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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-22
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ART.
Camera Pictures Much More Than Me
cs1anicai Reproduction.


Few persons could be found who
would deny the claims of photography
TO rank among the fine arts, when
sk1llully used and properly controlled,
since the photography of of to-day is
something more than a mechanical re-
production. The individuality Of the
photographer is being expressed in
MS work almost as much as is that Of
the painter. The painter still has the
advantage, for while he may give us
an impression fuller than that made by
nature upon the eye. the photographer
can deal only with that which is OBJ
served with such unerring fidelity and
Skill by mechanical eye Compost
ton is therefore one of the necessary
principles to the photographer, who
thus supplies the mechanical eye with
mind, yet he must study lighting at
different hours Of the day and varying
weather conditions that he may know
the best effects to be obtained. Many
otherwise successful photographers
need to realize that scientific accuracy
Is not necessarily artistic truth, SO
that, while one actualizes, the definite
sharpness may be softened and the ef-
feet ennanced.-Home Magazine.
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Sounded Praises Of Soan.

In guide to etiquette published
early in the last century the writer
says that soap does not irritate the
complexion; some of the finest com
p1exions we have known have been
regularly washed with soap every day.
The same authority remarks that the
daily bath is now the rule rather than
the exception, and common sense has
triumphed over the decision that wash
ing was Injurious And then the
writer has a dig at her great-grand-
mother, whose c@ly additions con-
sisted IN wetting her cheeks with a
cambria handkerchief dipped in rose
water" In all our directions with re-
gard TO the bath" adds this early Vic
torian dictator, 1t must be borne In
mind that we only refer to those in
sound state Of health. =
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70 Represent talx and snain.

The two great Catholic countries of
Europe, Italy and Spain, are sending
new ambassadors to the court of St.
James. The marquis di San GiuIiano,
who viii represent Italy, is compare
lively young man. He comes of an
old sicilian family of Norman descent,
and is highly cultured, having Travelled
extensively with good results. He is
an enthusiastic student of Dante, and
Is president of the Italian Geographical
society. Senior Villa Urattia, the new
Spanish ambassador, accompanied
King Alfonso to London on the mo-
mentous occasion that ended in his en-
gagement to Princess Ena, and won
golden opinions for his tact and cour-
tesy during that visit.
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Almond HHermits.,,

One eupfu1 Of butter, worked to q
cream with two cupfuls of sugar; two
eggs; three even cupfuls of flour
sifted twice with a teaspoonful Of
baking powder; half a teaspoonfu1 of
ground mace; three dozen almonds,
blanched, dried and split III half.
Having ereaned the butter and
sugar, work in the beaten yolks, the
spice, then the frothed whites and the
whites and the flour alternately. The
dough must be just soft enough TO roll
half an inch thick; cut round; wash
lightly with the white Of egg; press
half an almond into the heart Of each
cake and sift granulated sugar on top.
Bake in a quick oven.
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oriain Of Term aGrocer.n

According to etymo1ogy, retail
grocer" is as absolute an impossibility
as a weekly journal" A grocer, or
"grosser" as it used to be spelled, is
really a trader in gross is to
say, in large quantities, wholesale.
Englishmen Of other days spoke O..
grossers OF fish" and Sgrossers OF
wine" and an act Of Edward III. ex-
pressly mentions that "grossers" deal
in all manner of goods. In those days
.'spfcer" was the word for grocer" IN
the modern sense. But it happened
that the Grocers' company, founded in
the fourteenth century, specialized in
spicery and SO grocer" gradually took
the place of aspieer..'
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i4fah Position for Admiral.

Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson,
who has just taken command of the
American naval forces in the East,
will, it is understood, soon be recalled
to take what has become to be regard
ed as the most important post in the
navy-nameIy, chief of the bureau of
navigation. Admiral BroWnson would,
in the usual course. be placed on the
retired list next year on account of
old age, but owing to his excellent
physical and mental condition it is I'm
derstood he will continue at the head
of the navigation bureau at least dur
ing the present administration.
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and Investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, ard above
all, possessed of wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
3 builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge OF the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods Of
all kinds; SO, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses OF the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combine
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
AL this SO far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces to
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kaen in Good Health.

There are many thousands of peo-
pie all over the world who can at
tribute their good health to taking one
of two Brandreth's Pills every night.
These pills cleanse the stomach and
bowels, stimulate the kidneys and
liver and purify the blood. They are
the same fine laxative tonic pills your
grandparents used, and being purely
vegetable they are adapted to children
and old people, as well as those in
the vigor Of manhood and womanhood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-coated.
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Checked Attempt at Monopoly.

Trusts were sometimes dealt with
summariIy ii old England For in
stance, the records of the Brewers
company show that ''on Monday, July
so, 1922, Robert Chiche1e, the mayor of
London, sent for the masters and =
of the most worthy of our company to
appear at the Guildhall for selling dear
ale. After much dispute about the
price and quantity of malt, wherein
Whityngtone, the late mayor, declared
that the brewers had ridden into the
country and foresta1led the malt, to
raise its price, they were convicted in
the penalty Of $40 (s100), which OBJ
jecting to, the masters were ordered
to be kept in prison in the chamber
lain's. custody until they should pay it,
or find security for the payment
thereof"
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Have You Selected Your Christmas
Gjfts2

If not, there is still time to send to
Lord & Taylor, Broadway, 5th avenue
and Goth street, New York, for a copy
Of their catalogue and select some arti-
Gle and have it delivered by Christmas.
Think how pleased your friends will
be to have their gifts come direct from
one Of New York's finest stores with
eighty years reputation behind it. The
catalogue contains Photographic repro
auctions, description and prices Of over
500 articles suitable for Christmas
gifts for man or woman. enabling one
to see the goods as they actually are.
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WRONG Method of Teaching.

