of coffee or tea. It is true that the ordinary English breakfast is calculated to strike terror into the mind of the average European, and French people would be appalled at the idea of eating a beefsteak or couple of chops the first thing in the morning, and yet it is a great mistake to commence the day without a good meal as a foundation. It may have been noticed by those who have no appetite for breakfast that even if hungry on retiring it is an exception to have a feeling of hunger on awakening in the morning. It is probable that during the sleep the functions of digestion being in abeyance, the stomach contracts, and this is probably why some persons cannot eat late at night.

The empty stomach having no function to perform, contracts itself, and in the morning it requires some little stimulation to begin its daily work. This is why so many, especially invalids, cannot take a heavy breakfast. For those who can do it it is a good plan to drink a little cold water on rising. It washes out the stomach, takes away any mucus that may have collected there in the night and stimulates the digestive glands to give forth their secretions and prepare for that important act, digestion.

Queen Victoria's Proteges. Queen Victoria looks after the children of her servants by educating and partially boarding and clothing them out of her private purse. There are about 120 boys and girls at the queen's schools at Windsor. The boys wear Scotch caps and suits of Scotch plaid, and learn farming and gardening in addition to ordinary school lessons, while the girls, who are dressed in plaid frocks, red cloaks and straw hats trimmed with blue ribbon, are taught sewing and various other domestic duties.

Too Good an Opportunity. "I understand, then," remarked the lawyer, "that you absolutely refuse to accept the legacy bequeathed you in your wife's will?" "That's right," returned Mr. Henpeck. "This is the first chance I've ever had to oppose my wife's will, and I'm taking advantage of it."—Philadelphia Record.

Spring tiredness is due to an impoverished condition of the blood and is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which enriches the blood.

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