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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04
ALLEGHENY PREssrrERy
LEADS IN CONTRIBUTIONS
Senior Society Of First U. p Church
Pittsburs, Largest ciSer IN De-
Observation-Disclosures CHOSEN.

pAYToN Ohio, Aug 1.-The tnsn
Ing address given tonisht . MaJr
General 81 Howard retired
was the feature or the secon1l
days session . the Young People
Christian union convention q the
United Presbytertan church The gen
eral's theme was a religious one
The Father LoyePatriotI and Chris
tan and his sacred subject was IL.
1ustrated by stirring "a stories ano:
personal experiences
AS indicated BY the Gazette Times
yesterday, the election OF ~conyentteF
President Prof. James Harper Grer
of1eers today resulted as follows;
ot Bellevue Pa secretary. Miss
anna Kelso, of 1enIa, ohioi treasurer
James Winfield Hanno. of TarhdoS Mo
Miss Ella Dow, Of BeIlefontalne, Ohio
presented the new chairman with a
gavel made Of wood taken from the
odd church in BeIlefontatne, In which
ft is claimed the first young peoples
Esociety was organized in the Unftef.
Presbyterian church 40 years ago this.
month by the Rev. DR. John william
son.
The report Of Treasurer s. r. sic
Arthur showed that Allegheny pres
bytery made the largest contribution
during the year. with Monongahala
%presbytery a close second and West
moreland third. The total amount al
ready received to cover expenses of
the Dayton convention is $1,426, and
the total amount contributed to mis-
sions $1,51s. The Junior society o:
the Atlantic Avenue church, McKees
port, probably the largest society IN
the United Presbyterian church,
made the largest contribution of all.
Junior societies. The Senior society
OF First church, Pittsburg. made tile
largest contribution OF all the socte-
ties of the United Presbytertnn
church.
General Secretary George 3. Halves
announced these committees appoint
ed by the general committee: Audit
Ing, John A. crawford, Bellevue; tht
Rev. f. o. Ross. GAINESVILLE, Wis; EIlis
Patterson, Mercer, Pa. Committee on
resolutions. the Rev. ]. H. Spence:
Morning Sun, Ohio; the Rev. 81. B.
Miller, Beaver, Pa; Miss Hazel Ka
tor, Detroit; the Rev. w. R Leeper.
St Joseph, Mo; Miss Mary B. John
ston, Salem, N. Y.
The address today of the Rev. d..
r. j. Miller. editor of the Christian
Union Herald; Pittsburg, on the wood
of God, the Sure Foundation was
one of the strongest of the conven-
tion. The Rev. Charles P Proud
ft, OF Bellafre, Ohio, gave an address
on temperance. Mrs. Alice McClnre
OF New Wilmington, Pa, a returned
missionary from India gives an ad.
dress on foreign missions tomorrow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04
8 81 II srAeE..

Anna Held viii appear at Ford's
in her new comic opera during the
season.
Lyman Howe has a novel set of
animated pictures which he will pre-
sent in this city this month:
william Norris made his debut as
IA star in "a Strenuous Life in Chi.
cago, and was enthusiastically recetv.
ed.
George Conan personally directs
the rehea1 ais Of all his plays. This
season he will have three that have
had long runs before the public.
one Of the features Of THE Wander.
bilt Cup" which generally arouses
Wild enthusiasm in the audience, is
a spectacular automobile race.
Now Viola Allen denies the report
that she is to leave the stage. She
says it is her purpose to continue in
the shakespearean drama indefinitely.
Bertha Kalfch is to appear in a
new drama of which the title has not
been made known. Mrs. Fske's sea
son in 'fThe New York Idea" will be-
gin later in the autumn.
ar-
@The Prince of Pilsenp has had
nearly 1000 performances in this
country, will soon enter its third
season in the English provinces. has
had one season in South Africa, and
viii be produced in Paris in Deem
Der.
Albert Roccardi has been engaged
by Daniel ". Arthur to play the part
of Baron Ludwig in the comedy of
Augustus Thomas, THE Education of
Mr.. PIpp," In which Digby Bell will.
star again for the third year. w. 8.
st. Clair will continue his excellent
characterization of the Count, and
Seth cabell Halsey will be Congress-
man Firkin.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04

