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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

institution was fully qualified to in
struct Annapolis graduates in the prin-
ciples of naval architecture, and since
then these young men have come to
THE modern Athens" to, complete their
technical education.
Professor Cecil H. Peabody, the head
of the department of naval architecture
at the Institute of Technology, is OF
the opinion that one of the lessons of
the recent war in the far east is that
mere personal courage, which was such
an important factor in the sea fights
of the old days. is valueess today un-
less accompanied by suitable material
and training. Military experts still
agree on the truth of the general prop
osition that an army Of courageous
men, men with fighting instincts, even
though inefficiently armed and i'm
properly conducted will inhict more
or less severe losses upon the enemy.
But at sea, where so much nowadays
depends on up o-date engineering and
construction, the defeated side, other
things being equal will be beaten by
superior machinery Hence the ten
dency to make battleships larger.
Indeed, as the naval architects will
tell you, the tendency is to have larger
and better ships not only for the pur-
poses of war but also for the pur-
poses of commerce. The new battle
ships designed for the United States
and Great Britain represents the steady
progress and growing Importance of
that department of science which has
already produced the colossal liners
that plow the Atlantic and the Paci-
tic, and which, according to plans al.
ready announced, will yet produce still
more colossal steamships.
Does 1t pay to spend $6,0O0,00O on a
In Of hn In
teachers of naval architecture is that
you can get greater return in often
sive and defensive power and i'm speed
from money put into big ships than
from money put into small ships or
ships OF moderate size.
1t is an axiom in naval strategy that
a fleet is no faster than its slowest
ship. Other things being equal. the
faster fleet viii be victorious, for its
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
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fingers tattooing the head of her Po-
meranian pup steps from her carriage
and enters the consulting room of a
fashionable and expensive physician.
In a broken voice she begins to re-
late poem in high class symptoms.
Not the ordinary thing, of course!
Dear me-nol No pains in the back
of the neck about this case. She has
taken a dislike to those she loves
she shudders when her husband kisses
her! Why, even dear little Toots-
and she breaks down and weeps over
the Pomeranian pup. Then when the
radiators rumble and sizzle 1t drives
her fairly wildl She takes no interest
in clothes!
Doctors Urge 1t
Then the fashionable and expensive
doctor kindly, but firmly says: TRY
doing you own housework for while!
Sweep, make the beds, cook-wash the
dishes. Work hard four or five hours
a day!"
This is the very limit of her endu
rance. She looks icily at him for
moment, then, clutching the dog firm
ly under her arm, she rushes frantic
ally from the room. The doctor doesn't
mind in the least. He is used to haV-
ing this prescription taken violently
and knows it will be all charged in
the bill.
But many women have been saved
from sanitariums the past year or two
by this means. Housework, even un-
intelligent housework, exercises the
muscles magnifcently An oicloth
scrubbing before breakfast with a bath
and a rub down is equal to a five-mile
gallop through the park.
A few windows cleaned with the help
of small stepladder which requires
a bending of the arms and turning
of the waist while breathing the fresh
air is better than a bout with a punch
ing bag. Sweeping, bedmaking. silver
cleaning. all the tasks that we have
such difficulty in procuring servants
to do today, can be made into exercises
that at gymnasiums and physical cul-
ture schools we pay large fees to OBJ
tain.
OF course very few women have
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
THE DAYS MEANING
Rev. Walter l.. Martin, Boyle Heights
Christian Church

Rev. Walter l.. Martin, Boyle Heights
Christian Church
If l understand the meaning of
Thanksgiving day it is the one day of
all the year when we, as a nation, rem
der thanks and express gratitude to
God for all his benefits. 1t is beau
tiful custom and we do well to hand it
down from year to year.
AS nation we have much for which
to be thankful. 1t can be said of us
as it was of Israel, HE hath not dealt
so with any nation" But we do not
begin to appreciate our blessings. "Oh
that men would praise the Lord for his
goodness and for his wonderful works
to the children of men!"
What a small percentage of the peo-
pie will gather in places of worship on
Thanksgiving day to offer up praise
and thanksgiving to the giver of all
good A much larger number will make
it a day of feasting and merrymaking
Surely this is not in accord with the
original meaning of the day. Rather
ought we to make it day of fasting
and prayer.
I wish that we might make it a day
full of gratitude to our God We are
all thankful, 1 know, that peace and
prosperity have been our portion as a
people; that neither war nor pestilence
has devastated our land; but let us
not forget the countless smaller bless
ings which have come to everyone of us.
Every good gift and every perfect
gift comes from above" This thought
ought to cause us to break forth into
singing: Then center into his gates
with thanksgiving and into his courts
with praise"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
COUPLE of years ago woman

