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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
THE WIZARDS WIFE.
Inventor Edison's Beautiful HeIpmeet
and Their Charming Home.

Inventor Edison's Beautiful HeIpm..t
and Their Charming Home.
Count Thomas A. Edison, commander OF
the Legion OF Honor, lives in "A beautiful
house, which Is almost a castle In appear.
ance.
"Glenmont." as II i called, il delight
fully situated in the midst 0s the aristo
cratic suburb Lleweliyn Park, y. j This
place Mr.. Edison bought after his second
marriage, about flur years ago.
The family consists If Mrs Edison, two
boys and "a little girl. the latter the child OF
his second marriage. Mr. Edson's eldest
daughter, young girl about Is years Of
age, is studying music in Germany under
the care OF IL relative.
Mrs Edison i a beautiful woman, with
charming manners, "a becomes a countess
Her beauty and fine manners won high
praise while in London and Paris, which
she visited with her husband Mrs. Edi.
son is - years old a trilie above the aver.
age height, with very graceful figure.
She has brown hair, which she usually
wears high at the back with a fluffy bang
over her forehead Her ewes are hazel
and her complexion OF that clear olive
which artists love. Mir Eiison's pet name
for her is "Mena" Mr. Edison ALWAYS
dresses III perfect taste, and on ordinary
occasions very quietly Many Frenchy tea
gowns and handsome dinner dresses were
added 10 her wardrobe when she was in
Paris.
She takes a long drive every morning
accompanied by her little daughter and her
nurse. Her carriage costume at this sea.
son Is very apt To be army blue cashmere
with passementeric trimmings aud n straw
hat with a becoming cluster of pink roses
for ornament.
Mrs. Edison has young woman's fond
ness for society and ertertains "A good deal,
luncheon and dinner parties being her ia
vorite ways Of dispensing hospitality to
her friends, Her sister, Mrs Mary Miller.
whose home is in Akron. O, spends much
time with Mrs. Edison.
The luncheon hour M the Edison mansion
Is = o'clock, and lest her absent minded
husband forget that he needs some refresh,
ments Mrs. Edison often has the carriage
sent for him To his laboratory, although il
Is only five minute walk 10 the house.
The reader would hardly guess, perhaps.
one of Mr.. Edisuns favositc viands-it is
nothing more nor less than that very
Yankee dish-pie; for break fast he ALWAYS
wants fruit.
The house where the Wizard and the
wonder of this age lives is handsome
structure of brick and wood somewhat
Queen Anne as 10 architecture
There il everything for comfort aud many
things for luxury. A fine portrait of Mrs.
Edison's father hangs ufon the wall, and
many pictures of little BaiY Madeline stand
upon the mantel. From the front windows
there is a fine view of the Orange valley
Adjoining this is her sleeping room. from
which "A door leads To the roof Of the con
seryatory. Over this, in summer, an avn.
ing is stretched, and here often a Gun of
tea Is served in the afternoon, us ii i n
fayorite lounging place Of Mrs. Edison.
with its diyans, its table with all the pretty
aud dainty appointments for making tea.
and its huge Jars of flowers New York
World
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

\ lady recently spilled cream ON wooden
dress, She quickly placed piece OF absor-
bent cotton on the cream, letting 1t stay a
few minutes. When removed the cream
bad been entirely absorbed and not a trace
remained ON the dress.
clothier states that the proper way to
wash flannel shirt is t0sousc the garment
IN hot sap water. never rubbing aud put
i repeatedly through wringer. The gar
ment should never be wrung with the
hands and never be put in cold water,
Teach the girl 10 take OF the lids and
close the drafts of the stove as soon as she
is through cooking So as to save carrying
in SO much coal or wood This will ap-
peal to her more directly than the thought
of saving the fuel, perhaps.
The elasticity Of cane chair bottoms can
be restored by washing the cane with soap
and water until IL Is well soaked, aud then
drying thoroughly in he mir after which
they will become ns tight and firm as new,
If none Of the canes ARE broken
II Is a great help TO have kitchen table
covered with a piece of zinc smoothly
rolled over the edges. IL saves the time
aud labor spent in continually securing the
table, for it can be thoroughly cleaned in
few seconds by wiping it with wet
cloth.-New York journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
shopplne In London I, .,ox.