Joseph sheehan, who has been one
of the leading tenors with the Savage
English Grand Opera Company the
past seven years, is studying in Paris
Mr.. sheehan expects to return In, the
fall as one Of the tenors with Mad
anne Butterfly"
Read the Fairmont West vlrgfnian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04
go 49, woMEN b NoIE.

Captain sverdrup. the Arctic ex'
piorer. who has recently aided 100000
square miles Of ice 70 the King Of
seedens d%ominions spent his boy
hop Jays 90 a Ion farms
caFIo Wilson famous eoHector
OF Napoieona Who had 200 yoilmesa lr
5000 portraits i rare prints of the
great Corstcans recently died In Ros'
ton HIS collection s. the finest in
America II not in the world
Practically every tnhabitant q The
5000 Is related mrectIyer indirect
az o one family This family Is
named Webb. descended from the IA
mons Daniel Boone and prominent
In the afairs 81 the county for more
than a century
Lawrence Academy one Of the old
est Of the old country academies,
founded in ne, VIII have a new head
master this fall in William s. Gaud.
OF New York chosen 70 succeed II:
H. Bingham. Gand was born In To.
ronto, Canada, Of English and Scotch
parentage, and was educated in II
iinois-
The ofacials Of the Pension once
think they have discovered in Ly-
ston d. Howe, of streator. Ill, the
youngest volunteer Of the Civil War,
He enlisted first in 1861. when only
10 years and 8 months old, and again
in 1862, when IL years and s months
old, and served until the end of the
war.
Henry G. Tricks new home, which
has been in course OF construction at
PrIdes Crossing, Mass, for the. last
two years, is about ready for oceu-
pancy. 1t contains a swimming pool.
connected directly with the Atlantic
ocean. so that the bather merely has
to turn a stopcock to obtain the
pleasures Of a swim in the sea with
out leaving the house.
Howard F. Mayhem, a young mil
ifonaire Of New Bedford. Mass, is em-
ployed in a cotton mill there, going
to work at $3.50 in the morning and
quitting at 6 at night, and studies in
a textile school until 10 O'Clock. Young
Mayhem two years ago won and wed
the daughter of a wealthy Southern
cotton mill owner. and is learning the
business which his wife will inherit
some day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04

Lyman Howe has a novel set OF
animated pictures which he will pre-
sent In this city this month:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04

Anna Held VIII appear at Ford's
in her new comic opera during the
season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04

william Norris made his debut as
"a star in "a Strenuous Life" in Chi.
cago, and was enthusiastically recetv-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-04

George Conan personally directs
the rehear ais Of all his plays. This
season he will have three that have
had long runs before the public.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Didn't Do Drudgery.

But. dear child, the dainty DANES of
ante-bellum fame did not dabble, nor
was the dish water greasy. I mean
what I say!' for more than one eJacu-
lation followed the assertion, and a
dozen pairs of eyes were fastened upon
her in amused incredulity, You have
described menial drudgery. on, yes!'
laughing while her tone had a ring of
Vexation that was plaintlve, Il could see
st illustrated daily in my own kitchen if
] did not shut both eyes and hurry away
when / chance to visit my cook while
the things are washed up She is one
of the neatest OF all created cooks. in
the main. Her domain is a pleasing
study in orderliness and judicious ar
rangement. l am proud of it, and of
her. and she knows 1t BUT+-dweIling
significantly upon the qualifying mono
syilabIe-''she plunges, and souses. and
jumbles, and swashes her things in
.water in which she can bear her hand
- omfortably. Swabs them with a dish
q Then she 'dreens' themi Drains
es not express the Hnisdemeanor. She
rs 'dreen'-and she is right Cups and
ucers. plates and dishes-even glass
silver-are drawn leisureIy from the
hing water, which was comfortable
~ the things went into it. and set
bn end. or turned upside down that
water may stream, and stray-and
zsk! at its own will across the smooth
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
The F1OusernOthers EXCHANGE

