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The Washington times., 1906-11-04

AM uOt a "huuscmOtheT 70 Within
the last miserable hour / have
doubted II shall ever be a house
Il wife, or, Tor that matter. any sort
OF a wife.
May I tell you my story2 l am so
wretched / must talk it out 10 some
body-or go crazy-or die. You see. I
nave no mother OF my own. I haven't
nad since | was ten years old. l have
had stepmother ever since 1 was
eleven, but she doesn't count ] don't
think stepmOtheFs often do count for
anything that could make the first wife's
children better or happier. 1 know mine
didn' n't-everi When 1 was sixteen, she
put me into an office. / say she did, be-
cause my father does Just what she
ogTapher before she was married and
she made up her mind ! should be one.
as soon as she found out / loved to
study and 20 read. She drilled me her
self. all the time / could spare from my
feSsons when / was out OF school; and
you may be sure She worked me hard.
BY the time / was graduated she
had got a ane position for me in the
Office where she used 10 work ] could
not have got 1t at my age. had she not
gone security fer my proficiency and
prepared me thoroughly for the place.
l have held II now six years. and given
satisfaction 10 my employers, I went
am getting sis now When / told aa''q the e
senior partner last week that l expected
20 be married this winter, he said that
my pay would be raised to $40 per II
/ would stay
Now for my trouble. Ny friend and I
have had our first quarrel, and IL looks
10 me like a serious one. We were talk
ing of our plans this evening. and he
took II for granted we would take q
fat and so 20 housekeeping. He has
said so much that showed how he felt
on this matter lately that ! thought IL
only fair 10 speak out my mind So I
told him II would be nothing short OF
highway robbery Tor me to let him rent
a fiat and expect me 10 keep Il; that l
don't know the first thing about cooking
and taking care Of a house: never
having had a chance to learn. What
time had / with my school work and
when ! was at home my stepmotheF
driving me TO my stenography as IL I
had been a Georgia slave?
At that he said what a pity and
shame il was, and so forth, but that /
'am so smart I would soon learn" " and
q lot more YOU would not care TO hear
and I don't care 10 put down on paper
WhereupOn l was obliged 10 tell him out
and out that / just hate hOuseWoFk. and
cooking, and marketing. and managing
and 50 forth, and haven't a speck OF
kHacE for e. I told him how I had ex-
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Z give over the work OF instruction.? /
! huve lived many years. and learned
year. / tell you now, as II you were. in
/ deed, my daughter. that a knowledge OF
practical cookery is as necessary part
I OF an American girls education as the
I alphabet. the primer. the copy book,
| arithmetic and geography.
Recurring 10 my personal experience.
let me say that began housekeeping
In a well-appointed home, with what
was considered a STAFF OF competent
servants. At the END OF the first cru
elal year overheard an inquisitIve
visitor ask my husband how many ser
wants We kept.
His answer was prompt Five, ana
one slave: The slave is my wifei'
My stan had, one and all, discovered
that vas an iBnoramus I'm my assumed
profession, and taken advantage of the
discovery. The captain did not know
how to sail the ship.
The labor OF fitting myself to teach
and to control subordinates was less
arduouS because, as presently appeared,
/ had genuine liking for culinary
science and native aptitude for the
practice OF the art II these had been
Wanting-as you say they are in you
the duty and the necessity would have
remained the same. This is not pre-
fessional targon, but plain truth.
You may be right in affirming that
there IFS a lot of this sort OF feeling
among working girls" Then let them
be content 20 remain working girls,
There is no necessity laid upon them by
law or gospel TO become wives. IL the
boarding house is your ideal OF home,
stay there! II you DO not love the man
you have promised TO marry well
enough 10 conquer. for his sake. your
repugnance to household toll tell him
that you decline to become his partner.
accept the $50 per" and let him ind n
hOmemai;er elsewhere.
Am / hard upon your Do I seem un-
feeling and non-sympathetic? ] beg YOU
10 beileEe mat l could give you no bet
ter proof Of mOtheTly interest in you
and affectionate desire for your real
good than By this plaindealing with
your hurt What other women have
done is possible 10 a bright, brave
woman like yourself. Let me conclude
my too-lOng lecture with a sentence
from the letter of a literary woman.
who married at thiFty-five, and at forty
was the model hOusekeeper of her
neighborhOod
~ am not naturally fond of house
hold duties. If l have, as you are good
enough to say. reduced dusting TO a
fine art mixing and baking to an exact
science il is not for love of art or
science. / love my husband and my
home. To sec him happy. and to en-
JOY the effect OF clean, orderly rooms
and weli-served meals, I am willing TO
perform tasks for which I have no real
liking. The game is worth the candle
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last summer in camp. This Is 20 put
the tea over the fire in cold water, let
Ting Il come 10 a boil, then TO take II
on and pour IL out
Please let US know which OF these
methods conmends itself 10 you as right
and best.
s. F ". columbus. ohio).
Have you heard the story OF the
ITishman 20 whom was referred the
question: Which is eorrect-'eyther
or 'eether?
Faith said Pat. "and sure it's
nayIheTt'
No tea should ever be bOiled-no mat
ter what its complexion. Nor should
il steep for ten minutes. 'Nayther'
should IL be put Into cold water and
brought 10 the boil. Each and every
one OF these methods extracts the tan
mic acid which is the one and only hurt
tul element in tea-green. black, or
mixed.
To make tea properly, scald the pot
and put IN the requisite quantity Of
the herb. Cover with a little boiling
water nj a "cozy" or other cap upon
the pot: let il stand three minutes; MI
up the pot with boiling water. slip on
the cozy and leave It for two minutes
more: then pour out at once.
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4 Tale of Woe.

