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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
A Single Tree

A Single Tree
In small yard gives promise OF great
possibilities for floral decoration. A seat
arranged around the trunk viii not only be
effecti-e when the large plants are used in
side for decorating the dining room and
parlor. but will be quickly converted into
bower OF beauty when the potted palms and
other house plants are arranged upon it,
Every well-regulated home must have
generous supply of decorative plants in
these gala days. Palms, rubber plants,
Norfolk island pines, and sturdy shade-lov
ing begonias and ferns that have been do
ing duty as inside beautihers demand
suitable place for outside recuperation dur
Ing the summer months and this sheltered
nook with the large pots arranged around
the tree will prove an ideal summer home
As the pots viii have no contact with the
soil there Will be no danger OF the roots
reaching down through the drainage hole
and taking root in the soil beneath, as is
often the case where potted plants are set
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and pail of fresh water.
Put some of the cleaning mixture in the
bowl and dip the brush in it. brush a small
piece of the carpet with this; then wash
with the sponge and cold water. Dry as
much as possible with the sponge and final
ly rub with dry cloths. Continue this until
certain that all the carpet is clean; then
let 1t dry.
No Part
OF a fat offers so many obstacles to sue
cessful treatment as the hall. When, as
often happens, it is long, narrow passage
way. as if grudgingly given by the build
er unavoidably necessary, hardly wide
enough TO move through and certainly most
difficult to decorate, ii must first of all be
treated so as to lose the long narrow vista
This may be managed by a grill placed a
short distance from the front door. from
which drapery must hang. There is never
too much light, so the best drapery is the
Japanese bead or bamboo portiere in light
colors. About two-thirds of this may be
caught back to the wall on one side the
other strings hanging straight. Between
the division thus made and the door on any
available wall space narrow shelf may he
placed at height sufficient TO keep 1t from
the danger of being struck by those pass
ing.
Graceful wrought iron brackets ought to
hold it, and below may hang a piece of orr
y, d a
large plaque of Benares brass. Lacking
any of these, even a large, unframed pic
ture may be tackled on the wall under the
shelf
On the other vacant wall space, If there
be any. three or four engravngs In passe
partout frames may be arranged The
same plan may be carried out on the other
side of the portiere engravings, either in
passe partout or unframed, may be used
as the only decoration in that part.
Shelves
As perhaps few of US realize add much
character to a room. Like cushions and
rugs and books, they give that delicious air
of comfort often lacking in the stately
yet stiff drawing rooms of some of our
modern homes.
Shelves associating the shelf with the
homely uses of the kitchen, the pantry and
the cellar. whereas the real fact is the
utility of the shelf constitutes much of It's
beauty.
. People have become educated to seeing
bookshelves in a library or sitting room in
preference to book cases, for these always
seem designed more as showcases for books
and their bindings than to hold books ready
for intimate use. Fewer bookcases are sold
nowadays than formerly, for everybody
seems to appreciate the charm of the low
book shelves built in around room or oc-
cupying some special nook corner in q
bay window or alcove On the top of these
shelves one can always have plants, photo
graphs. magazines, all the hundred and
one little furnishings that add to the
beauty of a room. The high corner book
I shelves are always good. for they use space
often otherwise wasted, and this is an i'm.
portant factor In these days of apartment
houses.
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A Rainy Day

