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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
The time was Tuesday morning. T

The time was Tuesday morning. The
place was Foam-by- the-Sea.
And the personae Ito start witty
were five visions of unconscious beauty
DIVISIONS, said, of unconscious beauty
ers' in various attitudes Of unstudied
grace (unstudied-you understand
me9), while walking up the piazza steps
was-a real stylish young gentleman.
Ah-now you catch me meaning.
p; (And while the novices are waiting
open-mouthed at this slight hint of the
depth Of my wisdom, I would have a
word with thee alone, my faithful
ones.)
Times Thine ears-one ear ear Of each:
them; their motives, thoughts and &C.
tions. Scientifically and dispassionate-
ly have I studied them. Well, then,
I am now about to dissect their mo-
tives, thoughts and actions. And so,
and especially whenever you see me
wink my eye in droll and waggish
manner, you will understand my mean
ing.
Are you ong ....
You are on.
Good.
First thoughts of the fve-one
Thought, for each.
Cat last.'
"He must have come last night.
He'll do.'
"Him for me.''
ne MHo Cyn lq ts1i ,; I was out here. You
elm so glad I put this clean dimity
on this morning'' y -
And while our hero doffs his hat and
says. 'Good morning, ladies, '@I I'll let
you into a thing or two.
The first young lady was down for q
week: She had sewed her finger ends
off for the preceding three months
: getting ready" She now considered
The second young lady had friend
who had gone away the summer before
and had come back engaged.
The third young lady was type
writer and bookkeeper and she was
herself "ready.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
with an awful cry.-New York Even
ing Sun.
WHEN SCHOOLING WAS CHEAP

; The head master Of the fashionable
school, as he sat in his office getting
ready for opening day, said: 49,
:. AT Elton, the famous English pub
lie school, where some boys spend $l0,-
600 or $4,000 year, and where it is
hardly possible to get thru on less than
$1,000, it only cost, in Queen Eliza
beth q time $25 annually - -.
He took down a little book. -,
t'This is a copy,' he said, cot a
manuscript, still preserved in Devon
shire, that gives the Eton expenses of
the two sons Of Sir William Cavendish.
"Among the items are:
offending shoe, Id; IAN old wo-
man for sweeping and cleaning the
chamber, I'd; "a breast Of mutton, Sd >;
g a small chicken, I'D ,; 'Aesop's Fables,
f.; two lunches of candles, Id; "a
week IS board, 5s.'
tfThe total minimum expenses Of an
Elton boy in 1514-board, tuition, every
thing-were $25 a year,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
A LESSON FROM THE MORSE

"You never see a broken-winded
horse in Norway said horse doctor.
That is because the horses there are
allowed to drink while they eat, the
same as mankind &
"Our horses, let them be as thirsty
as get-out, must still eat their dry fod-
der, their dry hay and oats and corn,
with nothing to wash them down. But
in Norway every horse has bucket Of
water beside his manager, and as he
eats he drinks also.
"It is interesting to see how the
Norwegian horses relish their water
with their meals. Now they SIP little
from the bucket, now they eat q mouth
full, then another sip, then another
mouthful, just like rational human be-
ings.
"You never see a broken-winded
it is because they serve water to the
animals with their feed.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