| have heard people object to the scrvil
ity Of the London shop keeper For my
own part, / delight in it. After the door
mat principle which obtains in New York,
like to feel that am doinga great honor
to the place where | bug "A shilling hand
herchief and | Ike 10 bc bowed in and
bowed out rs II We're empress OF India
And a little money goes such "A great way!
And II you want To have your soul filled
with delight go 10 a bootmaker's. You
can get the must exquisite French slip
pefs with the Louis Quinze heels at "A price
that will make YOU open your eyes. and
when the shop keeper tries them ON he will
say in an utterly blissful tone, Madame
is an American, isn't sheg' Then YOU feel
as If you would like to buy ont all the
shop. He knew you, not by the straw
berry mark on your left arm. but by the
size Of your foot, and you feel 81 light af.
ter this that yon believe you could walk ON
clouds
Some very clever body said that the
Thanksgiving continually rendered by peo.
pie here whom one had tipped was not sin.
cere. Now If you give ha penny To a
boy, do you care whether it is sincere or
not, provided he says it, | don't But
! wish we could import about ten mil
lions OF thank yous' into the United
States, and | am sure that everybody
would he willing To pay duty on them
London Letter
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
Making Bed. for Sick Patients,

First. how to make the bed: A mattress
not too hard, and, il possible. ON "A single
bed, Cover over with sheet, tucking in
we'll, then across the bed put piece of
rubber oil CLOTH about yard wide and
long enough TO tuck in each side; then |
take n sheet. fold IL once in half length.
wise and plate it lengthwise over the rubber
cloth, tucking il in ON one side. This
leaves more than is necessary to tuck in
on the other side, SO | draw tight across,
and the surplus fold fiat and put under the
mattress. This | call draw sheet. and
should be placed so rs To come well under
the patients hips, sn that in using the bed
pan, in case of a mishap the under sheet
will not get wet. Now. IL the draw sheet
should get soiled or wet nntnck it, aud
being over piece OF rubber cloth IL will
slip very readily.
| take one side that is not folded aud
draw my patiens To the edge Of the bed
Then 90 to the opposite side, take ont the
folded part and smooth IL out The sur.
plus sheet in the middle OF the bed take
close up to my patient back, and with
both hands press down the mattress Ny
patient turns over, he is on clean sheet
and without being lifted then go To the
other side uf the bed and fold In the same
manner as before | had done the surplus
clean portion. II there is any odor, or ii is
at all much soiled. put clean one on,
In that ease before turning my patient
pin to either one of the sides Of the spiled
sheet my clean one, tuck IL in and fold,
taking under my patient as before de-
scribed. Often the patient is lying M the
side of the bed In that case he Is moved
only once,
keep plentiful supply OF pillow cases
and change often. Having an extra pillow
| hold the patients head with one arm
and put the fresh pillow under with the
other hand. change my draw sheet once
or twice. whether il is soiled or not, as II
makes my patient feel always refreshed.
II has never yet caused any harm. and
have nursed a good many.-New York Let
f4r
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
Women One Man Hat...

One of the meanest of conversational
tricks is "A faYorite ono with women. 4
fellow has something real nice and
clever to say. He is rounding nj nicely
to 1t, when some chit of woman takes
gasp and says, "Oh. yes | know what
You mean, and, by jingo, says it. OF
course she gets all the credit. lido hate
woman like that. She is the kind of
woman who says, "Ah, yest' and then
goes off into poetic illustration Of the
fact you have nnounced-something
nice and dreamy that she never could
have said by herself. | hate that sort of
woman, making herself seem so clever
and bright and poetic and all that from
your brains
She laughs before you have got your
funny story out and says. Yes, isn't it
funny 1t makes ii so easy for yon to
go on, TINT does. Actually. sometimes
she will finish it for you. That is the
kind of woman | hate too She is al
ways coming in with "Yes, but" and
upsetting what yon have said, or else
hts.s.'.e out another side of it that YOU
aldh mean 70 @'"s brought up. hate
women like that say lei mo...... l..,,r,,
to cook and sew frills, not talk like
idiots. w ashington Post.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
where the r,,,a Come. r,o,n.

