Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 March 1899 — Page 3

WORK AND MARRIAGE

MAY TALENTS THRIVE IN A DOMESTIC ATMOSPHERE?

Is the Ideal Wife the One of Vast Ambition? —Reflected Fame Is Not Always Satisfying— Foolish Little

Mrs. Benedict.

In a recent issue of The Atlantic Monthly somebody gives an interesting if not uncommon view of the artist and marriage.

This writer says: "The imperious need of man is not to love, but to work. If ho love happily, his work goes on apace; if he do not love, it still goes on. "If he marries and loves his wife, he is glad of her presence in the intervals of rest between labor or novel or portrait."

And of woman and love this writer points out: "A primal need of woman's nature is not to work, but to love. She must decide whether to pursue her chosen art or to marry will make her happier."

To sum it all up, the author of these remarks has but subscribed to the old sentiment, "Love is of man's life a thing apart; 'tis woman's whole existence.''

I may

neither so learned nor wise as

the old writer or the newer one quoted, but the world is spread out before us all, and why may we not all tell of the lessons or facts that we have learned?

Love is not, of "man's life a thing apart," neither is it "woman's whole existence"— that is. it is just so much a part of her existence as it is a man's; no more nor no less on either side.

It has been insisted upon times without number that a talented man or a talented woman should remain unwed; that one who is taken up with the pursuit of fame is not calculated to make another happy. Well, we cannot have everything in this world. If our husbands are inventors or scientists or writers or painters, we cannot expect them to

amiable escorts to thea-

ters or dinner parties every evening. We must find our recompense in being "the wife of the famous Mr. Smith."

And now for the other side of the question, for there is another side, and this side is the one that provokes much gossip and much speculation every tlme it is dragged forth into the glare of public opinion. Shall a woman pursue her talents after she is married?

Let the life stories of the women who have answer this question. There is no need for me to attempt to.

Perhaps the talented and ambitious woman is quite content to be the "famous Mrs. Smith," while her husband is simply "Mr. Smith, the husband of the brilliant Mrs. Smith." If Mr. Smith is satisfied to have this so, why need the rest of us make comment? But Mr. Smith is not always satisfied, and that is why we comment and many times credit Mr. Smith's rebellion to the arrant imperiousness of man. Poor Mr. Smith! He rather deserves our sympathy. He is a little proud, you know; has a good position, which he has made for himself in the world, and love, you know, Is dependent upon a good many things for life, and not the least of these on the part of the proud man is a certain little tactful flattery on the part of the woman he has asked to share his lot. If you rail this selfishness and arrogance, then set it down to that, but remember all the while that men have ever been so, and the most of us would not change it all if we could.

My Atlantic Monthly friend mentions Mary Shelley and Elizabeth Barrett Browning as the happy wives of talented men and wisely mentions them as exceptions. These were truly ideal marriages, but it was the intellectual and not the domestic life that formed the ideal.

There have

been

other happy unions of

men and women whose tastes and aspirations ran along harmoniously in the same grooves, but these, too, must be noted as exceptional. They certainly do not bolong to the commonplace, else we would not cite them.

Let me tell you a funny little story. At least it is funny now, because both the people concerned in it are young and the honeymoon is not so long past that they have grown indifferent to the small trifles that worry each other every day.

Mr. Benedict is an immensely clever fellow. Me looks well to his business affairs and writes stories and poems

that

meet with ready acceptance. Now little Mrs. Benedict has discovered that a literary man's wife has woes. She has been thinking a good deal about this discovery of late, and one evening not long since she read some of Mr. Benedict's stories and poems and cried. She did not cry because the writings were in a particularly doleful strain, but she cried because—well, she told Mr. Benedict the"because" after dinner, and she reserved her tears until that moment too. "You are not writing them to me," she sobbbed, "You love, or you have loved, some other woman."

Poor Benedict did what he could to comfort her. He declared that she was the only woman he had ever loved or ever would love and finally wound up vowing he would never write another line.

Now, about Mr. Benedict's heart affairs I do not know, but I do know that he will write many more lines; that he can no more refrain from putting on paper his rare and charming thoughts than a bird can cease from flying until its wings are broken, and I am glad of it. It should take more than a woman's whim to kill a man's ambition. But never fear; genius is immortal. It may sometimes be stilled, but it can never be killed.

I do hope that dear little Mrs. Benedict will put by her childishness and praise the next stories and poems that the clever Benedict writes until he concludes that he ha discovered the very best critic that the world has ever produced and therefore works to please the little critic at his hearth as well as the big outside public.

If Mrs. Benedict does not do this, then she will find her talented husband drifting away from her and becoming more and more devoted to his work. And then it just may happen that she will call herself a "neglected wife" and take no share or pleasure in the fame that comes to Mr.