Our council table IS such a valuable
help that ] must thank you and your
helpers. / find two useful Items OF IN
formation in number now before me.
BUT. Will you ask a Western Wo-
man to be a little more explicit upon
one or two points? How much formal
dehyde does she use. and how often
Can she sleep in the bed the same night
after using il? And doesn't IL hurt her
eyes while she is applying it, Does she
spray il on the bedclOthes, or apply IL
with a brush To the bed and springs-Or
bOth2 If / can but rid my I.oUse Of the
horrid spests 1 will bless her and the
Exchange as long as l live.
/ have almost despalFed, ana wonder
ed why il is such disgrace 10 have
fearfully hard 10 eXterminate them. BY
comparison flies, ants, moths. etc, are
an easy work.
Tell "B B. w" If she will whip her
cream until ii VIII stand alone. sweeten
aboundantly and sdd-graduaNy-a few
tablespOOnfuls or vinegar. she viii have
q delicious dressing for cabbage salad.
r. S. B. (Monmonth, I'D
The idea that the woman I'm whose
house bedbugs are found is A poor
houseIeeper'' is too firmly implanted In
the public mind TO he uprooted by ''E-
:. BIS protest against the palpable
injustice OF the prejudice. Yet We all
know that the ways of the "beastie''
are dark and his tricks mean beyond
compare. He turks in the walls OF old
houses and waits until every bed Is
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ter than IN seasons past still hold their
own.
with a glass tray, bOasting three COM
partments. to hold your choice of pick
les. etc. which is set into a framework
or silver. This framework has a silver
handle for convenience In passing. n Is
presumed.
Once more the wheel has turned and
salt cellars are to the fore. The once
popular shaker must take Il back seat
and the new cellar boasts OF greater
depth than its predecessor of years
back. and has also the pierced" edge
20 prove that Il is OF the 1906 variety.
Individual castOrs. tiny affairs that
are merely miniatures OF the atrocities
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are nut up in the finest oil and by the
most approved methods A sardine box
OF rock crystal glass and possessed OF
silver top Is now on sale and this per
picking article OF food IS turned into
thing OF beauty
Simplicity is the keynote OF the new
silver. set there are pretty things In the
so-called Baltimore Tepousse work, and
10 bride but who would De pleased a.
receiving a chest full of small silver.
decorated with orange blossoms or Bride
FC ses
Silver-handled carving sets are liked
for wedding presents. and, by the way.
that are now being shown are practi-
Cally unlimited. OF course, there IS the
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that adorned the center Of the table In
grandmother day. are also shown. The
little castor is OF silver, Of course, and
holds three bottles, TOR black, white, and
red pepper, or paprika-
And now may all womankind call
man-if man II waS-whO Invented sill
var holders for catsup and sauce bot
ties. cheese Jars and boxes and other
such paraphemalia, whose disposition
has long tried the soul OF the beauty
loving housewife
No longer must you remove your sar-
dimes from the box at the risk of dis
membering them. or else present to the
view Of your family and friends q gilt
iettered assurance that these sardtnes
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regulation set for joints and rossts, and
then the smaller size, for steaks and
the tiny sets for squads.
Fowl shears are on the market-in-
slrumeuts that look as If their place
was in surgeons case. rather than
upon "A civilized table. These shears
are supposed 10 cut right through the
bone, and so the old-time necessity for
hunting for the joints is done away
with. This, perhaps would not be a
recommendation to the happy bride
groom who has Only--to think OF his
best-beloVed $50 says the Old supersti-
uou) in order to find the Joint
Pearl handled knives are very much
in vogue. but the pearl-handled forks
seem TO Ind little favor, and this sea-
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