Il believe" said a man not long since,
that the fairy tales on which children are
fed in their most impresSionnhle DAYS are
largely responsible for the rage of all girls,
particularly Americans. for princes. There
was never a fairy story written that did
not haye "A prince for n hero, What would
have been Cinderclla's reward IL the Young
man who found her glass slipper had not
been princet Suppose he had been a
worthy grocers clerk or an intelligent
young farmer; would not the tale have lost
its faseinations Then the hind in the
wood; did he not turn into prineef and
the frog alsos
Suppose the hind had turned into a
wood chopper and the frog into an honest
fisherman; would the girls have been so
well pleasedy And are not all the fortunate
and happy girls of the fairy tales prineesses
either 10y birth or marriagef | tell you
that there is more truth In this theory of
mine than people imagine and If ever he.
oome the father Of a family my children
shall know nothing about the titled heroes
Of fairy tales" Certainly the one lesson
that the fairy tales teach is that to be a
princess or to marry a prince is the sweet.
est boon that can befall woman.-San
Francisco Arg0naut.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
housekeeping Girls.

1t may be true that most girls of the
period know much more about the proper
management of house when they marry
than their mothers did, but this is not
the experience Of the majority Of men who
marry American girls. No one Is brighter
or quicker to learn the mysteries Of house
hold work than the American girl, but in
the great majority of cases she gains this
knowledge after her marriage Wherever
the English system of enforcing training
in cooking aud household work il adopted
there the girls are found to be adopts, but
unfortunately, especially in the west, the
custom is to leave all household work to
servants. Thus the girl grows up with no
practical knowledge of this work, which
seems 80 easy. but which in reality requires
patient study and much practice to do
well. so when she comes 10 manage n
household she is at the mercy Of servants,
who are quick to take advantage OF her ig-
noranee She generally cmerges the victor
after several years of costly experience, but
she would have been spared all this worry,
veNation and hard work had her mother
insisted, as English mothers do, upon equal
proficiency in the kitchen and the music
room.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

Reply paid postal cards have been in
use III Austria for many years, and would
be economical and convenient in domes-
tic as well rs IN foreign correspondence.
They are composed Of two unseparated
postal cards, folded in the form of n SIN
gle card, aud need no other fastening
correspondent can insure a correct
ly addressed and probably prompt an
swer by writing his full address on the
reply fold of the card before mailing it.:
the card, on its first journey being fold.
ed so as to cover the reply address. The
receiver has simply To write his answer
ON the reply card, tear it off the inquiry
card and RENAL it,
IL one does not care to preserve the in
quiry or to write long answer, the
cards need not be separated. In that
case reply perfectly intclligible, un-
eqnivocal and binding for ali business
purposes may be written in one or two
words in answer TO direct question.
The words ives" or mo" or "fortvn
or al Temple Place" or Boston" or
"Smith Il Jones" or "6 per cent" or any
other short repl o. signed with initials
or full name, without any heading of
place or date, would, in connection with
the attached inquiry card. convey as full
and definite an answer, and show as
plainly when, where and by whom it
was written, as All answer ON an ordi-
nary card or letter that contain besides
place, date and address a summary of
the inquiry to which il is a reply
Youths Companion.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
The Frcckled ,iirI's Room.

Sing ho for the freckle faced girl, the
girl withthe reddish hair. the girl with the
picnic smile, who helps her mother, and
isn't at all advanced in classics or music,
but sticks to Annie Rooney" till the next
song comes out. and is true TO that as long
a. there note left Sing no for herl For
the freckle faced girl has had her room fur
nished. and can tell you it's sunburst.
The walls are old ivory color, the frieze at
the top Of the warm tones of burnt lumber,
showing garland festoous in the colonial
order
Etchings in the deep reddish etching
tints are framed In wide white frames and
hang here aud there on the wall The
woodwork, In the Sixteenth century finish,
of mahogany hue, worn off in places very
pale and whitish The floor il a dead col.
ored brown, with blue aud gray rugs The
curtains at the doorway are drab and blue,
with just touch Of red on the border:
white muslins hang At the windows, and
scorched brown colorrd toilet set aud rib.
boned bows of the same coloron the chairs
help To make very artistic room. SO the
freckle faced girl doesn't worry herself
now when she hears Of blondes boudoir
in pink or a brunettes yellow aud black
room. Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