tSeems to me- observed the man,
looking around him with a lively air
of interest, "seems to me old ladies are
getting dreadfully frivolous nowadays.
Please look at the bonnets most Of
these elderly persons have on.
= The mans companion did as she was
bid, and beheld numbers Of sweet-faced,
white haired old ladies whose silvery
locks were crowned by firtatious little
bits Of white lace and silver, with pink
and blue flowers and aigrettes-that
stood up most audaciously. -,
'FWhat do you think of them,'
asked the man, helplessly.
s&'fI think" said the woman promptly,
"that they are mighty chic; that is,
being interpreted, that they bear the
naughty earmarks of swelldom; other
wise speaking, they re. uncommonly
smart, and they cost pretty penny, |
do assure you. I saw a dozen@or SO of
those airy little nothings in a case the
other day, straight from Paris; and
the aggregated price thereof would
have sent you and me to Europe for a
year."
ooh, I dare say, wasn't thinking
they were worn for reasons of economy.
Only they don't seem to me-er-quite
the proper thing for old ladies to wear.
THEY'RE not the sort Of bonnets my
mother and grandmother wore. y
"What kind of bonnets did they
wear?' asked the woman, hiding a
smile behind her hand. "Little black
things9o she suggested, seeing that the
man hesitated. ..r@-s....
eyes" he said Frightening: "That s
just it. They wore little black bon
nets, about so big making a space
the size Of his two hands very digni
! fed-looking, you know, with long black
strings and wells and things
Maybe your grandmother was il
mourning suggested the woman.
II guess she was, most of the tim,
remember her. acknowledged thu
4 man, after some thought. g But M
. mother WASH It, and she always wore |
neat, self-respecting black bonnet, from
! She time / first remember her, ant
/ that, finished the man triumphantly
! was from the time she was 81 year
! old until the day of her death. An,
look at all these old women, rugged III
in giddy little white bonnets that woul
look suitable on girl Of 16. Why
/ I'll bet there ism It a one of them un
der 50!'
Ny DEAR said the woman, ether
4 are no old women in these days. I
/. your dear mothers time a woman wa
Hold as soon assshe married and settle
Il down with 81 shouseful of children. Sh
q instantly putsson the garb of sobel
3, discreet hunailitY But in these exube7
ant days, when other people attend I
our househo dssSand families, in orde
|, that, we may have time to attend
3 our clubs and lectures and more in
q proving things. grandmother Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

There are 'flot' of breakfasts in
q year it is true, but every season fur
dishes "lot' of different materials.
For warm weather breakfast for In
stance, a slice Of halibut broiled, but
tered, seasoned with lemon juice, pep
per and salt, and then placed in the
oven for just a minute; take out,
with floury baked potatoes; rolls
fruit, this is a breakfast fit for any
one, even the traditional king.
Here is another fish breakfast:
Sprinkle the bottom Of baking pan
with tablespoonful Of minced onion
and some trimmings of bacon; lay on
a fllet Of founder, one for each, brush
with beaten egg; season, dust with
pan with hot water and bake about f1f-
teen minutes, basting every five min
utes with butter and water. Make a
cream sauce with the gravy in the pan,
and serve with crumpets and lyon
naise potatoes. =. -
Broh a well-freshened salt mackerel,
or it is equally delicious boiled; pour
over a gill Of hot cream with minced
parsley stirred in and serve with cream
potatoes and Johnny, cake.
To cook Goldfish Shaker style, cover
a pound Of the fish with cold water and
stand where the water will become only
little more than lukewarm; if it boils
the fish will turn yellow, and tougher.
When fresh enough to the taste Git
may be necessary to pour off the water
several times and cover with fresh)
pick it into flakes and shreds. Put a
level teaspoonful Of butter in pan
and when melted stir in one tablespoon
full of flour; dilute with a. cup of cold
milk added slowly and stirred constant
ly; season with salt and pepper; stir in
the fish, pour into buttered baking
dish and drop on top one egg for each
person Set in the oven till the eggs are
set. Dry, we'll Drowned toast goes well
with this.
Large tomatoes sliced, leaving the
skin on, may be dipped in melted but.
ter, covered with sifted cracker dust
and then broiled over a slow fire, OF
fried and served with a cream gravy
If the unregenerated demand more
than this, let it be bit Of broiled ham
with hot muffin. Some tomatoes are
very sour according to the soil In which
they are grown; neutralize this with 9
BIT Of sugar in the seasoning.
Cucumbers sliced thick and friec
after being rolled in flour taste very
much like eggplant. They are very
nice with veal outlet, says the House
keeper.
There are a number Of ways In which
hominy can be used as breakfast dish
Stir a cupful of washed hominy into {
quart of sailed boiling water; cook 10
an hour in double boiler; mix pin
Of this warm hominy with one Of mill
and another Of four; add two beaten
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

red broadcloth would become you, made
with pleated skirt and a short mill
tary coat almost loose enough to be
termed a box, the seams from the
shoulders covered with black braid, the
same trimming front and lower edges.
The collar in band style would be Of a
very rich red and gold embroidery, the
closing by means Of frogs, while the
cuffs finishing the coat sleeves will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
At THE DRESS GOODS COUNTER

