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MOTHERS' RIGHTS. The biennial meeting of feder ated women's clubs, just over in San Francisco, was conducted along the safe andsane line of per mitting nothing to come up for open discussion that might -mar the serenity of the proceedings or provoke hostility. This -might be shrewd "politics and little real wisdom, but for all that "the world moves" and womankind is furnishing her share of the motive power. And whatever the federation did or didn't for the cause qi women, they put over some things 'f6r mothers' rights,and particularly mothers' pensions. They passed a resolution that it was the inten tion of those 2,500 women from all over this Union (and many from over the seas) to promote in every way they possibly can the passage in everystate of laws pro tecting mothers left widows with young children and without means, in their right to care for and train and educate them, the state contributing-such financial help as will enable them to attain a self-supporting age without their mothers being forced into wage-earn ingt The Kansas law seems to be one of the best so far. It allows $10 for one child and.$5 addition al for each additional child. The sum will Be increased as the aver age taxpayer comes to realize how much better and cheaper it is to give a child a chance than to rescue or reform him. One of the cold facts disclosed by juvenile court work is that the greatest contributing cause to de- linquency is lack of proper home : surroundings and influence. California contributes $6.25 a . month toward the support of each ' of its dependent wards, and one tr two of the Eastern states have similar laws. The strong proba bility is that the provision, in some form, will be brought up in thenext session of the legislature in many more states. Codfish Balls. Required One pound of cold boiled cod, three large potatoes, one egg, a dessertspoon of chop ped parsley, pepper "and salt, breadcrumbs and frying fat. Flake the fish, place in a bowl with the mashed potatoes and parsley. Season highly with pep per andsaltand blend with a raw egg- Brush over witTi beaten egg, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in deep fat - Fricasseed' Eggs'. Required Foure'gfes 1 ounce of butter, 5Ouhfcrof flour, y2 pint of milk, pepper, salt, nutmeg, 3 ounces of macaroni. Boil the macaroni in slightly salted water till tender, but not soft, drain and keep hot. Boil' the eggs four minutes and then peel them carefully. Arrange the macaroni in a ring on a hot dish. What's the use of being told to hitch your wagon to a star" when the nearest star is 25,000, 000,000 miles away? 3 i hmjnmj),-,