med, ten quarts, 40 cents; -four, four
pounds white, one-half Graham, one
half cornmeaI, Is cents; butter. best, Two
and a half pounds, 70 cents; DutteI
(cOoking), one-haIf pound, Is cents:
eggs. two Dozen a cents; lard; one ana
one-half pounds. 23 cents; bread, 10 cents
per day. 20 cents; rice, three-quuarters
pound. 6 cents; cocoa, one box, u cents
tea. two ounces, 10 cents; peanut put
ter. 10 cents; crackers. one pound, 10
cents; fish. three pounds, "A cents; moo
dies, one package, . cents; syrup, one
pint, cents; seasoning. havoring, bak-
ing powder. junket tablet. Is cents To-
tai sS.25. .
Inc this household nothing is wasted,
All stale bread is ground into bread
crumbs and used in beef loaf. croquettes
fried tomatoes. etc. No condensed milk
is used SKINNED milk serves for ali
cooking purposes. We do not approve
of canned goods. consequently bake our
own beans and brown bread. Coffee Is
also found indigestible. Cocoa at break
fast Only three members of the fam
lily use tea at supper. The routine OF
oatmeal is varied at times by other
rs~ealS.
ONE OF THE FAMILY PhiladeIphla).
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

surfaces. When all are out, she dries
them lcisurely. and, viii admit, with a
clean towel With two towels! the sec
ond, warmed at the range, to polish
them. Seeing this, [ tried once to open
her dark understanding to the econo-
my of time and strength she might prac-
tice in learning in My Way
And did she see it?" asked an IN
terested guest.
See it, Not Ellen OBrien from
County Cork, She said, 'Yis, mem
politely interrogative, and went on
with her dreening' and polishing
Maria-my waitress-has charge of
cut glass, silver. and fine china Her
touch is lighter than EIIen's and she
never nicks a piece, but the sousiI.g
and swabbing and dreening are the
same"
But the fine art2'' said an cider
woman than the original prot sstant
we are all waiting to be Inflated
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for the towel, protecting the finger tips
Do all this rapidly, laying each article
hot, clean ana shining. upon a tray
lined with linen cloth 10 prevent scratch
ing. The glasses come next Although
The water is no longer boiling, roll each
glass deXterously in it lest it crack, dip
and swirl over in the rinsing pan, and
wipe quickly. Lastly, comes the china
in due Orde--plates and dishes last. OF
course, if you have had many at table,
tic supply of water must be renewed,
ar least in the first pan. Not a trace of
grease must appear upon the surface of
the water If an oily rim be left at
highwater mark within the pan. profan-
alton has been done TO artistic rules
'Pretty-but tedious! was Mrs.
Blacks comment.
Far more expeditions than the sous
ing, swabhing and dreening-tO say moth
ing of the polishing which is omitted in
eight out Of ten kitchensi AS l have
said, my Ellen is exceptionally tidy. 1t
used to hurt me-actually hurt mel IN
see how my fragile treasures were han
dled after We became so weIl-to-do that
I could not afford to take care of them
myself I have lovely associat tions con
nected with the earlier years of my
housewifely life. My John used to read
the paper aloud to me while 1 washed
the dinner china and glass The chill
dren went over their lessons to me while
1 washed the breakfast equipage"
But your gown, Oh. maybe Won did
not dress for dinner?' surmised Mrs.
White, whose toilets are a marvel
some say. an essential part of her reIig-
ious living.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
IH@zW
XX5gTl y