The girl who goes round the house in a
soiled skirt aud slonch waist, slip shod and
nair uumblcd need not expect to be the
darling Of a mans heart for any length OF
time \ corset is necessity to pillow
figured woman and "A blessing TO the one
who loses plumb without reed Cottons
and wash fabrics may be bought for "A few
cents "A yard, half dollar will pay for a
dress pattern, aud the woman who cannot
fashion pilgrim skirt and sailor blouse in
couple of days ought 10 attend an in
dustrini school for week
Two or three dimes invested in ribbons
and colored eambric will brighten the col
lar, cnifs and belt, and tho wife. sister or
niece who cannot look fresh, sweet and
pretty in il deserves the neglect she will
get Men love white gowns. blue ribbons
and flnttering lnre. With muslin a dime
yard aud pink, hIsle, cream and crimson
ribbon dollar a bolt. why can't the fancy
be hnmureds Brace up, Miss Slattern!
Take a reef in at the belt line, keep your
hair dressed, your shoes laced. your skirts
pulled back and let the rose be your model
OF sweetness AMI simpliciiy.-New York
World
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
How Marion uarland started.

Some one recently asked Marion liar
land what first he'd her to write cook
book, and her response was. DO YOU re.
member S1ueerss When a hoy does a
thing he goes aud knows it. That was my
impulse to cookbook making Yon see
set up To housekeeping an ignorant Young
thing. eighty miles away from my mother,
with utterly incompetent servants aud too
much pride to ask aid and counsel Of the
notable housewives among my husband :
parishioners, Then /. was that discov.
cred that all cook hooks nj my command
were vanity and yeNation of spirit. and
made mp my mind t.lat IL | lived To he n
competent household authority | would
put tile fruits of my bitter experience with
IN reach nf other women similarly situs
afea Ny first was successful, and the
others naturally followed New York
T nj f.F
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

In front of machine shop on Mo,a.
bridge street there Ii a big buzz saw lean
ing against the wall as u sign.
Yesterday forenoon a man with a
bundle under his arm WAS passing, when
he caught sight OF the saw and sheered
off into the street and came to halt. A
teamster, who observed the action.
laughed and said:
1T isn't running and it won't bite.
II dunno about that, 3 replied the man
as he went a little closer. ~ got fooled
ON one Of them things once, and don't
propose to be caught again. Look
a-therev'
He held up a hand ON which only the
thumb was left. and continued:
II didn't 'sposo that saw was running
either, but she was. I'll Just sort o. shy
out and give her the road. II she's run
ming let 'er zip Ii she amt then hainst
lost anything, Detroit Free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

bee, ten or IA dozen pretty chins rising and
falling in unison, while one of the party
reads a novel aloud % the others. who are
occupied with some sort II neellcwork.
Now, as these little "cuds" maynt be put
into your pocket, t,s custom j. 20 stick
them here, there or anywhere, sometimes
with intent to pick fhem up again. at OF hers
merely Il get rid Of them
The consequence Is your hand comes into
contact with these little Jumps OF gum a
dozen times q day On the railing Of the
veranda and stairs, on the backs OF chairs,
inside the covers Of novels, under the edge
OF tn. dining room table, etc. Gum chew.
Ing with girl j. very much like cigarette
knocking with. IA young man. IL gives her
sn abandon and ease Of manner, just as
his ''pctty yic,," makes him expansive aud
tompanionilhle. Mothers like To- see il. for
IL is considered very healthful The boys
Ike II because il sweetens the breath The
hotel men like Il because il tires the Jaws
The druggists like il because il increases
their reeeipts.-Cor. Chicago Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