Benedict. A woman may pursue her talents after marriage -yes, if she can set aside all domestic claims without bringing discord into her own or the lives of others—Margaret Hannis in St. Louis Republic.

Lovely Babies.

Mrs Wwnt.i Oh, 1 wisdi you cmsld Mr* WinkU It's jvrfoctly lowly Such a delkatc. swert little rmUttre a# it I*' It a prrftvt cherub, with the lo*vli»t t*\the little mouth, the ot!imS»s^-t little *K»se and eye* of h«*v«»»h Mne. It look# as If it just drop}**l heaven and every tiny feature had l»een fajthkmetl by the angvR .Mr. Nowuw—I* it nfcc a* our baby?

Mr* New ma—Mercy! No. not half 5— JEjteh.iJige..

Keep Food Staffs Apart. The average servant thinks that when she has separated milk and batter from cheese and fish she has done her whole duty, but In point of fact she has only begun the necessary keeping apart of food stuffs. Almost all kinds absorb flavors to a greater or less degree. Tea, cocoa, chocolate, flour, eggs and cereal.? are almost as susceptible to the influence of neighboring foods as are milk and butter. Bananas, for example, particularly the highly flavored Aspinwall variety, will spoil an open jar of tea or cocoa or a tin of flour. 'Onions, salted fish, smoked beef and scores of other foods are similarly pervasive in their flavor. This absorption of odors and aroma is so well understood that it is often taken advantage of to produce a certain condition. In English dairies freshly cut grass is shut in with fresh butter to impart the flavor of new mown fields. The French cooks, too, according to Miss Parloa, keep a vanilla bean in a box of sugar to secure ft delicate flavor in an economical yfay. A thoughtless housewife, hearing that camphor was good to dispel ants, recently put lumps of this substance along hcr-kltchen closet shelves with disastrous effect on the supplies that were shut in with them. When a domestic science course is jiart of every girl's education, some of this kitchen chemistry will be better understood.

Overheard at a Wedding. "Here she comes." "Pretty, isn't she?" "Who made her dress?" "Is it surah silk or satin?" "Is her veil real lace?" "She's as white as the wall." "Wonder how much ho is worth?" "Isn't she cool?" "That train's a horrible shape." "Aren't the bridesmaids plain?" "Hasn't she a nico little hand?" "Wonder what number her gloves are?' "They say her shoes are fives." "If his hair isn't parted in the middle I" "Wonder what she married him for?" "For his money, of course!" "Isn't ho handsome?" "Ho looks like a circus clown." "No, he's a dancing master." "Good enough for her anyway." "She always was so stuck up." "She'll be worse than ever now." "She jilted .John Hall or somebody, didn't she?" "He's J'-ft town anyhow." "Isn't ho awkward?" "White as his collar." "Why don't they hurry up?" "Did she say she would obey?" "Oh, there, they are marr^'' "Tired to death!" "Glad it's over!" "Oh, dear!"—Illustrated American.

The God of Love.

"Well," said the girl, "I have had the funniest time lately, and it took mo the longest time to discover what was the trouble. It seemed to mo that every man I knew almost acted as if ho thought I was In lovo with him. I began to wonder whatever I could to doing to give |ieople such an Impression. I thought over every thing I had said, I carefully balanced overy smile and Investigated my minutest actions, but as far as I could *e they were ail above reproach. I was entirely tho dark until ono day, In a general con versation, talking about writing notes, a man I positively hate 6aid to mo rather tenderly: '"I always keep your notes, Miss Ma bel, on account of tho seal.' "Then I understood It all. I had been sending out all my notes, Invitations and things of that kind and sealed thorn with an old Intaglio ring with tho word 'Eros' on it. and I supposo all tho men who had happened to reeeivo ono of these notes had supposed it had a tender significance. "I have another ring with a simple lit tlo head on it that I use for sealing my letters, a little man who looks after my affairs, and I haven't had any trouble since."—New York Times.

(ilnxRinv Girl*.

The Glasgow girl, taki. her for all in all, is perhaps a more Interesting type than that presented by her sister of Edinburgh. She may not be as pretty or as "stylish"—some times she is—but she is more alive, more vivid, more intelligent more self reliant, less narrowly exclusive, less morbidly ashamed if tho necossity arises for putting her shoulder to the wheel. I imagine, for instance, that a Glasgow girl would have less difficulty In polishing off her angles, of acclimatizing herself to the broader, freer life that exists for women outside Scotland than her peer of tho capital. I know of ono case indeed where the daughter of one of tho wealthiest manufacturing families In or around Glasgow determined, after she left school, to light tho battle of life for herself. She went to London and tried many things, finally establishing herself in a typewriting school. There she works from morning till night, steadfastly refusing an allowanee from relatives, who would load her with diamonds if she would only return to them. "She was a girl who used to have three new sealskin coats every winter, too." one of her school friends comments in a tone of wonder.—Mainly About People.

