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"when the men axe loafing- around In then" slippers reading the Sunday papers, or smoking in the hammock, or gossiping about the weather and the ball team? , "Why should we scramble around Sunday morning getting the chicken and potatoes and salad ready, and baking pies and cakes, till about seven minutes of church time; then hustle to church and hustle home again and labor for an hour longer in a hot, stuffy kitchen to get the meal on the table? "Why should we rise wearily after the banquet and clear the-table and wash unnecessary dishes till half past four p. m, and then begin to think about what the men.11 want for supper?" And. the answer Is,. "There!s not the slightest reason In the world, madam." That's what the university philoso phers have been saying in their pam- phlet They declare the men are eat ing too much, anyhow, and the big Sunday dinner's bad for them. "Slow down on Sunday," they say. "Make it easier for your stomach. And especially make it easier for mother. Give her a chance to get one day of rest a week. Have pity, too, for the hired girl. "Plan a simple, cold meal and get most of it ready on Saturday. Veal loaf, boiled ham, pressed chicken and many other kinds of meat are better cold, anyway. Make a little salad to go with the meat. Don't use veg etables that take a long time to pre pare. Don't bake on Sunday. There are hundreds of desserts that can be made Saturday and served cold. "And serve the meal simply. Don't use any extra dishes. You may not feel so stylish, but your stomach will feel better and everybody win .have enough to eat, and Sunday will be a real day of rest for every one in the house." So plain living and high thinking is coming to be the Sabbath motto in' Kansas. ; While motoring through the rural districts, you know, I overtook a. country woman and her wee son, who were conveying large pails of fresh milk to the barnyard, you knoww I endeavored to make plain my wish to partake of a cooling draught of; the lacteal fluid, when the lad spoke up: "Oh, maw, this swell boob in the whiz wagon has ot a yen for a swig o' the coffee-calsomine. I guess he wants to try a bovine cocktail before paw plants the Jersey juice under the pump. Kin I give him a "gurgle o moo-moo sap, Maw?" My word! o o London Times says:. "What is patent to the least observant is that women wear almost nothing under their gowns, even in daytime." With editors posted like that, it's no won der that London women' go to jail singing hymns of joy.