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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

happy Benedict; unless he marries for money,
which would prove disastrous whether she
be Juno or q Medusa.
The ugly woman won't throw it in your
face dozen times day whom she could have
married. and that she did not have to marry
you. She is yours without one pang of jeal-
ousy. She knows you realize you were her
only chance, and she tries to make up for all
the other girls you might have had. She will
study your tastes instead of curling her hair
and buying all the new fashion books.
She is content with one good mans love;
because it is the inevitable, and so she set
ties down, helps you settle up, studies cook
books and politics; and before long her hus-
band forgets she is not the most lovely crea-
ture on earth. Ask some friend who had the
good Judgment to take an ugly woman If
this be not the truth
Oh, there are natures of men, who like
some women, are all veneer, and they want a
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
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Household Hints

When velvet is crushed have someone to hold
for you a hot iron bottom up), place on e
wet cloth, lay the velvet (wrong side) on the
wet cloth, brush briskly up and down with
fine hat brush; this is very good way to i'm
prove the velvet collar of coat.
FOR CLEANING.
Take handful Of baking soda Tor saleratus)
to a pail of warm water mot hot), wash with
soft cloth and dry with another. 1t is
better than scrubbing, and it is much easier, as
it takes off all the spots.
TO TIE CHILDREN's sHoESTR1NGs.
Proceed just the same as in tying an ordinary
bow knot, but before drawing the bows down
into place slip the right hand loop over towards
the left and have its end passed back through
the knot. Then pull both bows tight and it is
fast until you unite it, which is done by pulling
the right hand string, which loosens it readily.
A USEFUL HINT.
Save old bandboxes of oval shape, for in cases
of broken ankle, govt in the foot, etc., this
is an excellent substitute for the footcradles
supplied in hospitals. If the bottom is carefully
cut out. the bandbox will last several days and
save the invalid much Inconvenience from the
bedclothes touching the affected parts
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

SNOWY woman, one who can be sort Oh , laSm
ion plate to herald their name "ei' 'e"0w
the doll of fashion to them; but your poo '.4
hearts who crave a home OF sohu comlo ',,
draw a veil of charity until you see tue S0''
of that face sighted by nature ~
star Won have administered a godly
amount Of love and affection on your homeiy
sweetheart, you will see her nature warm
TO the sunshine of your regard and apprecia-
tion. she will bloom out, and learn all KINDS
of cute sweet ways which will entltie ner
to the name of Baby. Instead or ola maius
we will have good mothers, species OF WIZ
which is fast dying out. Look to the race
where expression has asserted user over
beauty.
"Others may more charming be,
Famed for their beauteous grace;
But none more constant will remain,
True love lies not in the face
DDYTH BLAINE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18


"Blame is often placed on the working girl
for finding no JOY in her work; and as work OF
a high standard largely depends upon ability
to enjoy doing the work, we also blame the
working girl for the poor quality of the work
she so commonly turns out. She is told to cul-
tivate a cheerful disposition and to be httie
more light-hearted and all will then be well
with both herself and her work.
at is true enough that it is desirable to Gull
tivate happy and cheerful disposition, and TO
he a little more light-hearted, but having
cheerful disposition is one thing and being happy
amid conditions under which the average girl
works is quite another. To be happy where
all is fair, just and good is an easy thing; 70
be happy where injustice and wrong prevail ls
impossible except in uncommon cases "here
temperamental qualities OF the girl make the
work Measurable or at least tolerable.
The average working girls body and soul
functions are not merely under constrant, but
the conditions amid which she works are usually
so unjust and SO inimical to healthy growth and
development of mind and body and spirit that
instead of joyous acceptance of the conditions,
or Indifference to them her whole being Gf she
il a girl of depth of feeing) cries out against
their injustice.
'"What the working girl needs is that atti-
tude from people of wealth which will lead
them to be utterly unwilling to receive benefits
in the shape of dividends produced under con-
ditions detrimental to the health and happi-
ness and spiritual welfare of their factory and
workshop sisters.
On the shoulders of the employing and prop
ertied classes lies the responsibility for perhaps
nine-tenths of the wickedness into which work
ing girls sometimes fall; just on the shoulders
of the same classes must lie nine-tenths of the
responsibility for the weakened physiques and
the impoverished constitutions which lead to
the appalling prevalence of death from need
less and preventable causes.
A great deal of discomfort is due, not merely
to any specific actual wrongs, but to ranking
sense of injustice caused by the feeling of the
absolute indifference of employers and other peo
ple that they deal with. 1 know that from
my own experience of twelve years in fac
tory.
People who draw dividends should make il
their business to know where those dividends
come from. Often only few cents difference
in dividend may mean just the difference be-
tween justice to employees and complete indif
ference to their condition. I think that no rich
person has a right to accept dividends without
knowing something of the conditions out o.
which they spring.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
OF Int crest to w m n