At THE DRESS GOODS COUNTER
You're sure it's fast color? How wide, did you
tell me7 - --.-.-
A full yards Oh. yes You are you can't
Ten yards any cheaper than five? Just min
ute
You're certain it hasn't thread of green In It'll
Confusing. The threads in it seem rather
brittle
These dyes rot stuff SO. Dear me, seems that
Is high. Are you sure that six yards will be
plenty?
Now, what do you thint-does this silk sample
1t has just pale tipge Of blue-do you catch
Now, what 1 was thinking was-weu, now, I
wonder:
That's not the right sample at all. Such .
bluuder
picked it up just as left, in hurry,
And must have picked up the wrong one Such
It is to do shopping Now, isn't 1t fretting;
And just as 1 thought was near to getting
Some skirt goods to match it. Is this piece as
The others : How would this look. cut on the
You say you have none in dark blue1 Such =
| pity,
A dark blue in that would be awfully pretty.
!
above it.
voilea Get it d0yn, please Oh I admire it,
Now, isn't that sweet7 But so light. was
| thinking
1t might not be easy to clean without shrinking.
! Have you some blue silk near at hand? Theres
| Just lay it
Beneath. With that lining Of blue I should
say 1t
Would make mp just spiendidly. You haven't
In red? Why is that? Oh. the red dyes would
rot 1t.
Too. bad Red is just what wanted. How
queerly
1t happens that you always see something
| nearly
But not quite the color. Well, II it is blue, It
Is blue and not red and that's all there is to 1t.
/ I guess Wen go back to. that first piece. You
i s's, SAY 1t
Is warranted goods? Oh. yes-this is the way it
Should go. And you think that six yards would
be ample7
You're SIRE Of that Well--you can give me
q 4 sample ssssss;S u e
4 49, - W Fsoley Sin the Public Ledger.
q IT. is economical after using bowl
s. Of cold starch to let 1t settle Then
\ - 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

also. be Of the embroidery. This will
be extremely stylish and ecoming
Your. hat should bes Of deep rich red
velvet caught with a dull gold buckle
or d golden pompon. siss
Elizabeth Lee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
GETTING IT BACK,

GLOW did Showfer do on his book
Success in Automobile Manufacture
ing9'' -.
7'Fine. The book more than recouped
him for all he lost in his automobile
factory"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
THE SIMPLE LIFE AT LONE WOLF

The tenderfoot started slightly as he
read at the foot of the menu Of the
Lone~Wo1f hotel:
HGuests, after picking teeth, must
beside plate is strictly prohibited
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
GREASE FROM BOOKS

To remove grease from books, cover
the spot with either magnesia or pow
dered chalk, and set on it warm fat
iron over a sheet Of brown paper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
BY POLLY PENN.

81 a matron is just gay young thing
entitled to wear baby hats and go
about with her little boy friends.
And the woman tucked gray hair
up under her own youthful and festive
chapeau and Steamed upon the mysti-
fed man.. . $500
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
What the Market Affords

eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der and bake as gems, or by thinning
the batter, as griddle cakes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

The farmers of Somersetshire, England. say,
that thanks to the dust raised by motor cars
there is a remarkable freedom from blight in,
their orchards this year. II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22

It is economical after using a bowl
of coli starch to let it settle. Then
pour off the tier and dry the starch
duced to q cake and can be used again,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
Shaw in the Pie Belt.

Secretary Shaw paid a visit to the
pie belt region of New England the
past summer.
He stopped one night at small
country hotel, where the youthful
daughter of the proprietor officiated
as waitress.
Seating himself at the breakfast
table the next morning, Mr.. Shaw
asked:
Have you any breakfast food, young
Lady,"
The ingenious little Vermonter
stared perplexedly at the secretary,
cast her eyes with significance over
the well laden table, upon which was
spread the usual assortment of pre-
serves, jellies, pickles, Worcestershire
sauce, ham, eggs and bread, and STAN
mered out:
Excuse me, sir, but what did you
want?''
why, some breakfast food, please"
repeated Secretary Shaw, politely
The girl frowned, and then, with
sudden illumination of the distin-
guished guests meaning, replied
glibly:
"Oh, yes, sir; we have apple, pump
kin, gooseberry, and believe
squash pie." And she hurried from
the room to execute Secretary Shaw's
order
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
The skulker and the hustler.