II is quite easy to judge of persons
character by the way she uses the multi.
furious lounge pillows in vogue at present.
Ii person tonnes in. sits carefully down,
with Il worried look behind her at the pil.
lows, cautiously sinks back in some spaee
between them, and avoids them with her
elbows, beware nf such person She will
have prunc sauet and toast for lunch and
won't let your dog come into the yes
tihule; her husband will walk six
blocks to avoid two horse eur fares
and 20 with his wife dry goods shop.
ping But the people who sink buck
with sigh nf satisfaction into the pillows,
put there for that purpose, who will get
one behind tho spine, another behind their
head and one under each elbow, and beam
in comfort at snu from their midst, are all
around good people and not To be scratched
otf the tlcket.-Miss Meaulpr In Hoston
Gazette
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06

am curious to know whether n woman
into whose life love has never entered can
ever have been what should call happy,
do not think SO. She may have found
the quiet garden of which content keeps
the Keys. She may be reconciled to her
fate, aud console herself by thinking how
much better of she is than IL she were un.
happily married, but such dull resignation
is not even first cousin to the rapture OF
joy am old fashioned, perhaps in my
ideas, but | honestly think that real hap
piness comes to woman only hand in
hand with love.
When she begins TO feel that with one
man in IL the room is full, and empty
when he IN gone, no matter how many may
remain, she begins to be tremulously, de.
liciously, deliriously happy. But that is
only the beginning; and If love holds hap
piness by the hand fear stands at the othe.
elbow. 4 word too many or too few, a
smile that does not 20 her way, and the
girl suffers as much as she has just enjoyed
Her very soul hungers within her for some
dear certainty. And when that comes
when her troth is plighted-is that her
hAppieSt m6mentY She does not think so
then, for she is looking forward To her
bridal morning
The day of day comes mt last, and the
new life begins. IL that, then, the hap
piest momentt Hardly, for the very most
loving people who ever lived are not quite
one, To begin with, and they must learn TO
live together. a year-a year of mutual
forbearance, Of getting well acquainted
a happy year; aud now they look into each
others eyes fearlessly They are one at
last and for all timel
surely that is the happiest momenti
had made up my mind to say so; but is III
All, think. after all, the happiest mo.
ment is when Love is sweet, shy new
conner, and Hope leads it by the hand
Louise Chandler Moulton In Ladies, Home
Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
Rnr,,,.se Gin.

The Burmese girls are very bright, and
good beggars, too, aud when one steps up
to YOU with six inch cigar in her mouth
and her comely person swathed in gar
ments, the colors of which would rival
Joseph's coat, and offers YOU her wares.
the only thing for man 70 do Is To buy,
and buy at once. The Burmese girls are
noted, too. for their independence, and
they walk about the siseets and through
the bazars and around the pagodas with
big cigars in their mouths with rs much
freedom AS do the men III most countries
Their dress II more picturesque, too. than
the Arabs. They nse tie very brightest
red, yellow and pink silks in their adorn.
ment, and the prevailing fashion runs to
searfs more than To dresses, and bands of
ribbons more than to jackets. don't I've.
lieve they wear corsets either = Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-06
Docsu't Like I'altsen,eI,.

There Is horse in this town which
has double mission ia life One part
Of 1t is to get to fires rs rapidly as possi-
BILE with ton or two Of apparatus be-
hind it, the other is 10 make as many
vacancies rs possible in the police force.
Tho animal Is Il valuable one. well
trained and good to look at. For the
hrenion II has il professional regard. to-
ward citizens IN general it has the
hnughtiness which generally goes forth
with place in the public service, but
toward policemen it displays the tiercest
At antipathies. The horse belongs TO
cne of the companies stationed far down
town, and the engine house is rather
cramped. People having occasion to
enter the place have 10 pass close 10 the
animals stall, and as result the MEM
her Of the police force who has business
in the house is likely to have q lively
time Of it. To be safe he has 10 climb
around back of tender and then make
his way along with the caution needed
to keep him out of range of the horses
hoofs.
II he comes near the animal, il il a
bite or kick, according TO the end
which Is approached. The tiremen who
are thoroughly acquainted with the pc
culiarities of the steed have a very rea-
sonable explanation OF its aversion to
brass buttons. 1t is that at some time a
policeman clnbbed it, at time when
the excitement Of fire made him for
get that perhaps horse may have a
longer memory than taxpayer and
more time TO devote to carrying out
schemes of revenge. Ever since that
day no policeman has been able to an.
proach the horse without having good
reason to repent his temerity. New
| York Times