~ TUFFING in more feathers when
your pillows wear soft is a thing
most inexperienced hOusekeepers
dread. and with good reason. for
unless it is done just so the feathers fly
every which way, bits OF the soft down
ciinging TO hair and dress and every
thing in the room with a persistence
remarkable in such apparently yield
ing things.
When that necessary time comes
around. shut yourself up in as empty
room as you can get Ia small one is
besO. taking all the pillows which need
filling. "A case fun of feathers Cor an
other pillow from which you purpose to
replenish the others). strong thread and
stout needles. and a knife for the rip
ping
Tuck your hair up under a cap. or tie
a big handkerchief over il. Don't wear
a cloth dress to do the work in. even
though YOU take the preCautiOn 10 put
on d big work-apron-the kind that
covers you up from throat to hem,
Those feathers have a way of creeping
along the fiOor-the slight draughts of
air caused by your movements being
sufficient eXcuse-and attaching them
selves TO the hem of your dress
Close doors and windows before YOU
begin your work
Then with your knife rip open the end
of a pillow. and the end of the one
whose contents are TO be divided among
the others. An old method was TO trans
fer the feathers by handfuls. pressing
each little lot well down before taking
another: but a better way is TO insert
the ripped end of the pillow TO be
emDtied into that of the one TO be filled
and then 10 shake down enough 10 make
II fairly-but only fairly hard. Then
slip your hand inside and push the re
naming feathers far back, at the same
time working the edges of ne ticking
together. When you finally separate
them there will be fewer feathers set
flying aimlessly around than in any
other way,
Pin the seam of the filled pillow to-
s".her. and begin on the next, doing all
of them before you sew up any. but
scanning them all before You leave the
room.
The same methods may be followed
when you empty feathers into fresh
cases of ticking.
About tiHkinss. too, word should be
sad If you are looking for service.
avoid the light, pretty tickings and stick
10 bHe tlfs'e-npuofeu DlUe ana White
striped kinds which. after all. wear bet
ter and soil less easily than any of the
many other sorts.
In the everyday use of pillows, try
giving them a vigorous kneading lin
stead OF the still more vigorous beating
that is usual. 10 fun the feathers UP
when you are making your bed. And
air them frequently, beating them light
ly with a wire beater, or any other that
Is light.
But in your airing don't as so many
people do, lay your pillows in the sun
Shade is better for them; that good
summing" you hear spoken of tends to
shorten, instead of to lengthen. the life
of the feathers.
Odd contrivances come to insert in the
ends of pillows, tiny perforated cylin-
ders Of hard rubber, the perforations
covered with a netting which keeps the
feathers from working out. The whole
thing is hadly bigger than the tip Of
your little finger, but makes freeI
ventilation of the feathers possible
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
A Pretty Floor Covering

Figured denims have proved wonder
fully satisfactory for making all sorts
of inexpensive furnishings, the newest
use of all being for floor covering. the
discovery was an outcome OF necessity
as so many household discoveries are
There was a little room which was
carpeted with one of these utter mon
strosities in which cabbage roses OF d
violent mink were blooming only too
luxuriantly. The little woman who in
habi-ed it was driven to despair every
time she looked at it-and hnaliy 10 IN
vention.
She took plain blue denim and made
rug of it. finishing it with d wide oor-
der OF figured denim-the same shade
of blue for foundation, with the weave
shifted TO throw the lighter threads to
the surface. here and there, in set
figures
Tackled into place, which meant over
that carpet, it changed the whole char
acter OF the room.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Burldp HdngiRgs
for DeRS
PPARENTLY there's no end TO
the uses bd-lap can be, and is
put TO for homemade Though

