Making Opportunities.—“We are so fortunate in our 
opportunities, and chance to make opportunities says 
E. E S Will you all ponder this thought, friends? 
This making opportunities, instead of whining that cir¬ 
cumstances are too much for us, is what shows the 
stuflE of which we are made. Here lies the root of the 
whole matter. But the strongest lever for moving 
obstacles of every sort is education. Let us get that, 
and we are always, in some sense, masters of the 
situation. __ 
WHAT WE OWE TO OUR BUSINESS. 
THE W0.MAH’S side. 
ROM experien;e with a life in town and city as 
well as country, I have studied the question in 
several districts; and I sometimes think that farmers 
wives hold a very erroneous idea as to their condition. 
So often we hear such remarks as “Oh, we live on a 
farm and haven’t time for books ” “We never can go 
to anything, farmers folks are so tied at home,” and 
others similar. After hearing farmex-s’ wives and 
nothing that it is unsightly—grape skins, banana or 
apple peelings, bread crusts, etc., down they all go. 
Even in the school rooms, boys seem to take a sort of 
pleasure in rendering the floor untidy in this way. I 
instructed my boy to wrap all such waste material in 
a paper and bring it home. He replied that the other 
boys threw it upon the floor; they said “ what was a 
janitor for if he wasn’t to clean up?” And so it is. 
The boys are clay in our hands, and we are responsible 
for their molding. 
Our boys must be tawjht that spitting upon the floor 
is not only offensive to the sight, but immoral, because 
it is unclean; and that in the light of scientific knowl¬ 
edge, it is shown that disastrous consequences may re¬ 
sult. The sputa so carelessly left apon the floor or 
sidewalk may be contaminated with poisonous germs, 
or matter deleterious to health. Looking at it in the 
most favorable light possible, it is certainly not ex¬ 
hilarating to the mind to know that these exjreta are 
ground to powder by constant traffic, mingled with 
the fresh (?) air and breathed by one and all as they 
move to and fro. 
and well for the hard work she had to perform in her 
chosen vocation. When a child she lived near a clay 
pit, and her natural genius for modeling soon showed 
itself. At the age of 19 she entered a studio and took 
lestons in drawing and modeling, and, for the purpose 
of perfecting herself in anatomy, she frequented dis¬ 
secting rooms. To this latter fact she attributes much 
of her success. In November, 1852, she went to Rome 
and studied with John Gibson, who was then acknowl¬ 
edged to be at the head of sculptors. She has a knack, 
all her own, of coloring the marble after she has it in 
the desired form. It is described as a soft, creamy 
tint,-and not the pronounced flesh color used by most 
sculptors. One of her best efforts was the model for 
the Lincoln memorial for which money was collected 
by the colored people. Other celebrated productions 
are: “ Will o’ the Wisp,” “ Beatrice Cenci,” “ Medusa,” 
“The Sleeping Faun,” “ Zenobia in Chains” and 
“ Buck,” the three latter being now owned in Chicago. 
She also made a model of “Isabella” for the statue 
to be erected by women, but by some delay, it was not 
accepted until too late to complete it for the celebra- 
daughters speak thus I always watch them. If they 
really are overworked I would like to help them out, 
but I’ve yet to find the greatly overworked lot of 
women I’ve heard about. Farm women have told 
themselves of their overworked condition, and im¬ 
agined their town and city cousins living in ease and 
idleneiB, until they really believe their lot to be piti¬ 
able. 
But where are those overworked women? I cannot 
find them. The farmer’s wife I’ve heard of with 20 to 
cook, wash, iron, sew, and mend for, in addition to 
milking from six to 20 cows, miy have lived in our 
grandmothers’ time, but I think she does not exist 
to-day, except in very rare cases. 
Why should we so complain of our business; for 
isn’t the work of our farm homes our business ? We 
would have no patience with the city clerk, boirding- 
house keeper, dressmaker or editor who continually 
complained of her business and asked the pity 
of those about her for having to perform the duties 
that life has given her! Of course we work, we 
ought to ; a namby-pamby set of women we would be 
if we didn’t. But no city worker can command her 
time as we can. We work for ourselves and are far 
more independent than our city sisters. And work 
real work—is what builds people up and makes them 
truly admirable. 
Another thing we so often hear is that we have no 
ipin money. A farmer’s wife or daughter likes a little 
money as well as any one, and she has no one but hei- 
self 1o blame if she goes without it. There is always 
a market for eggs, poultry, butter or something that 
she has it in her power to produce. We ought not to 
complain; for as a class we are so fortunate in our 
opportunities, and chance to make opportunities. 
Only we are not always shrewd enough to see what 
can be done in our own particular environment, 
E. E. S 
“DO NOT SPIT UPON THE FLOOR.” 
W HILE at the World’s Fair, among all the beauty 
of the Wnite City ; where one seemed to have 
been suddenly transported to a fairy-land, my atten¬ 
tion was frequently distracted by the offensive pla¬ 
cards bearing in large letters the petition, “ Please do 
not spit upon the floor.” So much so that I marveled 
what manner of men are these “lords of creation” that 
they must be so reminded at every turn and corner, 
here, there and everywhere! Whether one were going 
into ecstacies over the wonderful display of rich and 
rare china, or absorbing the beauties of art, the placard 
stood out auspiciously before me, bringing this dis¬ 
gusting habit to mind again and again, till one felt 
sick, yes, nauseated. It seems almost descending to 
vulgarity to write of it, but we must do what we can 
to make these abominable placards unnecessary. It 
would seem a disgrace to mankind, and that includes 
women, that men should need to be asked not to in¬ 
dulge in so disgusting a habit; a disgrace that any 
such “ signs ” were needed to preserve a decent degree 
of cleanliness, among all the beauty and splendor of 
the White City. 