For over thirty years. writes a
gentleman in Los Angeles. Il have
used AIbuckles' Coffee. Many times
my family has tried other coffee only to
come back to our oldreliable, unchange-
able Arbuckles. No other coffee has
this uniform never failing aroma. care
not at what price. | have often wished
! could tell you this MANY other
people have the same opinion
Arbuckles' was the 6rst roasted packaged
coffee. and It's sales exceed all the others eua
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Send That Recipe Along.

1 often receive help from your ex-
change. but this is my first request
II IS for two recipes that appeared Il
think) In your corner some time ago. I
intended 10 save them. as I often do.
but the paper was mislaid The first
recipe was for Quick Nut Bread" I
reeollect but one item OF II. and that
Is. ii was made with baking powder.
made Il once. and il was delicious.
o. The other recipe appeared IN another
issue, and was for cucumber sauce To
be eaten with fish There was cream
in 1t and it sounded good. %
have recipe for Devils Food
Cake made with sour cream instes Il
OF butter. II is fine. 7 viii send it
10 you IL you would like 70 have IL
c. +. T. (River Forest, IiI.)
The recipe for cream cucumber sauce
VII appear 81 the recipe column.
do not recall that FOR Quick Nut
Bread" VIII somebody who saved il
let Us have IL n exchange for the sour
cream cake our correspondent promises
20 send2"
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~ HE who is accustomed to utter
ing a lament year by year.
that there is nothing new in
the shape nf bridal offerings.
has no roOI such a plaint
this season The shops are
fairly overhowing with new and delight
fol ideas. and the opportunity for charm
and variety In gifts is only limited BY
the giveT's purse strings.
Should something absolutely new be
desired turn your attention to the glass
and china upon which silver has been
deposited. This. by the way, is by
no means the same thing as the
silver mountings which have been in
vogue for several years, but Is made
by first covering the ware with Ger
tain chemicals. which enable II to stand
the onslaught. and then projecting the
molten silver into il by means OF a
battery The patterns are delightful
and the effect is like exquisite mosaic
work.
Vases. decanters. bottles and jugs OF
many kinds are made OF Austrian, iri-
descent lattice and crystal glass, and
oTnamented In this fashion. Even more
apt to touch the heart OF the domestic
bride are the fascinating little cOfree
sets In Brown Betty pottery and white
Lenox ware. whose glossy beauties are
brought out viVidly by the contrast with
the silver. One tiny squatty set IN white
LenoN was pretty enough 10 start the
onlookeT on the road 20 shOpliIting and
ruin.
Silver dishes always make acceptable
gifts. and the fashions this year run
either 20 the staid and solid with little
decoration. or to what the jewellers term
"pteFced work "a name that really car
rtes its own explanation with IT, Flat
silver rruit or salad bowls, ftgTing about
The edges and with those same flares
pierced into fantastic designs, are among
The new things shown.
Tiny little silver butter plates. with a
fine ThreadWOTk about the edges will
never come amiss with any bride. and
the oval silver b-eadtraps a little fiat
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