a PPARENTLY there's no end TO
~ the uses bd-lap can be, and is
~ put to for homemade Though
they look anything but thaO
hangings and covers. And a curious
English stun as ike burlap as two peas
at FIRST sight, Is even more attractive.
in hat it has Just a little transparent
quality about il. gained by the coarse
mesh being more open,
p0rtieres couch covers. screens, and
haugings of every sort for dens and sit
ting rooms: sofa pillow covers, and a
dozen Eastern-Io looking cOnCeits IN the
shaZe or table covers. are all made OF
one or the other Of these studsi the
variety OF ColoTs-soft, dull yet rich
shades. every one Of them-maklng ali
sorts of interesting combinations, ana
the development Of your own pet color
scheme possible.
'The easiest work Of all is probably
the most effective-just motifs worked
In big. ''impTeSsiOuistic stitches, with
heavy rope silks or the meTCerized cot
ton threads, which have supplanted SIX
TO so great an extent these past few
years Circles stamped by means OF
a biJ of chalk drawn around kltcneh
cunt, done in pairs that lap, are ac-
cor .Plisbed AT the expense OF lew
minutes work, yet they add very DEN
llt.Iy to the character Of the stun But
more often set figures are designed. Oc-
CasiOually all the nguTeS made 10 con-
FORM TO "a big general design, IN spite
of their scattered positions
Appliques are splendid FOR this work
figures cut out of denim or any other
close. firm stuff, rarely OF the burlap
itself. as il is 50 ditIlcuit to keep from
raVeIing- They are baSted on carefully
and then buttonholed with silk or cot
ION. preferably silk, for II slips through
the double thicknesses without in the
least giving motif OF foundation pulled
look.
Sometimes the hanging, or cover. or
whatever is being made. is kept 10 a
single shade. or perhaps it Is worked
o1-t in three or four shades of single
color but the more usual thing is the
building Of one color upon another, two
or three contributing somew nat OF an
Oriental effect When buriap OF q con
trasting color IS used for the motifs
only those shares should be chosen
which will admit Of a good hem all
ro1ln6-or lay down rather, for the
second turning (Which makes a hem)
is Isnne -eSSary.
Tor den couch covers burlap OF green
or blue n red, with the center lett plain
and tn, hem treated with figures. OF
different Colors, applqued or worked
on. T4akes a most characteristic DIT OF
f1rrr fshing especially il the cOuch Is
DiIeI high with pillows of the different
colols represented, the same hgures re-
heated. perhaps. although in dinerent
groupings upon each and every one of
them.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

Drowned potatoes. sliced tomatoes,
hucklebeTry cake with liquid sauce.
TUESDAY.
Breakfast-OatmeaI, sugar and milk.
beefsteak (round). rolls and butter;
cocoa.
Lunch-sHced cold ham. creamed pota-
toes. bread and butter. bananas
SupDer Tor dinner)-Beef loaf, mashed
potatoes. squash, bread and butter. rice
pudding. tea.
WEDNESDAY
BTeakfast-Oatmeal, sugar and milk,
boiled eggs. Graham bread and butter,
cocoa.
Lunch-Dried beef. potato cakes, jun
ket, bread and butter.
Supper COR dinner)-BreaSt OF lamo,
with potatoes and dunplings; pepper
hash. bread and butter, blackberry jam,
tea.
Breakfast-Oatmeal, sugar and milk,
griddle cakes. syrup, bread and butter
and cocoa.
Luncl-Boloena, peanut butter and
crackers. bread and butter, boiled rice.
supper Tor dinner)-Skirt steak. French
fried potatoes. sliced eucUmbers, bread
and butter, steS ed rhubarb, tea
FRIDAY
/ Breakfast-Oatmeal, sugar and milk.
5omeIet. rolls and butter, cocoa
Lunch-Fried tomatoes, bread and but
ter, apple sauce.
supper ter dlnnerb-Ffled nSh, White
potatoes. string beans, apple PIE, bread,
butter and tea.
SATURDAY.
Breakfast-Oatmeal, sugar and milk,
half-smokcd sausage. bread and butter
and cocoa
Lunch-Noodle soup, boiled potatoes,
bread and butter, brown Betty.
Supper Cor dinner)-Meat croduettes
(nade from ground soup meat: fried
pot1toes, sliced tomatoes, bread and but
ter. cup custard, tea.
Meats 81. potatoes, one and one-Quar-
ter pecks, 80 cents: other vegetables, 4;
cents; fruit so cents: oatmeal, two pack
ages 20 cents; sugar. six pounds, 81
cents; milk. best, 80 cents; milk, skim
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