We have as our motto, “ Women make the homes: 
Homes make the nation.” Have we then reared a 
nation that is devoid of culture, refinement, common 
decency? Is not the habit of careless expectoration 
repugnant to every one? Wny then, is it so commonly 
indulged in? Why sre men so careless? Is it not be¬ 
cause they were careless boys? 
Have you never been surprised, in the waiting rooms 
of depots, at the carelessness of children when eating 
their luncheon? Often they seem really to take pleas¬ 
ure in throwing the refuse upon the floor caring 
Something is being done to awaken public sentiment 
to a realization of the fact that expectoration in 
public is not only vulgar, but on account of the great 
prevalence of consumption, is dangerous to health. 
Let me quote from Imogen B. Oakley, Secretary of the 
Woman’s Health Protective Association, of Pittsburgh, 
in Popular Health Magazine. She says: “We began 
by petitioning the i-ailway and traction companies to 
have notices posted in their conveyances and station- 
houses, requesting men not to spit upon the floor. By 
sheer persistence we have succeeded in persuading 
most of the companies to comply with our request. 
We have placed in the public schools, and in boys’ 
schools throughout the city, the following notice, 
prepared for us by the State Board of Health, which 
instructs the children as to the offensive and conta¬ 
gious nature of this practice. 
TUB CO.MMONWKALTU OK PENNSYLVANIA, ( 
State boaud of ukaltu. ( 
Tu the Public: 
DO NOT SPIT 
ON THE 
KDOOK OR SIDEWALK! 
Not only because the practice is vulgar and dis¬ 
gusting, but as soon as the expectoration dries 
It becomes a tine, light ciunt which Floats In the 
Air we Breathe And In tnls way conveys the 
Germs of Disease from Person to Person. Espe¬ 
cially Is this true of the Expectoration of Con¬ 
sumptives, which Is Invariably found to contain 
the Germs of Tuberculosis. 
“TbcEc placards arc printed in la-ge display type on 
heavy card-board and cannot fail to attract attention. 
We shall send a petition to the State Medical Society 
urging them collectively and individually to condemn 
the prevailing habit.” 
Every woman in the land should join in these laud¬ 
able efforts to arouse a sentiment against public ex¬ 
pectoration. That this sentiment may be backed by 
power and strength sufficient to effect a real, a perma¬ 
nent reform, the boys must be taught to have a higher 
standard of morality. The old-fashioned idea that the 
boys may do unseemly things, fall into bad habits, 
commit improprieties, and still be on a par with their 
sisters, should not be tolerated by an intelligent peo¬ 
ple. It is not possible that the boy who stands upon 
the sidewalk and carelessly expectorates should have 
as fine a moral nature as his sister who must step to 
one side to avoid coming in contact with this pollution. 
In our solicitude for our daughters, we must not neg¬ 
lect the moral natures of our sons. They have capa¬ 
bilities for the highest development possible of attain¬ 
ment, and their capacity needs but a proper stimula¬ 
tion. 
The fair young daughters of our land also have a 
mighty power in their hands. Habits which they will 
not countenance are bound to be eliminated from the 
characters of young men. Girls must demand a higher 
standard of purity. They must help their brothers 
to stand on an equality with them—or, rather, per¬ 
haps, some one’s else brother. When they shall demand 
it, there will have been a prodigious stride forward in 
the reformation of mankind, mbs. w. a keli.ebman. 
THREE WOMEN SCULPTORS. 
S CULP rURE seems more fitted for man than wom¬ 
an, for few women have the physical strength 
and endurance even when the natural talent is there. 
Within a few decades, however, several women have 
taken up the work with such success, that at least 
three of them have made themselves famous. 
Oar own Harriet Hosmer is the best known of them. 
She is a true American, having been born in Massa¬ 
chusetts. When a child, she was delicate, and her 
father, who was a physician, gave her every oppor¬ 
tunity for outdoor exercise, so that she became strong 
tion of 1892-3. 
Vinnie Ream Hoxie is another woman who has 
achieved great success in her chosen art. She ex¬ 
ecuted both the Lincoln and the Farragut statues in 
pursuance of Congressional awards, and secured the 
prize over all competitors in both instances. In the 
case of the Farragut statue, 21 persons were competing 
with her for the honor. The figure itself is 29 feet 
high and represents six years’ hard work. It is her 
greatest work, and one of which she is justly proud. 
Edmonia Lewis is a woman of whom less is known 
than of either of the preceding. Her history is a 
peculiar one, but shows in itself what natural genius 
and perseverance can do. She had an Indian mother 
and a Negro father, and lost both early in life. She 
ran wild with her tribe and had no thought of educa¬ 
tion or art until she was well grown. Then her 
brother, who was educated, sent her to school for a 
few years. As she developed great musical talent, she 
went to Boston to study music. While there she saw 
a statue for the first time, and after finding out how 
it was made she obtained some clay from a sculptor 
and tried to mold a little foot. She persevered and 
patiently modeled it over and over again many times 
before she succeeded in getting it into proper shape. 
From that time she succeeded in her work, and three 
years from the time she began on the foot she had 
earned enough by her work to take her to Italy, where 
she soon after opened a studio and made a name for 
herself. These are the representative women sculptors 
of America, for though only one, Mrs. Hoxie, calls 
America her home to-day, they all first saw the light 
of day in the United States. 
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