fifteen minutes to looking at herself. From fif-
teen to twenty she certainly spends thirty minutes
daily admiring herself, and when past twenty,
whole hour. The statisticians tactful enough
not to say when woman begins to take less in
terest in her personal appearance, but women
more than sixty years old do not they say, spend
more than ten minutes daily at their mirrors. All
this time reckoned up-it is a simple sum in multi
plication-makes 1000 hours, about ten months
at the mirror. They then proceed to compare the
time with man-German man-devotes to
this occupation, and come to the conclusion that
his average is seven months.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

After the lace is finished remove it from the
pattern spread it out carefully on fiat surface,
lay a damp cloth over it and press it very fiat
with moderately hot iron. Have square of
satin twenty-four by twenty-four inches, place
the lace directly in the centre, pin it all around,
then haste it, and applique it down with thread
to match the braid.
The design measures about twenty inches when
finished, so there will be a red margin of two
inches. The pillow may be finished with a puff
of satin, ruffe of ribbon, or cord and tassels
at the corners to match the foundation, either
way being very handsome.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
The TWenty-One Rule

act pleases you best"
On the following Saturday evening, therefore
Charles returned home at Ills P. NJ, and rap
ped at the door
"Who's that?" said Jacob, from the window.
Charles" replied his son.
"But why do you come home at this hour?
Don't you know we lock up at 9.30?"
Eyes demonstrated the youth; "but I'm gone
twenty-one now, and can do as l please"
"Quite So" said the old man; "but so can l.
And the window went down with bang, ant
Charles was left to face the stark fact that TWEEN
ty-one worked two ways.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
Drea ing to Ord

cY@T is not often that dream has occupied
IWI the attention of judge and jury. Oc'
EA casonally, however, they have formed
lXsgsgj part of the evidence in very sensational
cases.
few weeks ago man sued railway COM
pany to recover damages for terrible injuries
which he alleged he had received as the result
of an accident for which the company was liable,
Both his legs were cut off below the knee In
evidence it came out that the plaintiff had, some
days before the alleged accident, declared to some
of his neighbors that he had had dream, in
which he met with just such similar accident.
Witnesses went into the box to relate the story
he had told them. Sure enough a few days later
the dreamer lost his legs, under he alleged, just
the circumstances he had dreamt.
THE DREAM THAT FAILED.
The railway company declared that the dream
was fabrication-that the plaintiff deliber-
atey placed himself under train in order to in
jure himself, to obtain damages against them and
the insurance companies. The jury returned a
verdict for the railway company.
A dream had a great deal to do with exciting
suspicion few years back with regard to the
deaths of couple named Freeman. Mrs. Free
man being taken i'll with pneumonia, her husband
called in a woman named Robinson to attend
to her. The invalid was progressing most favor
ably, and the doctor was most pleased with her
progress, when Mrs. Robinson one day alarmed
the neghbors by relating to them a terrible
dream that she had had.
She dreamt that Mrs. Freeman had died, and
she was perfectly confident that the dream would
come true. 1t did. Mrs. Freeman died a few
days later. The doctor attributed the death to
pneumonia, and Mrs. Robinson came to be re.
garded by the neighbors as kind of seer. Very
soon Freeman himself fell ILL., and once more Mrs
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