A COUPLE of years ago a woman
n wrote a book in which she ex-
plotted the simple tasks of the
household as a species of physical cul-
ture and the humorous book reviewers
wrote amusing columns about the
manner in which the overearnest writer
suggested quite seriously combination
of Delsarte and dishwashing.
Take the subject of bed making, for
instance, As a mattress was upraised
for the morning turning the house
worker was to hold the thought of
power, take deep breath with the
burden poised gracefully a moment,
then dipping it back into place the
thought was to change to joy the con-
seriousness of a responsibility fulfilled.
The sheets were to be spread with
thoughts of purity, order, rest and so
on, until the frilled pillows were placed
with beauty and symmetry occupying
the brain lobes back of the ears.
And in like manner this brave woman
proceeded through the gamut of the
days work from busting to doormat
shaking, each with it's high thought as
an accompaniment and corresponding
stretching and exercising of the partlc-
ular muscles that were called in play.
The gray matter was to be agitated
I'm accordance with every move, and by
the time the author had reached stove
polishing and shining the kitchen fau-
Gets 1t will at once be seen that there
was much to cause the frivious to
smile.
She was dreadfully in earnest and she
knew what she was writing about,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
By NteWAster(o5

learned to look upon the aesthetic side
OF housework. 1t has its aesthetic
side, and the lady who suggested throw
ing over the mattress in time to in
visible music surely understood 1t and
has simply advanced n stage beyond
the aesthetic side of the work to the
scientifically spiritual strata. BY this
time, no doubt she has reached the
empyreal, and in the next book she
gives us will tell us how to sing to the
stars as we peel the onions.
The Aesthetic Side
When the aesthetics of housework
are appreciated by women great
many serious questions that are at
present troubling us will be settled for
ever. The divorce problem will be to
an extent eliminated, for under the
new scheme of things no one will wish
to escape from perfectly kept home
where every one lives up to his blue
china.
Men, easily won by comfort and a
lack of servant squabbles, will become
a mixture of Greek god and the cooling
dove. Clubs will get to be unpopular,
for they will not be like home even at
their best. Intemperance will be a
name. for only the wrong home sur
roundings and imperfect nutrition drive
men to drink.
AS for the servant girl question it
will be answered definitely at last.
When woman realizes that it is a pure
joy to dabble Limoges dishes and cut
glass in a blue papier mache tub OF
soapy water she will prefer it to bridge.
When she experiences the thrill of de-
light the artist feels as she turns out
a Spanish omelet on Il willow pattern
plate, she will know that a woman's
life after all, need not consist of Mere
ly Maryanning
Servants will take the cue, and the
idea of receiving pay for such delicious
labors amid the tiles and the porcelain
of the modern kitchen will make the
position of housemaid one for which
waiting lines of cultured and intelli-
gent college girls will stand in their
caps and gowns.
1t was Richard LIE Gallienne who dis
covered the exquisite poetry that turks
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

which always helps some, but she
etherealized her idea so completely that
to the ordinary comprehension she be-
came humorous.
See Fun in It
There are always persons who will
see the fun in thing without perceiv-
ing the idea back of it, but the book re-
viewers are so rarely funny that we
can only joy in any touch of lightness
in their moods.
Delsarte has always been intensely
amusing to many of us, and when the
name is coupled with housework it is
really a little too much. But coupled
with anything we have always refused
to accept the cult seriously, and when a
few years ago young woman in sam
dals and draperies exploited Omar in
a Delsarte dance we fairly hoOted at
her. But she went to Berlin, made a
wonderful success and had a theater
built for her by subscription. By and
by she will come to New York. under
the management of some sincere art
lover, and we will pay 81 seat to
see her.
And in the same manner the notion
of housework and hygiene. and even of
housework and aesthetics, is not so
frightfully funny as it would at first
seem. If we wait Il while and let an
idea sink in it often takes on reality.
Doctors all over the country are now
adays prescribing housework as cure
for iaded nerves. A finely organized
feminine trembling like race horse,
her heart galloping in ragtime, her
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
AN ADMIRABLE CUSTOM
Rev. Thomas C. Marshall, Church of the
NelghbOrhOOd