n RAINY Day
Closet is a device invented purely and
simply for the alienation of the care of
mothers.
In It placed toys to be mended.
games from which the interest has tempo
rarily departed, pictures to be cut out and
pasted in scrap books, specimens OF rocks
TO be classified, a book of conundrums one
on familiar science from which easy expert
ments can be taken on trial a charade
book. story books. new and old and for all
ages. crepe paper for making flowers. sheets
of old calendars from whose first thirteen
figures the game OF numerical Patience
could be made, pictures OF persons and
places mounted on cardboard and intended
specially for the convalescent ward in the
children's hospital; sewing, knitting and
crocheting materials, stamps to be pasted,
materials for kite making-in a word, any
thing.
A list OF the articles and shelf where each
Is 10 be found is placed on the inside OF the
door and custodian. generally the oldest
daughter. Is appointed who sees to II that
the article chosen Is delivered TO the child
choosing IL. No one is allowed 10 ask for
anything different for hour, although
the different articles may be exchanged
during the hour from one child 10 another.
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a man creams up nature, leaving the sour
and the dregs for philosophy and reason to
lap up"
A Father
Owes it to his family to keep pace with
them in their amusements. not allowing
himself to get rusty to have an entirely
different set of ideas and occupations. The
members of his family cannot enter into his
business or professional life; when he leaves
after breakfast he becomes. a mystery to
them: but he can ON his return go to the
theater, the party or the concert, and
should try to do so to make himself part
OF them.
The sons and the daughters in their turn
should have every delicate attention, every
agreeable accomplishment ready to make
home delightful to the father who works
for them.
There is something pathetic in the chained
slave. chained 10 the car. TO whom all look
for clothing. food. money. If he is a mil
lion2i ire all goes well. but If he is a strug-
Cling man threatened with ruin, knowing
that so long as he lives he must pull up the
stony hill, the only reward being that so
soon as he reaches the top he begins to go
down the other side. it is all sad enough.
What fireside can be made too easy for
such a man?
Women
Have not always the courage of their
opinions; they have certain degree OF
courage and there they halt.
This often puts woman in a perilous
position of indecison. y woman may wish
to keep her manners at the true level of So
cial restriction, and yet she may have long
ings for other things. This ambition to be
better. wiser. more free to act out her own
character may in the attitude of wife make
her uneasy and uncomfortable.
There are great chara cterS who are cheer
full in lonely adherence to the right. There
are others which must have the sympathy
and love and admiration of those near them
or they are miserable. They cannot help
this uneasness this belief they were born
for other duties than the chronicling Of
small beer.
Women are, however, obliged like men. to
live out their own natures and to use their
talents as men do. Talent and spirit will
not slumber or sleep. Happy for this gifted
woman If there be vital refinement in her
mind which keeps her from making her
gifts but illustrations of her weaknesses.
Familiarity
Does not breed contempt except of con-
temptibie things or of contemplate people,"
said Phillips Brooks. 1t is true Yet It is
to be remembered In the household that IA
military does take off the outer cutcIe and
leave us most defenseless. We are not the
same strong-handed, steel-visaged person.
ages to our own family that we are to the
outer world. They know US too well and
we know them toe well.
We are fighting without gloves with our
own people The bitterness and hurt of a
family quarrel is a proverb. Never inter
rupt eacn other. Let each speaker have his
five minutes and say his say. The slow
talker usually has something good to say
and the word he is trying to find is usually
worth waiting for.
Never attack your brothers friend Re
member that IL we are at the individual we
cannot like the same people, see the same
resemblance, or enjoy always the same
book. ADA MAY KRECKER.
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A Cottage Dining Room -

When the cottage Is a temporary home is
almost useless and the upper parlor is utter
ly unknown A general living room which
may be spacious rs you please. if only a
small number OF rooms is neeGed. is about
all required in the cottage for temporary
use. The dining table mag be placed at one
end and the room used for almost all gem
eral purposes without overcrowding or in
convenience
Screen chairs are among the latest inno-
vatjons for the porch. They are made with
broad arms and a seat wide enough for two,
with a great back high and broad emo gh
to screen absolutely any one sequestered in
the chair. Porch swings can be made out
of bamboo touches. with an additional rail-
ing at the back and foot making both ends
alike.
Waterproof rugs, cushions and fUrniture
generally is another new thing which saves
the su amer no lseh Jld=T tie trouble o tuin-
ing chairs uD a n Sht, moving the table
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and placed in a mold which can be readily
swung into any desired position. Com
pressed air Is then admitted through fiex-
ible tube which connects with the bottom of
the mold.
The air pressure is regulated by valves
As soon as the article is finished 1t is
switched into an annealing chamber where
IL Is again heated and then allowed to COOL
This toughens 1t and after this process it is
ready for use.
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ALL AROUND'44E HOUSE.