The second story has three large bed rooms,
all plentifully provided with closets, also bath
room which is unusually large, and adjoins spa
cious linen closet. This floor is provided with
excellent ventilation throughout. The following
figures give the temized cost of construction:
Digging Observation-Disclosures. $40
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

authority shall retire at $50. As may be read
lily understood, this rule sometimes proves irk-
some to the younger members of the famiy-es'
pecially Charles
Recently, however, Charles reached mans es
tate, and on his birthday Jacob gave him his
blessing.
Il have no longer any authority over you,
he said; "now that you are twentyone you must
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
BEFORE A MIRROR

statisticians with no great bur
eY den of serious work on their shoulders
have been calculating what part of a
9k2S womans life is spent in looking at her
self in mirror. She begins as rule at
six wears. From six to ten she has a daily average
Of seven minutes From ten to fifteen she devotes
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
TO DANISH ANTS

T"1HE only way to exterminate ants is
to find the nest and destroy it. Place
some grains of coarse graduated sugar
tSEaGsNl where they will be easily found by
the ants and then watch each loaded
body as it scampers over the line of march to
the nest Often the watching ends at the wall,
especially if the house is old, and it may be
necessary to cut away portion OF the suroase
before the nest can be reached.
At other times the little fellows make straight
for out of doors with a wisdom one can only
marvel at, and then, if followed, they will be
seen to enter hole in the ground. This is the
nest When the nest is in the house, saturate
it thoroughly with kerosene, or with boiling
water, doing the work quickly, for all the little
spry mites will hurry to get away from the
death-dealing fluid. Any portion of the wall
or of the flooring that has been removed. in
order to reach the nest can be replaced when
the work is accomplished.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

l" cage every man can De MS own wealth
ls,Ss== err prophet rapidly rising barom-
tgsGgsj eter indicates unsettled weather. A
gradual rise shows settled weather A
rising barometer, with dry air and cold increas.
ing in summer, indicates north wind; if rain
has fallen, there will be better weather. A
north wind with rain from the north, is shown
by rise, with damp atmosphere and low
temperature. A rise, with southerly winds
means fine weather.
With steady barometer, in dry air and a
seasonabe temperature read fine weather. When
the barometer falls rapidly, look out for storms.
fall, with dry air. and cold increasing, in win
ter, indicates snow. When the mercury falls
after calm and warm weather, don't leave home
without your umbrella, and look out for squalls
Look at bright, clear sunset, and expect fine
weather; if it is blurred, rain. One often hears
distant sounds with startling clearness, such as
the striking of clock; stick to your umbrella in
this case also. See rainbow in the morning,
still rain. Fog is settled weather-that is to say,
the kind of weather you are getting.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

Looking at 1t from the viewpoint my fei-
low writer took have no doubt that the girl
who can cuddle up to her lover and be
Justly called "baby" will get all that is com
ing to her, whether or not the newspapers
take up her cause,
But how about the hOmely girl?
Does she get her just deserts or even the
necessities of the hearts food? You VIII
agree with me in saying no.
First of ALL she is conscious of her short
comings, and nine times out of ten will shrink
back, and give the better locker the floor
Then she is dubbed as stupid, just because
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
PIN THIS UP IN YOUR KITCHEN.