! Accidents and exceptions for indiv-
idual reasons aside, the young man
whose chief effort has been to avoid
working more than his pay called for
and who has carried this as the gov
erning principle of his life, has been
a greater or less failure. When he him
self has reached middle life and has
begun to complain because other men
have got ahead of him, he looks every
where but in the right place for the
reason. The place is himself and the
reason is that he made the mistake
of never doing as well as he could, be
cause he was afraid of cheating him,
self. What he actually did was tc
cheat himself in the worst way, says
the New Bedford, Mass, Standard.
There is, as a rule, no escape from
the truth that unless a man gives the
best there is in him he will never get
the best there is for him. Careers
which look like exceptions to this rule
are due either to peculiar conditions
such as do not arise in ordinary lives
or else the appearance is deceptive.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
Qualities of Arab Horse.

Our present thoroughbred is a liv-
ing witness of the Arabs capability
as a founder and creator of racers
Himself a natural racer, bred through
centuries for running rather than
draft, bred also for speed and stay,
the Arab possesses every gift and
qualification, courage, docility, tenn
per, endurance, action, determination.
If he cannot go with the flyers of
the course, bred and trained solely
for speed, neither can he be called
slow. He has run two miles with
Derby weight up in 3:4S, yet on the
course he keeps nearly to his normal
speed. Long or short, his race is run
true from end to end; moreover, so
excellent are his temper and consti-
tuition that he stands training for
years and years and has been known
to win races in his teens.
In the point of endurance no other
horse is worthy to be named with
him. Under the trying Indian sun
the two little Arabs, ~Honeysuckle and
Grayleg, were matched for two-mile
heats, best three in five. 1t took seven
heats to decide the match, and three
of them were dead heats.-Country
Life in America.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
Reian of the Plug Hat.
H. S. GIvLER, Pub

The plug hat is a decidedly uncom-
Portable article of wear. But 1t is
picturesque. Who is there but can
remember with affection some old
.childhood character whose distinguish
ing mark was a battered plug hat that
had survived the shocks and, the
wrecks of half a hundred seasons?
The plug hat is associated with the
village doctor, the lean and sallow
minister and the local undertaken.
Perhaps the school teacher had one,
too, and it is certain that we can re
call distinctly the day that father was
elected to the legislature and was pre-
scented with a hat by his admiring
friends. 1t will be long time before
the plug hat becomes actually extinct
The plug hat is a thing that never
wears out, says the Kansas Journal.
1t becomes tattered and generally dis
reputable, it is true, but this is con-
dition that seems to endear it that
much more in the affections of the
possessor. The plug hat has survived
the warming pan and the snuff box.
When all things else have succumbed
to the tide of time, the plug hat has
held it's own on the heads of its de-
voices.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
Dinsomania.

Charles ]. Douglas defines dipso-
mania as an abnormal demand of the
nervous system, either constant or
periodic, for the drug action of. alco-
hol-a demand so strong that the pa
tient takes the alcohol in spite of
his earnest wish and effort to avoid
it. Dipsomania partakes of the ma
ture of both a neurosis and a psy-
Ghosts, the predisposing cause being
a nervous system that is peculiarly
susceptible to the poisonous or in
,toxicating action of alcohol.
Dipsomania is durable disease and
not a mere habit. says the Medical
Record The patient should be re-
moved from home, with all its GUS
tomary surroundings, and devote him.
self to the business of being cured.
In the majority of cases the writer
administers some remedies hypoder-
micaliy at stated hours. He usually
rrescrikss alcoholic liquors during
the first few. days of treatment, grad
ually Withdrawing them
Milk and raw eggs are probably the
best nutriment- Apomorphine is the
most prompt and effective hypnottc.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
Japan a Practical Nation.