There
Is no work in the world that gives more
varied athletic exercise than homework in
all its generalities and specialties. 1t is,
furthermore. one of the most healthful
sorts of work, although 1t can be so done
as to prove anything but physical bless
ing.
If one Stops toward 1t, so to speak, with
contracted chest and dropping shoulders 1t
will only be a question of time when the
head will droop and the shoulder blades
stand out. If one habitually does all the
heavier work with one hand the result will
be one-slded development. Since almost all
of the regular homework is of such a sort
as to require forward motion of the arms
the thing to guard against is contraction
of the chest.
Sweeping and busting become good exer-
else when proper attention is paid to the
position of the body. The sweeping not
only starts circulation and increases respi-
ration. but gives some good arm and waist
gymnastics well.
Bedmaking is good exercise when the
windows are open to admit plenty of fresh
air. great deal of bending is necessary.
but this alternates with the Strengthening
OF the body No one position is held for
the trunk and arms needed. There is
free play for the chest, the lungs are filed
with fresh air and the general circulation
is quickened in this brisk work.
But as in every other detail in housework,
the clothing should be planned so as to
bring no undue weight or pressure.
The most lowly and despised bit of house
work is, after all, said TO be the most
precious from the viewpoint of hygiene.
The scrubbing and wiping up of floors are
two movements in which the weight is
taken entirely from the feet In the posi-
ton on the hands and knees gravity acts
TO the best advantage and the shoulder
movement is comparatively free. The mop,
that labor-saving device, is from this point
of view no Improvement over the scrubbing
brush.
After
The rugs and carpets have been taken up
a floor that is not finished in any other way
should be thoroughly scrubbed and dried
before 1t is covered again. 1t is economy
to lay down floors of matched boards Of
good seasoned wood which does not warp
up and the dust has been thoroughly swept
up and has settled scrub the wood with
warm water and sal soda, cleaning and
scrubbing about a square yard of surface
at time.
II pays to have two pals, one of soda
and water to scrub the floor with and one
of water to rinse it with; use two cloths.
one TO wipe up the floor and the other
to dry with; when the floor is scrubbed
wash and dry these cloths before using
them again. If the floor is hardwood it
had better be dressed by regular finisher.
To clean carpets make a suds with good
white soap and hot water and add fuller's
earth to this until the consistency of thin
cream. Have plenty of clean drying cloths,
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Glass Bathtubs-

Glass Bathtubs-
Are being made in Germany, and are
said TO have advantages over metal and
enamel. the principal one being that they
are much cheaper. They are made in a
solid piece and one can be turned out COM
plete In about FIVE minutes
This is the simple way In which it is done:
The molten glass Is taken from the surface
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a man creams up nature, leaving the sour
and the dregs for philosophy and reason to
lap up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
The Lovely