cleanliness and punctuality
I~ good cooking is impossible
Leave nothing dirty; clean and clear
IEaSsE9I as you go.
G=1 Haste, without hurry, saves worry
fuss and furry.
Stew boiled is stew spoiled.
Strong fire for roasting; clear fire for boiling.
Wash vegetables in three waters.
Boil fish quickly; boil meat slowly.
A good cook wastes nothing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

shown here, red satin was used with ecru
lace The buttons are first basted to the
pattern, then the braid, being taken
to keep the cord edge on the outside of the de-
sign. The stitches are as elaborate as the worker
is capable of doing, and the greater the variety
employed the handsomer the finished article will
be. AS the stitches are so plainly illustrated they
need not be described.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

ONE weeks ago you may have read
a very clever squib championlng
the cause Of the small cute girl,
and referring to the tall beauty in
rather n disDara ging way.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

from crockery.
Turpentine is the best preventive for moths.
saturate pieces of brown paper with same, and
place in boxes.
A gas stove can be kept nice and clean by
wiping each time after using, and a week
washing with turpentne.
To boil eggs without the risk of cracking, hold
them in spoonful of boiling water before inn
mersing them.
Equal parts of turpentine, nseed oil and vim.
egar make splendid polish for furniture, etc.
To turn out cake from tin without break
ing, wrap it round with damp cloth for a few
minutes.
To turn out pudding boiled in basin, hold
it for few moments in cold water; this will
prevent it sticking to the cloth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

E1RS. PHELPS STOKES (nee Rose Pas
| M tori recently addressed a meeting in
= New York, where the Working Wom-
lSsS&syl ems Wrongs" were discussed. She said
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
EIGHT GOLDEN HINTS.

40 render stained water bottles beauti-
4 fully clean and bright put in salt and
NM pour on vinegar; stand a few hours,
~; then shake.
Damn salt will remove tea stains
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

wood throughout is the result of much thought,
as you will observe by careful study of the
above plans. On the first floor there are the
following rooms Living room, dining room, Ii
brary, kitchen and pantry, all good sized rooms,
provided with plenty of light and cheerful
throughout.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

} meet demand for an elaborate and
effective pillow top this original design
is presented. The materials required
are satin for the foundation, in any de-
sired color, Arabian lace braid, hand
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

I'D Jacob Weatherly is man of ex-
IRENE regularity, and, on the principle
that Early to bed" etc, is the best
guiding rule for household, he in
STATS that evarvone rnder his roof and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
Be Your Own Prophit

nth little practice and a little knowl-
edge every man can be his own wealth
4 err prophet A rapidly rising barom-
u eter indicates unsettled weather. A
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20

turkeys were lung consyscuously for
critical inspection.
At 9 O'Clock the door leading from
the front store opened. The crowd as
one man craned heads to greet the
newcomer. but instead of boisterous
gibes they stared in amazement and
suddenly fell silent. for into the room,
thin, frail. but determined. strobe Mrs.
Stetson.
II want to raffie," she said simply.
Glow much does 1t cost?'
''Twenty cents for three throws" said
Babb.
Mrs. Stetson passed over the change.
Much might be written Of her ex-
perience In that dingy room-of how
she threw to the limit of her cash cap
ital (60 centN; Of how one Of the Day.
ton boys showed her how to count the
dice and as he bent above them slyly
turned them over to count higher. But
that has all passed into the official (un.
written) history Of the town. Suffice it
to say that at $50 Mrs. Stetson strobe
homeward with a plump turkey under
her arm and the odor of vile tobacco
about her clothes.
Her husband sat by the kitchen tn.
bic as she entered. She threw her bun
die on the floor beside him.
II got my turkey" she said In chal.
lenge.
"Eh! Where'd you git itT' be said.
stupefied.
AT the raffle," she said defiantly.
She was prepared for q storm of his
wrath. She knew in that event Just
what she would say. To her surprise
he calmly undid the bundle and crit.
ically inspected the bird.
Good looking critter," be said. lyon
done fust rate"
She felt the hot tears In her eyes.
Her throat seemed parched and chok.
Ing. She sank into a chair. o..
II never done fust rate, neither" she
said brokenly. 1T was all tobacco
smoke. and they'd been drinkin'. but
you drove me to It,"
He smiled grimly. The hard lines
about his mouth softened. He came
over to her chair and gently placed
hand on her shoulder. Her sobs were
unrestrained.
"Sho!' he said uneasily. Don't take
on SO, mother. promise you you won't
never have to rattle for another tur.
key-never"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20