Marvellous is the fortune of Japan
The only nation that<might Stay hel
continental strides toward empire is
paralyzed by revolutionary struggles
against government whose existence
is monstrous anachronism. The ma
tions which must meet her on the
worldwide field of industrial war have
tied their own hands with vain eco
nomic theories belonging to dead
time. There is no nation so practical
as the Japanese. What is best to be
done, that thing they do. Their consti
tuition is not invoked to inhibit the
general welfare and stay up the priv
ileges of a plutocracy. Dead govern
mental theories of a bygone age are
dead to them and they modify theil
political philosophy to suit the future
Though they worship their ancestors
remarks the Portland Oregonian, they
care less than any other people fol-
time-worn opinions. The things that
we believe theoretically they put in
practice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
A $500. 600 Power House.

Conway F. Holmes, president Of the
Leavenworth and Kansas City electric
line met the mayor and a number of
Leavenworth business men and dis
cussed locating the new power plant
there. A fine site near Riverside coal
mine, where coal can be run directly
from the mines to the boiler room of
power house, was offered Mr..
Holmes stated through an attorney that
it was planned to build a new power
house worth 100000 and if it was To-
Gated near Leavenworth the right to
sell electricity for light and heat would
be asked. A special committee OF
three was appointed to consider this
and report at another conference.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
German Trade in Brazil.

Germans are now doing much of the
business in Brazil that was formerly
carried on by British manufacturers
This is due, primarily, to the fact that
the German salesman is particularly
well equipped in business training,
languages, and adaptability, to secure
the confidence of the Brazilians. and
secondly, to the fact that German
houses will modify their goods tic
meet the special Brazilian require
ments. At the same time German
goods are not well thought of in Brazil
and where the proper effort is made
American goods will always sell in
preference to German goods even at
a considerably higher price. For ex-
ample, nine-tenths of all the electri-
cal machinery in Brazil Is American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
To Watch Kansas Packers.

The members of the state board
of bealth have completed an inspection
of all packing houses in Kansas and
as result DIR. s. j. Crumbine, secreta-
~ of the board, will ask the legisla-
ture to make some provision for hav-
ing state. inspectors stationed at ev-
cry place where there are packing
houses or slaughtering pens. The board
decided on this move some time ago,
the members dividing into commit
tees to make the trips to Fort Scott,
Olathe, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Wich-
tia, Hutchinson, Topeka, Coffeyville
and Chanute- The information that
the packing houses would be inspect
ed was not given out until the work
was practically completed, as the
members of the board wanted to see
the actual and ordinary condition of
the plants. The reports of the COM
mittees show that the packing houses
are generally kept clean and sanitary
and that many improvements are be-
ing made. This has been brought
about through the federal inspection
laws and now the state board desires
a local law as thorough and stringent
as the national law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-17
THE ANGEL cHlLD's LESSON.
Didn't Result as the Penurious Parent
Had Hoped, but the A. c. Had Fun.

The penurious parent had been in
structipg the angel child in the art OF
saving The angel child had listened
dutifully, and when the p p. present.
ed it with a patent savings bank the
A c. agreed to put all the nickels he
got Into the bank
At the end of the week of persistent
begging from the other members OF
the family the A c. gazed into the
patent bank and discovered that he
had $3.50.
'Oh, papai" said the A. c., its dim.
pied physiognomy erupted with smiles
Il need only two more nickels to have
the required SIS. Have I not been a
good boy to not spend them one by
one as 1 used to do?''
You have, my child" replied the
P. P. proudly, land to show you that
the reward of economy is a comfort
able bank account, 1 will now give
youAthe money to fill your bank. 1t
can then be opened and your money
placed in the big bank down town"
Saying which he handed the A G.
two nickels and the little one danced
away happy.
This only goes to show said the
P p to his yoke mate, that the in
culcation of right ideas cannot begin
too soon with children. 1t is merely
the forerunner of a great and glorious
career for our child; and l feel that
he will look back upon this moment
in his after years, and remember with
pride the fact that 1 taught him the
first principles of good citizenship"
Having. gotten which sentiment out
of his system, the P. P. fell to perus-
ing the financial gossip of the Even
ing EXETER.
And meanwhile the angel child, hav-
ing pushed the two coins into the
bank, gave it the proper twist and
dumped the contents into his hat.
Then he proceeded to sneak around
the corner, gather up ten or Is of his
alley acquaintances, and blow them
off to soda, ice cream and cubeb cigar
cites at the nearest confectionery, re-
turning home with an empty bank but
a full stomach
Moral: You can't teach a young
dog old tricks.-Judge-