A knot OF us-all practical housekeep-
ers-have been discussing tea-making
over the tsacups."
The oldest member of the party laid it
down as a truth that is not 10 be dis
puted that black tea is 20 be boiled. and
green, or any blend" that contains
green tea, should be simply steeped in
boiling water for ten minutes.
Another woman told OF a new
wrinkle" in tea brewing she picked up
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I hts ideals are as low as respects mar
ried life az those OF the commOneSt
day labOrer who picks out from his list
OF girls the one who can make the
best bread "and keep him comfortable
generally"
on. yes! I know I am bitter and,
maybe, coarse In my talk but please
Tecoilect how new and how raw the
hurt is, and answer me as YOU would
one OF your own daughters. Honor
bright now. dear friend OF us all. and
and friendless-did you insis, that your
daughters should become what a witty
girl In our office calls pot Wrestlers"
before YOU let them marry?
Forgive me! don't mean to be i'm
pertinent and inquisltive. Won't you
please lcok upon me as a type" and
talk To me out fthe depths OF your
heart? For there is a lot of this sort of
FEELING among working girls, whether
they say IL or net. Whatever men may
say. and 'goody-goody'' women write,
all women DO not take to housekeeping
as naturally as ducks TO a pond
Unless ! am mistaken, this is the
longest letter ever published in the Ex-
change. L is admitted and in FULL
with an object in view, and a solemn
object.
In all the line Of argument there il
nothing more specIous than a haif-truth.
Yet half-truth is the chief corner
stone OF the ptteous plea that evidently
comes from the Wrung heart of Il wO-
man who believes herself to be I'm the
right
Taking your last question first: I did
insist" that my daughters should have
a fair degree OF skill in housewifery.
including cookery. before I let them
marry. I felt that / owed It to them
and TO their husbands to fit them TO
conduct their households Alright In their
vacations. while they were SCHOOLGIRLS.
I set for each certain domestic tasks,
and saw To il that they were regularly
and faithfully performed. Each had her
noVitiate OF kitchen work. To the credit
OF my cooks. ne IT. said. not one OF them
objected to the presence of the learners
In their domain at the hours appointed
by me The memory of my own early
ineXpeTience ard cruel mortifications
urged me on in the endeavor to make
the path they must tread less thorny fo-
them than II had been for my tender
feet
Coming down to your own case. l sd
nit freely that IL is not possible for
every woman to love housework or
housekeeping. Nor is il equally easv to
al children to learn to read. With one
child study OF books Is a joy With her
desklnate, IL is drudgery. Does the dull
chiId's parent instruct the teacher to
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To Make Tea Properly.

worth more, IN fact, than any wax
tights"
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package bearing bis name

package bearing his name.
Don take II. neither the looks nor the pnes
indicate its cup quality. No matter where VOC
buy Arbuckles ARlOSA. or whai YOU pa,
for 1t, lis the same old uniform ArbucEles
ARIOSA Coffee.
II HyouE grocer vii not supply, write to
AKBUckLE BROS.
New Yosk CO.
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together. That it costs you less Is due simply
to our coffee business being so much greater
than any competitors IN fact. ii is larger than the
next four largest firms in the world combined.
We naturally can and actually do give better
eoaee in ARlOSA than anyone else can give
Tor the price; Being the standard article Il is
sold al the narroyyest Toarcin ~ sro6,
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Some grocers will Try to sell
you instead loose coffee which the
roaster is ashamed to sell in a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
What About a Chautauoua /?

Mr.. Keith Vawter, manager of the
Redpath Lyceum Bureau of Chicago and
Rev. J. T. Hood, of Bethany, Mo-, presi-
dent of the Missouri Valley Association
Of Chautauquas were in Leon Tuesday
comforting with the businessmen and
citizens in regard to the prospects for
holding Chautauqua in Leon the latter
part OF July. They present the matter
in new manner, the Lyceum Bureau
being engaged in putting series of
Chautauquas on in different parts of
the country, making arrangements
for three towns in circuit to have
Chautauquas at the same time so
that the attractions can be switched
from one place to another without
incurrng the expense of making long
jumps and having open dates. The
idea is good one and we believe
will prove a success. If Leon wants
to hold Chautauqua they have the
opportunity to secure it and on
very liberal terms. All that the
promoters ask in the matter is the
boosting and good will Of the people.
They will furnish the full line
of speakers, musical attractions,
the tent and seats providing an
advance sale of one Thousand tickets
Can uC niduo dO Low per ltChSU. luey
claim that the expenses OF the Chan
tauqua would amount to about 1900 but
are willing to take their chances on the
receipts running to this sum if good
advance sale Of tickets can be made.
II Leon wants Chautauqua now is the
time to act, and if our people will take
hold of the matter it can be secured.
But to make a success of it there must
be no knockers, but all must be BOOST
ers. There would be no financial obli-
cation to assume aside from assisting
in selling the advance season tickets,
the promoters agreeing to come. here
and take up the sale of the tickets
shortly after the first Of the year, and
would manage the Chautaqua and handle
all the money themselves. Talk this
matter over and express yoar opinion,
and if you believe Chautauqna would
be a good thing for the town commence
boosting the proposition. That is all it
will take, plenty Of talk and boosting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
c. S. Coffin Killed in Utah.