Rev. Thomas G. Marshall, Church of the
NeighbOrhOOd
1t is an admirable custom, this of
assembling in our churches on the an
nual Thanksgiving festival and render
ing public thanks to God for the bless
ings Of the year. Were we not actually
summoned to this duty by the official
proclamation of our chief magistrate,
most of us, it is safe to say, would for
get that we have anything to be thank
full for.
AS it is, we begin the day in a spirit
Of perfunetory observance, yielding
merely to the custom, feeling all the
while that we have been somehow left
out and that for us the day has no spe-
cial propriety; but even the hardest
among us are ready to concede as we
leave the doors of the church that life
holds some good in 1t and that alto
gether our benefactions have not fallen
very much behind our deserts.
The practical result of the Thanks
giving observance ought to be the in
crease of the spirit Of kindness on
earth Mercy and not sacrifice" is
the thank offering, we are told, of
which God Is most fond.
If you are thankful, make the day
brighter for some one whose list of
blessings is shorter than your own. 1t
will perhaps give you new sensationi
incidentally 1t may make it harder to
fall back into the life Of sordid bar
gaining ON Friday
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
How to Cook the Turkey
Written for The Herald by corneIia c. Bedford

~ CCUPYING the most prominent
nent place on the menu for
every Thanksgiving dinner IS
the turkey, and she who can select
the bird in advance of his demise is a
lucky woman. AS rule, very large
turkeys are apt to be rather coarse
in flavor.
First of all, pour two or three ta-
blespoonfulS of pure alcohol in saul
cer ignite it and over the flame SINCE
the bird thoroughly, turning and twist
ing that no hairs may be left. Next
remove all pin feathers. With sharp
knife cut through the tough outer skin
below the lower joint, break the bone
underneath by quick pressure on the
edge of the table, then cut off the
feet.
FROM the entrails remove the heart
and liver. Split the heart and cut the
two fleshy ends from the gizzard. With
damp cloth wipe out the interior
of the fowl, then wipe and rub the skin
very thoroughly.
When a stuffing is to be used lay a
spoonful or two of it under the breast
skin and fill the body cavity loosely
that there may be room for the mixture
to swell Have. ready several yard
lengths of fine but stout twine and
trussing needle. Pull the skin flaps
taut then twist the wings so that the
tips meet on the back over the flap.
Thread the needle with a length of
twine, then push it through. If prop
erly taken and tightly tied the fowl
is now firmly trussed and the breast
in proper position for carving.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
Call for Big
Ships Now
THE tendency in naval construction

IT HE tendency in naval construction
Is to build heavier ships than
have ever been seen, to make these
ships as speedy as possible. and to arm
them with the heaviest guns. This
tendency, it is interesting to know, is
not result of the sso-Japanese
war. Though emphasized and adj
Vanced by the engagements that have
taken place in Oriental waters, never
theless the tendency antedates the war.
1t is to be seen in the battleship
Vermont, which was recently launched
at the Fore River yards at Quincy. and
which has a displacement of 10000
tons and will carry four 12-inch, eight
S-inch, and twelve 7-inch guns. 1t is
equally noticeable in the new British
battleships of the King Edward class,
which have a displacement of more
than 10000 tons and which carry four
12-inch, four 9.2-inch and ten 6-inch
guns.
Captain Hovgaard, the professor of
naval design at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, not long ago
worked out design of an ideal battle-
ship under present conditions, and the
result was a ship of the King Edward
class. This illustrates the fact that
naval architects are able to anticipate
the lessons of actual warfare. 1t also
gives the public an idea of the char
acter Of the work done at the institute
by the sixteen young men from the
naval academy at Annapolis who are
studying there.
Years ago the graduates OF Annapolis
selected to become naval constructors
We're sent to Greenwich, England. the
academy here having no means Of fur
nishing them with the necessary tech
nical instruction. After careful inVes-
tigation into the matter, however, the
government decided that the Boston
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