Old lady is a great treasure in a house
hold often has agreeable accomplishments
In the way OF needlework and knitting, has
a perfect store of excellent recipes for cakes
and custards, and knows the most delight
ful old-fashoned games. She has manners,
too learned in a more fastidious school
than ours. She is stately courteous a lit
tie formal. and makes a beautiful courtesy.
She tells us how she was laugh, to do Ia
work, TO sew furs, to preserve currants, TO
sit up and not touch the back of her chair;
and &er figure shows that a good spine is
the result of her early training. She is the
one who is never wearied by the society of
growing girls, ana who has at twilight the
prcttieSt stories of her time, when she was
a young lady. 1t seems through the tender
light of tradition. that those were more ro-
mantle days than ours.
She usually has treasures OF old lace and
brocade. which sometimes come out for doll
dresses and pin cushions. At Christmas
time she is to produce unexpected
treasures. And to comfort and encourage
the falteTing and fainting mother when the
new cares OF maternity seem almost beyond
her strength, who so invaluable as the real
good old lady?
The Road
To home happiness is said to lie over
small stepping stones. So small sometimes
are the causes of our unhappiness that we
wonder the consequences can be so great.
One great palliative is the determination by
every member of the family not to dwell on
the circumstances. whatever they may be,
which are alik sad 10 all
If it he poverty let il De cheerfully and
silently borne. il il bee the III temper of
grandpa Try TO make joke of il. If it be
some hing infinitely worse and also hopeless
accept il irlveiE. do not talk Of it.
Try in tAe family circle to ignore 1t; ac-
ms .r me-
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Took Advantage of the Occasion.
barrister with a long experience of
Irish juries tells the following anus
ing story as illustrating their eccen-
tricities:
A man was charged with committing
a murderous assault upon another as a
result of some political differences.
The assault having been committed
at night, there appeared to be some
difficulty In identifying the assailant,
and, as a matter of fact, the counsel
for the defense made out an excellent
case for the prisoner, calling witnesses
to testify that he was nowhere near
the spot where the assault took place
on the night In question.
Everybody concerned fully expected
that the jury would bring in verdict
of acquittal, yet to the general aston
ishment the foreman announced that
the prisoner had been found guilty.
"But," he added, observing the general
CONSERVATION created by his state
ment, mot guilty of this assault, me
lord. This is the spalpeen who stole
Biddy McCarthy's pig last year, and
we foind him guilty of thatr'
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What a Boy Can Do.

This is what boy can do, because
boys have done it:
He can write great poem. Alexan-
der Pope wrote his famous lode to Sol
itude" when he was only twelve years
old.
He can write great book. Macaulay
wrote his first volume, the "Primitiae,"
which took the literary world by storm,
before he was In his teens.
He can write a successful play. John
O'Keefe, the famous Irish actor and
playwright, wrote a play that Is con-
sidered good today when he was only
fifteen.
He can become famous. Charles Dick
ems did his sketches by Boz" so well
that before he was twenty-five his
name was known to all the world.
He can make his mark" so well that
it will open his career. Palmerston,
England's great statesman, was admir-
ed In school for his brilliant work and
wrote letters home in English, French
and Italian that are models of compost
ton today.
He can enter great university be-
fore he is thirteen. William Pitt did it.
London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-04-04
INAUGURATION BALLS.
The First Was MadisOn's, Saturda
Evening, March 4, 1909.

The First Was MadisOn's, Saturday
Evening, March A, 1909.
Four hundred guests, as all the con-
temporaneous accounts agree, gathered
at the first Inauguration ball, which
took place on the evening of Saturday,
March 4, 1909, at Mr.. Longs hotel, on
Capitol hill, in celebration of the ac-
cessiOn to the presidency of James
Madison. Each Of the three presidents
who had preceded him in office had
been permitted to close the day Of his
inauguration by going early to bed.
General Washington and John Adams
had been inaugurated at temporary
capitols, and Thomas Jefferson would
have rebelled against a ceremony
plainly modelled upon the customs Of
royalty, but when Madison's inaugu-
ration came the new federal city had
been a visible fact for nine years and
was determined to assert right to
enjoy itself. Even in doing so 1t fol
lowed a habit always hitherto associ-
ated with the celebration of the coro-
nation of kings.
Royal customs were really the only
ones the people knew, for every Amer
lean in Washington over thirty-two
years Of age had been born the subject
Of king, and the new order Of things
had not given birth to new ideas of
how to manifest rejoicing. Moreover,
if the method chosen seems to some to
have been an imitation of monarchical
customs, they should reflect in extern
uation that it Is an instinct Of man
coequal with his feeling the sensation
of pleasure to show his joy by dancing.
So an official ball closed the day of
Madison's Inauguration and has closed
the Inauguration day of every presi-
dent who has succeeded him.-Gail-
lard Hunt in Century.
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The worries of weak and sick mother
are only begun with the birth of her child.
BY day her work is constantly interrupted
and at night her rest is broken by the
wailing of the peevish, puny infant Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong and sick women we'll
1t lightens all the burdens of maternity,
giving to mothers strength and vigor,
which they impart to their children. In
over thirty years of practice DR.. Pierce
and his associate staff of nearly score of
physicians have treated and cured more
than half a million suffering women.
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free of charge. All cor
respondence is strictly private. Address
DR.. R. V. Pierce Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ses Ct Os(z2zzz@
PAWNBRoKERs.
They Are. Says One of Them, the
Soul of Generosity.