Cyrus S. Collin, young man born and
raised in this city, was killed in a rail-
road wreck on the Oregon Short Line
near Salt Lake City, Utah, last Sunday.
No details of the accident have been
received by relatives in this city. A
message was received by his brother
Charles Coffin on Sunday, saying Cy had
been badly injured in wreck, and this
was followed by one on Monday an
nouncing his death. The deceased was
we'll known in this city, and was about
30 years old. In his youth he studied
telcgraphy and for several years was
station agent of the old Narrow Gauge
at Leon. He went west some ten or
twelve years ago and engaged in rail-
roading, and at the time of his death
was employed as brakeman. His
brother Will Coffin started for Salt Lake
as soon as the news Of the accident was
received and started for Leon with the
remains Tuesday night and will arrive
in Leon Friday.
The death of this young man recalls
the fact that the Coffin family have been
peculiarly unfortunate in their career
as railroad men, another brother,
George having been killed by the cars
on the Charlton branch some twenty
years ago, and another brother Ed. lost
his foot while employed as brakeman
on this same branch of the Burlington
Two living brothers are employed on
the railroads, conductor Will Collin, of
Trenton, Mo-, and Vim Coffin, who is
working as a switchman at st. Joe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
Dempsey Had Bad Record.

j. NJ. Dempsey, the ex-minister of
the NJ. E. church South that was cheat
ed out of his bride at Lineville, Iowa,
recently and as told in the Princeton
Post of last week, was at one time
minister Of the M. E. church at Platts-
burg, Mo-, and during his pastorate
became infatuated with domestic
servant, one Maxine Hutton, woman
of very sensational history that ever
was in this section, and who left a
history behind her in Kentucky also.
By the suicidal death of an uncle who
was the cause of her downfall, she in
herited a large sum of money which
came into her possession about the
time Rev. Dempsey's pastorate there
expired. Her fascinations were SO
great that she won the minister from
his tireside, and they eloped to soon
spend the money she had heired.
Dempsey's beautiful young daughter is
said to have been driven to a life of
shame by the actions of her father,
who was summarily dismissed from the
conference and the church. Reverend
Tanquary who made Miss Dickson
aware of Dempsey's past life and
misdeeds, was at the time in the
Plattsburg Conference and was perhaps
presiding elder and knew the details of
a preachers fall.-Trenton Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
NABBED TWO BURGL ARS
Harper & Thompson's Store at Van
Vert Robbed Sunday Night and
Thieves Caught on Monday.

The hardware Estore of Harper &
Thompson at Van Vert was entered by
burglars Sunday night and quite
quantity of goods including two shot
guns, revolver, two watches, chains
and other jewlery and a number of
pocket knives and scissors stolen. But
the thieves did not enjoy there ill
gotten gains long, for they were arrest
ed at Charlton early the next morning
by sheriff Laurel Boss and most of the
stolen goods recovered in their possess
sion. After burglarizing the store the
thieves walked to Osceola through the
rain and then caught freight train
to Charlton where they arrived before
daylight Monday morning. Having
been out nearly all night they were
thoroughly soaked and the sight of the
two men SO very wet carrying two new
guns aroused the suspicion of man
who saw them at Charlton and he notifi-
ed the sheriff, who hunted them up and
placed them under arrest. They had
just disposed of the two shot guns to a
secondhand dealer for $500. On the
men were found the revolver, watches
and couple of chains, nine pocket
knives and other small trinkets. Sheriff
Boss held the men on suspicion and that
evening received word of the Van Vert
burglary. He brought the burglars to
Leon Tuesday and turned them over to
sheriff Wallace. The burglars are
young fellows and pretty hard lockers.
They gave their names as Pat Kane and
Ed Hanley, but refuse to tell where
they are from. They look to be about
"a and q years of age, although they
insist that both are but IL years of age.
They were taken before G. w. Beck
Tuesday afternoon and waved examina-
tion, being bound over to the grand jury
under bonds OF 81 900 each, in default of
which they are stopping at the county
jail.