A ten-pound turkey will require fully
three hours in hot oven and it is well
to have at hand several sheets of thick
brown paper to guard against burning.
Having the oven very hot, place the
bird breast downward on the wire sad
die rack in the dripping pan; if you do
not possess one of these useful roast
ing racks. prop it on either side with
several raw potatoes. Cover the back
with number Of very thin slices of
larding pork and put in oven after
dredging lightly with salt.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in
three-quarters of a cupful of boiling
water and baste the bird with this
every fifteen minutes. At the end of
an hour and a half turn the bird
breast upward: the oven heat can then
be lowered slightly. If in danger of
burning, cover with paper. When done
the joints will separate easily
Before taking from the pan use a
sharp pointed knife to cut the twine
on the side opposite each knot and pull
out by the loose ends.
For the gravy pour off the greater
part of the fat in the pan, stand on
the fire and gradually dredge in suf-
ficient flour to absorb the fat which
remains. Stir until well Drowned then
slowly add a cupful of boiling water,
then the finely chopped giblets and
the water in which they were cooked.
Season and boil up for two or three
minutes.
From the turkey it is but a natural
transition to the cranberry jelly which
always goes with it. Pick over and
wash the berries, then put over the
fire with a half cupful of water for
each pint of berries. Cover and cook
slowly until the berries are tender
then rub through sieve. Return the
smooth pulp to the fire with one-half
as much Sugar-by measure-as there
were berries and boil gently for about
ten minutes, or until little "jellies,"
when dropped on a cold saucer. Turn
into molds and set away. This is, of
course, done on Wednesday. The
pumpkin pies must also be made the
day before Thanksgiving.
Among the vegetables peculiarly ap-
propriate to this season are corn and
beans in the form of succotash. The
old-time succotash was made with
dried corn and beans, but we may use
the canned article. Turn a can of corn
into saucepan, add one pint of milk
and simmer slowly for fifteen minutes.
Drain can of tiny lima beans, rinse
repeatedly in cold water and drain,
Add TO the corn and when again at
the simmering point stir in a scant
tablespoonful of flour mixed to a
smooth paste with little water. Sea-
son and simmer for ten minutes longer.
AS beginning for the real Thanks
giving dinner oyster soup was consid-
cred indispensable. Strain and pick
over one quart of oysters of moderate
size. Place in a colander and rinse
thoroughly. Heat and skim the liquor
until no more scum rises. In a clean
saucepan melt and mix two and a half
tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour.
Gradually stir in one quart of hot milk.
When smoothly thickened season high
ly with salt and white pepper. Three
minutes before serving add gradually
the oysters and skinned LIQUOR a tinv
pinch OF mace and shaving OF lemon
peel. Stir and take off the moment
that the oysters begin to ruffe.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
Thoughts 0fThanksgiving of

then not our churches or our firesides,
indeed numberless as the sands of the
seaside are the favors given to us, and
for all we should be grateful for God
hath not done in like manner to every
nation"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

and thank God for all He has done for
us, there is altogether too much in our
national life today which ought to
make every honest man hang his head
with shame Thankfulness should be
coupled with courage, decision and high
resolve that, cost what it will, the
great blessings which Providence has
bestowed shall be so employed as to
produce nobler. and better race.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

Brushley-What are you going to do
Auber-I sold 1t to the proprietor of p
swell cafe this morning Brushley-Well'
he evidently knows his business. De
Auber-What do you mean? Brushley-
That picture is enough TO drive people TO
drink.-Chicago Daily News. "
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of Clarksburg
School District for building two
school buildings, and the grading of
the lots, at Clarlsburg, W. Vs., in
accordance with plans and speciffca-
lions prepared for the same by Ed
ward j. Wood, architect, until the
18th day Of September, 1908, at IL
o'clock noon, of said day. ALI bids
must be accompanied by a certified
check for $4,000 made payable to
the Board of Education, as an eve
dence of good faith that the bidder
will enter into contract should he
be awarded the work. In the event
of the contractor failing to give the
required bond and entering into a
contract within reasonable time aft
ter being awarded the work, the
check shall become the property of
the Board of Education and be nego-
tiated by them, otherwise, the check
shall be returned Immediately after
these conditions have been complied
with.
BOND. The successful contrac-
tor will be required to furnish an
approved bond to the extent of two
thirds of the amount of bid, and in
addition, 20 per cent. of each est.
mate will be withheld until the final
completion and acceptance of the
work. The board reserves the right
to accept any or reject any or all
bids. All bids are to be addressed
/ to Harvey W Harmer, Secretary OF
the Board. Plans can be seen at the
Office of the architect, rooms "a and
35, Lowndes building, Clarksburg
w. Va.
BY order of the Board of Educa-
ttion this 31st day of Aug, 1905.
HARVEY W. HARAfER,
1sept1etd. Secretary:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07
OLD BOOK
is FOUND
BY ALLEN