Jn»t the Difference.

How time (lies as oue gets older!" Yes when I was a clerk on salary tho time did not pass so rapidly as it does now I am in business, with bills to meet."— uggvtjt.

Art.

Guest—That's a very fine picture, Mr. Packingham. Mr. Packingham—Well, it ought to be. I paid fo0 for the frame alone.—Chicago News.

The Adopt* the Scheme. "She's a wonderful advertiser." *'What's her latest!'"' "Getting her agent to mail hera poisoned gutudrop."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kwllr TmantMted.

She—What is "kiss" in French? He—1 cjvrf't tell you. but I can show you.—Yon kefs Statesman.

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Kept the Baby Awakes So the Two Are Separated. Do you not- think it queer that a tinymouse should keep a baby awake by singing? There is a little baby living in an apartment in New York who slept by day because there lived in the walls of the same flat a little mouse who gave concerts. Nobody knew about this mouse, but all supposed it was a bird who chose to sing at night. After a time cake and bread were nibbled, and the housekeeper, who was the mother of the baby, said: "Wo must get a trap. We cannot have food destroyed this way." The trap was bought and set and the bait eaten, showing that the mouse got out of the trap as easily as he got in. That was not- to be tolerated. So anew trap with finer wires was bought and baited, and a little mouse sat happily in it in the very early morning singing. The family were delighted. They would gladly feed a singing mouse. A box with plenty of room and all the conveniences for a musical mouse, as the trappers understood his needs, was provided. A piece of carpet was put in the bottom of the cage one cold night, and in the morning it was found made into gk cozy, warm woolen nest in the corner of the cage. Mr. Mouse had spent the intervals between singing his songs in raveling his carpet to make a bed. He will not eat cheese. Perhaps he thinks it is not good for his voice.

He ssems quito happy in his new home and is growing fast. He sings at night and in the daytime is put in the dark. At night he arid the baby arc not close neighbors. He is regularly fed and does not have to nibble his nuiohbors' food.—Outlook.

On the Shelf.

Upon the nursery mantel Sat little. fAt Chin Lee, And the grief upon his countenance

Was something sad to see.

For, lo, tho lovely Pitti-Sing Had turned her face away Nor given him a single smile

Through all the dreary day!

What had he done to vex her? He tried In vain to think Until his eyes grew dim and pale

His cheek so round and pink.

At last, as darkness gathered, He fell into a doze. And'wlien he woke—oh, joyous sight

That on his vision rose!

The lovely Pltti-Sing had turned Her face to him again And smiled upon him as ho gazed

With all her might and main.

•"Twas not my fault," she murmured So sweetly, "dear Chin Lee. 'Twas little Rosy turned my head

This morning, don't you see?

"And now she's turned it back (alas, We're manufactured so!) You'll never doubt me. dear, again?"

He meekly whispered, "No."

The shadows In the nursery fell. The candles glimmered red, And little Rosy had her tea

And. nodding, went to bed.

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And en the nursery mantel Sat little, fat Chin Lee, And the smile upon his countenance

Was something good to see.

Beside him lovely Pltti-Sing Sat, smiling, as himself. And all was peace and happiness

Upon tho mantelshelf. —Youth's Companion.

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With no other fastening upon the board than the sheet of paper you may strike the end of the board hard enough to break it or at least to tilt the table.

It will appear impossible. Strike it a smart, sharp blow with the hand or an Instrument, and it will either break or remain fast to the table, just as if it hnii been nailed.

The explanation Is simple. When the blow is struck, there is a tendency to tilt the end of the board upon the table, but the air having been pressed out from under the paper a semivacuum has been created, and the compression of air upon the outer side, of the paper holds the beard fast.

Tr« Sign of a Gentleman. What makes a boy a gentleman? Not merely lifting his hat to the ladies he meets, although that may be one sign, provided be lifts his hat to his mother and sister also. The real sign of the true gentleman Is gentle unselfishness. Does he seek the good of others first? Is he brave and tender in oaring for those weaker than himself? Doea be show respect and courtesy to bis mother and to those who are older than himself? Then pat bin? down as a gentleman of the true school, whether his feet be shod In patent or be haTe no shoes at all

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TEEBE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENLNG- MAIL, MARCH 11. 1899.

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A Peanut Party.