They Are, Says One of Them, the
Soul of Generosity.
When New York policeman recent
ly borrowed jewelry of a pawnbroker
on his beat to wear to a party" the
story led to much comment In the
opinion of the pawnbroker most of the
gossip was entirely uncalled for.
People are making tremendous
fuss about that little DEAL" he said.
"They seem to think 1t one of the won
ders of the age for a pawnbroker to
lend anything unless he gets big inter
est on It, Pawnbrokers are really the
soul Of generosity. 1 make loans every
week. OF course don't let things out
indiscriminately. A fellow that can
touch me for the use of an umbrella or
a diamond ring for the night has to be
pretty well known as square chap
who is not going to run off with the
goods. There are numINr of such
men around in this part of town. and
when they stand In need of some spe-
cial convenience that l happen to be
able to supply to them from my stock
of unclaimed pledges l am glad to ac-
commodate them. The stuff always
comes back safe, accompanied by a
little tip, so l don't lose anything by
trusting my friends
II have one woman on my list of Dor
rowers. She and her family have trad
ed here for years. One day she pawned
her opera glasses and never got them
out, and since then whenever she has q
chance to go to the play she asks for
the loan of pair Of glasses She is too
good a customer to be refused little
favor like that, so of course gets them.
In the capacity of a public benefactor
have loaned Overcoats, gloves, walk
ing sticks, rings and about everything
else known to the masculine get-up.
Those loans are made to friends and
reliable people only, and no grafters
need apply. New York Post
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Insects of almost every kind are eat
en- in one part or another of the globe.
The natives of the West Indies eat the
larvae Of the stag beetle, the creoles
of Bourbon broil and eat cockroaches,
while the Arabs still follow the exam
pie of John the Baptist and feed on To-
Gusts. The grasshopper is a favorite
article of diet both in Greece and in
Mexico The Chinese make a tasty
dish out of the chrysalis of the silk
worm, and a white fat grub that bur
rows in the palm trees is the greatest
delicacy a Burman knows. Ants pre-
pared in various ways commend them
selves to quite number Of people.
The African custom is to cook them in
butter, while in Brazil resinous sauce
is the usual accompaniment. The STA
mese prefer the eggs of the ant, and in
India the white ant is not only eaten
raw, but In some parts is roasted like
coffee and is then mixed with -four and
made into pastry.
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.ATARRH
THIS
REMEDY


do not mean to imply that it is well
for a man to become comparatively in
different to his own nation Travel
has that effect upon some people, es-
pecially when for term of years they
reside abroad, and notably in southern
Italy. 1t eats away their patriotism.
They call themselves by that long
name-cosmopolitan. They are not,
they say, citizens of any one town or
country in particular, but of the world
at large.
This sounds very fine, but if you
come to analyze their notions you will,
l am afraid, generally discover that,
so far from having got their sympa-
thies enlarged to such a degree that
they can feel for the central African
negro in his degradation as much as
they can feel for the Whitechapel toll
er in his semistarvation, they have
rather lost all sympathy for every one
except for themselves. ''Cosmopoli-
TAM is, in numbers of instances, only
selfish" writ large.-All the Year
Round