high priced, and it is none too easy
to pick up bunch of young horses
to suit Geldings are bringing every
visit.
World Wide Horse Demand.
We are not the only country that is
buying horses in Europe. You will see
buyers almost any day from Germany,
Australia in France and Belgium. If
the United States will breed for q
class, and raise them good enough,
there will be no trouble about raising
export geldfngs for Europe, but it is
fact that our farmers are too apt to
cross breed dfart mare with road
stallion, and vice versa. and by so do
ing raise colt that will enter no
class.
are Of an inferior quality, and am
glad to note that the majority of farm
ers want better stations to use than
they have ever had. We find very lit
tie difficulty in placing good horses in
almost any community. The life of
the draft horse interests, in our opin-
ion, depends upon the importers bring
ing the very best young stations they
SssA 0uy az AIuAOpVs dlu We UcllcSo TUT
American farmers are beginning to
appreciate the good ones more than
they ever have before.
Better Stations Wanted.
And We predict that the importer
who brings second-grade horses and
advertises them at cheap prices, trying
to make the public believe he is han
ding the best horses. will sooner or
later make failure of the business.
AS to future prospects of the draft
horse business. We can see it but one
way. and that is that it will be good
for good horses. and very slow work,
indeed. for horses of an inferior quail
ity.
We think the importations this yea.
will be fully as large as last year.
Don't think there will be many new
men try it. but think most Of the old
fellows will import about as usual
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20

The French say that Nothing is a
footless stocking without Leg and
that is about the only thing you can.
not buy or sell through advertising.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20
Mrs. Stetson's
Revolt
sy JOHN BARTON OXFORD.

Copyright, looe, by John Barton Oxford.]
T was commonly said In Centervale
that old John Stetson held the
strings Of his own purse and keep
pretty tight holt on 'em too"
This kernel Of truth from the chuf OF
the town gossip Mrs. Stetson was turn.
Ing over In her mind 40 she darne.l
socks under the yellow light Of an an.
Client kerosene lamp one evening early
In Thanksgiving week. On the other
side Of the table her lord aud master.
old Jim-he Of the closely held purse
strings-perused the pages Of the Week.
y Mirror through two pairs Of spec.
tacles.
6tetson was a middle aged man Of
medium height. inclined to portliness
o. figure and badness Of the head. His
face was clean shaven save Tor the
stubble Of iron gray beard on the chin.
and this rather emphasized the hard.
straight lines about his mouth which
gave bis face that expression locally
characterized as ''sot."
Mrs. Stetson was little. gray haired
and bent Of figure. Her hands were
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20
KAUFMANN's BAKERY.
JACOB KAUFMANN, Prop.
East Grand Forks. MINI. Phone "a

J. B. WOODLEY.
Wholesale and Retail
HARNESS, WHIPS AND sADDLHRY
SUPPLIES.
q hand made harness in tho two cttiee.
9an9factured OF Lappe 4 Sons pure
gag leather. A nice line Of Hidi1S
saddles; 500 pairs OF GA Horse BiSnE.
cts to select from at jobber4 Dricoa.
Sole agents for the celebrated @yoth
Horse a5G Goalare; also . full limo Of 6sci
track and driving harness; sweat psda.
Wnps and summer goods ct Q Big Re.
aSstiSn: ca!l and look them over:
AL COOKS, Manager,
East Gra1d Jerks, Minnesota.
Capt. Herman. the original and
only navigator of Devils Lake, was
seriously injured by being thrown
from buggy in a runaway.
Crosby thinks 1t Is ON the map with
a red circle around it since the rail-
road came.