Post Officer Inspector e. I. AL
len arrived here Wednesday evening
from Roanoke, Lewis county, bring
ing with him a real curio in the
shape of an Anticipated United States
postal guide, issued in 1851.
The book is bound with paper
back and contains only $50 pages;
many of which are devoted to the
names of all the postm asters in the
United States at that item. ELM
mating the names as is done with
the postal guide of today it would
be very small compared with the
present guide. which contains LAO
pages substantially bound.
At that time there were but
twelve post offices in Harrison coun-
tv. namely. Clarksburg, Shinnston,
New Salem. West Milford, Lost
Creek. West Milford, Lumberport,
Romines Mills, Grassland, Melon.
Peel Tree and Quiet Dell, and Graf
ton was not then on the map. The
only post Offices in Taylor county al
that time were Pleasant Creek.
Pruntvtown and Three Forks, while
in Ohio county there were but
Wheeling, Triadelphia and West
Liberty, all located on the old ma
tional road. East of the mountains
ON the Virginia line there were
omre in proportion, in fact, about
as many and about the same as al
Among the postmasters that year
were Elias Bruen, at Clarksburg
John Carpenter, at Bridgeport
Jonathan F. Randolph, at Salem
James Y. Hornor, at Lumberport
James w. James, at Shinnston; Sam,
uel Goodman, at Lost Creek; r. =
Bartlett. West Milford, and John FL
Shuttleworth. at Romines Mills.
In looking through the guide Mr.
Allen also finds that his grandfather
George W. Allen, was postmaster at
North Hrrrrh. Beltimore county
No~vland. ut that time.
Mr.. Allen takes great pride IN
the find and viii add it to his
splendid collection Of antiques.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07
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b. & o. TERMINAL
at
Thirty-Third Street,
New York City.
Il; -as.M II 4 y + 4; Il y y

All passenger trains of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad to and from
New York City now have direct fer
nv Connection with 23rd Street Ter
minal, in addition to Liberty street
the South Ferry Terminal having
been discontinued.
Twenty-third street is the most
popular terminal of the great metro
poIis because Of its convenience to
The hotel. theatre and shopping dis.
trict. In the Y cont remodellng OF
the terminalebuilaing a glass rooted
canopy was c.n-tructed fifty feet
wide under VI "a the cress-town
cars of 18th, 23rd, a8th and s9th
street lines pass, so that passengers
are protected from the weather
leaving the ferry house, iIltt also
avoid the annoyance ofstreet trat-
fic.
All baggage destined te eE ork
CITY will be delivered to 23Td' street
unless distinctly marked "L1berty
street. or otherwise.
A complete electric cab service
has also been established for the
transportation of passengers and
baggage at very reasonable rates.
The importance of gard street is
most graphically brought to atten-
tion in the August number of the
ss3ook Of the Royal Blue" publish
cd bv the Passenger Department OF
ebe is fillmore s. Ohio, under the
I the eHart of Gotham.
f1tefast eenters within mile
ssgd street FIFTH avenue
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07

The West Union Record has re-
turned to the editorship-of Silas p.
Smith, and viii doubtless get along
very we'll, now that some of the lit
tie Democratic gang that domineered
things at any cost, whether honor
able or not. have hidden adieu to the
county, while still others have drop
ped into political oblivion. Smith
Is a good sort of fellow, and if he is
but permitted TO run the paper ac-
cording to his own ideas, it will be
OF use to the people of the county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07

Every one has had free range in
lie city and no one seems thus far
10 have been very much hurt, if at
IL. Several fake stories have been
put up but the squealers did not
push their troubles. Remarkable,
indeed, has been the good order In
some places with such big crowd
assembled the order would have Dor
dered ON the riotous. But, the peo-
,Ie of Harrison county know how to
behave themselves and do.