various m1shaPs Of Dutch children pic
tured there in pretty colors.
Aside from the pleasure the children
take in them, a capricious appetite may
often be tempted if the child's atten-
ton Is taken from the actual effort OF
eating 10 get rid of the bread and milk
which hides his favorite nursery-char-
acter from view And on the same prin-
ciple that a dai1tily fixed tray will
often tempt an invalid's appetite, any
thing with a story TO 1t viii make a sick
child lunless he is too sick 10 notice
anythingl forget himself and the very
fact that he is eating.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

~ NCE furniture and wall paper and
carpets have been made in child
- ish subjects and in ehiIdren's sizes.
1t was only natural that nursery china
should take up the same pretty rhymes
and stories to use for its decoration
The first few pieces came out some
time ago. but it is only comparatively
recently that so many things have. come
out with Mother Goose's inimitable
rhymes and their illustrations occupy
ing the places of honor upon each, or
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Explains the Fine Art.

Don't sneerI Neither be of 5oubt-
full mind! Our little Southern LADY
the only one of YOU who has any faith
in my story-may correct me if 1 over
draw the picture.
step the first sort the things.
That is a generic term, borrowed from
the vocabulary of the vulgar Discard
it! Be specific. Bring your glass to
the front; behind l.. arrange the sill
yer, great and small; next, mass the
china, each after its kind. The plates
should be already scraped clean of
fragments; and cups emptied and
rinsed. Have ready two dishpans.
towels galore, a soapshaker and a long
handled mop.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Remedy tos SeasickneSs

The ship physician of the Hamburg
American liner Patricia publishes his &C
count of a new method of treating sea-
sickness by means of an electric vibra-
tion chair. Six of these chairs were
placed aboard the Patricia and connect
ed witn the electric light conduit The
sedatiVe effect on the patient when vi
GRATED in the chair was noticeable. re-
ducing the pulse and nervous excite
ment. The use of these electric chairs
will be extended to other steamers this
iYafQ
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

IN SPITE of remonstrances from
wives with supercritical husbands
! and from more disinterested critics
who advise me that continued dis
cuss.on of the vexed subject does not
tend to peace or to edihcation. letters
flow in. begging for information from
the notable women who run good tables
upon fabulously small sums per week.
m. E. w" gives US her weekly
menus. which cost on the average 81 per
week I should like to know very much
where she buys her groceries and meats
at the prices quoted? I try to be eco
nomlcal as possible. but cannot get any
thing as cheap as M. E. W" SAYS she
does. ( II =
m. E. W"-who IS a veritable per-
sona.e and not a bodiless tigment Of
the editorial brain-markets in Mime
apolis and vouches for the accuracy OF
spond directly with her II you wish 10.
inquire into particulars. | hold her ad-'
dress
An Eastern woman enters the lists
with means and prices which are quite
as startling to the average housewife:
The following menu serves family OF
six. consisting of four adults and two
healthy children, and, at present market
prices. costs s. 20 for one week:
SUNDAY.
Breakfast-Oatmeal. sugar and milk.
mutton chops Graham gems and but
ter. cocoa
Dinner-Roast shoulder of mutton.
baked potatoes. stewed tomatoes. bread
and butter. cottage pudding. hard sauce
Supper-Baked beans and brown bread,
potato salad. b!ackberries, tea.
MONDAY.
Breakfast-Oatmeal. sugar and milk.
fried ham. rye bread and butter. cocoa.
Lunch-Sliced mutton. peanut butter
and crackers. bread and butter. berries
preserved.
Supper Cor dinner) 7Frizzled beef ank