A progressive peanut.party is conducted exactly after tho manner of jack straws. For this-purposesiqall tables are arranged at different points of the room, according to tho number of guests invited, allowing each tablo to four players. In tho center of cach there is piled up a pint of peanuts, and by ':v- side a pair of bonbon tongs, which can bo purchased for a few cents each. At a given signal or by the sounding of a gong tho game is begun and played on tho same principle precisely as tho old fashioned jack straws, the peanuts taking tho place of tho straws, while tho tongs that of tho hook. Tho time is called ai'id tho scores kept similar to any progressive game, when tho winner for each table moves up on tho next, and another game is begun. At tho conclusion of tho allotted time scores are compared and prizes awarded to tho lucky ones, the same regularity being preserved as in cards. After tho game is finished the peanuts become apart of tho feast that follows and are devoured by the guests. In this home amusemont one rule should be strictly kept, that small prizes are made or trifles purchased not exceeding 25 cents each.

A Tramp')* Philonophy.

"Wot's thet book you've got there, Woary?" "That's 'The Art of Dining Well.' ''Say, that's a rum sort o' book for a gen'leman in your position, Weary." "Oh, I dunno! A feller can admire art without bein a artist, Linipy."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

fleafton For It.

Excited New Yorker—I want to know why in the name of all that's good I should have to pay more for a cab I hire in .front of a hotel than for ono I hire along the street?

Policeman—'Cause the hotel cabs is particularly for the use of strangers in town. See?—Indianapolis Journal.

filiRllufi Parochial Accountif. 1607. Many of the entries, which are in a splendid state of preservation, are exceedingly quaint and amusing For instance, there is one Cor one umbrelloe, £1 8s. 8d.," evidently procured for the minister to be used as a shelter when officiating at funerals in wet weather! Another entry reads: "For a pair of bellows for Thunder, 6d." A curious one runs: "For destroying Jack Daws on the steeple, lis. 8d_" The entries relating to the relief of the poor are singularly funny and include: "Paid to a sicke man and sending him away, 4*."Paid for keeping the wench with the lame hand, ITs. 0di"Paid for a shift for Levy Skidmore's boy, 2s. "ditto for ye cure of ye Widder Winckel's finger, 6s."

The overseer's matrimonial entries are also peculiar. For instance: "Expenses of taking William Shrlm and marrying him, the ring, Sets., Mi 14s. 2d.," and "gave James Morton of Thame to marry Rebekah Burkett £3 lis. 6d. a license, parson's fee and the cleric's fee, £2 4s. 6d. expenses taking John Neighbour, 5s. Sd. also marrying him to Elizh. Phillips, £& 13s. 6d. a bill for Rebekah Enrkctt's wedding being kept at Richard Wright's, at Spring-ganlen^ £1 11a 4d."—Buck's Archaeological Society.

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Circuit court. February term, 1809. Thomas Bcauchamp. guardian of John Shea, a person of unsound, tnlnd vs. Albert Sliea. James Shea. Ellen Slioa. Margaret Shea. Leonora Shea, and Mary Shea. If she be living, and her unknown he'rsifslie be dead.

Be It known, that on the Sd day of March. 18W. said petitioner filed an affidavit in due form, showing that the defendants. Albert Shea. James Shea. Ellen Shea, Margaret Shea. Leonora Shea. Mary Shea. If she be living, and if she be dead her unknown heirs are non-residents of the State of Indiana and necessary parties defendant to the petition herein: and that the object of stiid action Is to sell real estate said nonresident defendants are now, therefore, hereby notified of the pendency of said action against them and that the same will stand for trial on .the 1st day of May. 18W. the same being the 1st Judicial day of the May term. 1W. of said court and unless said defendants appear and answer or demur to said complaint at said date, the same will be heard and determined In their absence.

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"^"OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. [No. 5,874.] State of Indiana. Vigo county. In the Superior court. December term. IftW*.

Emil Froeb and Francis O. Froeb vs. Emma Barrls. Ebnezer Barrls. Harry L. Gufin. Delia L. Gunn. Angle Gunn, Frank L. Gunn. Charles E. Gunn. Frank Stott, Anneta E. Davis. Sarah E. Stott, William I'. Innis and the unknown children and heirs of Sarah E. Stotti

Be It known, that on the 21st day of February, IKK), said plaintiffs filed an affidavit In due form, showing that the defendants, Emma Barris. Ebneaier Barrls, Harry L. Gunn. Frank L. Gunn. Delia L. Gunn. Angle Gunn. Charles E. Gunn. Frank Stott. Anneta E. Davis. Sarah E. Stott. William I'. Innis and the unknown children and heirs of Sarah, E. Stott, are non-residents of the state of Indiana and are necessary parties defendants to the complaint herein and that the object of said action is to quiet title. Said non-resident, defendants are now, therefore, hereby notified of the pendency of said action agalost them and that the same will stand for trial on the 19th day of April, W99. the same being the 39th Judicial day of the March term. of saia court and unless said defendants appear and answer or demur to said complaint at said date, the same will be heard and determined In their absence.

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