Consul Paul Nash, of Venice, writes:
Hundreds Of we1l-educated Americans
annually pass through Venice and, al
though probably nine-tenths of them
have had several years of instruction
in European language, not one
tenth are capable of speaking a dozen
connected words of anything but Eng
lish. Even college graduates, fresh
from prize-winning in French or Ger
man, are generally unable to speak
either language. although capable OF
writing an excellent thesis On their
history, philosogy, syntax and litera-
ture. This is the result of teaching
French and German in much the same
way that Latin and Greek are taught
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GAINED 81 POUNDS
Persistent Anamla Cured by DR..
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Remedies Had Failed.

Remedies Had Failed.
IS When began taking DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, says Mrs. Nathaniel Field,
of St. Adams, Somerset county, Maine,
81 was the palest, most bloodless person
you could imagine. My tongue and
gums We're colorless and my fingers and
ears were like wax. had two doctors
and they pronounced my trouble anarnia.
Ihad spells of vomiting, could not eat,
in fact, did not dare to, had such dis
tress after eating. MY stomach was filled
with gas which caused me awful agony.
The backache suffered was at times
almost unbearable and the least exertion
made my heart beat so fast that I could
hardly breathe. But thewerst Of all was
the splitting neuralgia headache which
neverleftmefor seven weeks. About this
time I had had several numb els. NV
limbs would be cold and without any
feeling and the most deathly sensations
would come over me.
Nothing had helped me until began
taking DIR. Williams Pink Pills, in fact.
I had grown worse every day. After /
had taken the pills short time could
see that they Were benefting me and
one morning aWoke entirely free from
pain. The distress after eating, disap-
peared and in three weeks I could eat
anything wanted and suffer no incon-
Eenienee. I also slept soundly. have
taken several boxes of the pills and have
gained in weight from 120 to 154 pounds
and am perfectly we'll now
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure ana1nia
because they actually make new blood.
For rheumatism, indigestion, nervous
headaches and many forms of weakness
they are recommended even If ordinary
medicines have failed. They are sold by
a1ldruggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt Of price, so cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. z.
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LIKE 4 FAIRY TALE.
ae Story Of Postum Cereal in Words
and Pictures.

The growth of the postpn, eora,,
Io. IS like fairy tale. hut i il 4r, -.
every word OF 1t. = ~
ne Door Unbolteda is the title ~
saafmlng little booklet Just issued
W me Company which tells. and T.
-aseraIes, the story of this remark
a0le growth. It takes the reader from
me httle white barn In which the
business was started IAN. 1aa5
through the palatial Offices and great
laetofy buildings OF the white Cttv.
eaat comprise PostumTille. Battle
Creek, Mich. sAtsA0
ne little white barn. SO carefully
! preserved, is a most interesting build-
ing TOT It represents the humble he
ginning of one of the country.s great
So manufacturing enterprises of to-
uay' an enterprise that has grown
AIom this little barn to a. whole civ
oi factory buildings within but little
more than ten years.
NO less interesting is the quaint Of
ne1aI nome of the Postum Cereal Co.
Ane general Office building Of Mr.. Post
ana MS associates is a reproduction Of
me Shakespeare house at stratford-
on-AYon, and upon the house and its
furnishings has been expended vast
sums OF money, until the rooms are
more like the drawing rooms Of the
mansions O. our multi-millionaires
than like Offices.
That Mr.. Post has believed thor
oughly in the idea of giving to his
employees attractive and healthful
work rooms is proven NOT only BY the
general office building of the Company
and its furnishings, but by his fac
tories as well, and Of all Of these
things this beautiful little booklet tells
the interesting story. It will be sent
to anyone on request.
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TABLE DELICACIES.
SOME OLD AND NEW DISHES
RECOMMENDED.
Foundation For Game Pie of Any De.
scription-Parsnlp Fritters-- Mock
Ok Tail soup-chocolate
Nut Waters.

For a succulent all game is eligible,
from small birds to yenison. Make
first fricasse, having enough thick
gravy to cover the meat in a baking
dish; cover with a rich biscuit dough
or puff paste If preferred, rolling
either rather thin. Do not bake SO
quickly that the top browns before
the paste is cooked through.
PARSNIP FRITTERS-Boi four or
Eve parsnips. When tender take Off the
skins and mash them fine. Add to
them a teaspoon Of whole wheat -four
and a beaten egg. Put a tablespoon
or beef drippings in frying pan over
the fire, and to it a saltspoon Of salt.
When boiling hot put in the parsnfps,
make it into small cakes with a spoon.
When one side is a delicate brown
turn the other. When both are done
take them on dish. put very little
OF the fat in which they were fried
over and serve hot.
BROWN SOUP, OR MOCK OK
TAIL-Take the bones from
good cold roast. Sirloin or ribs
of beef make the best soup of
this kind. Add about pound Of
fresh lean beef, which should be
cut rather small and Drowned in
saucepan with little butter. Make
nice dark brown without burning.
Add about two quarts of boiling water
or more, according to the soup you
require, and bones you have for
stock. Take a little mace, a few
cloves whole, tablespoonful of whole
black pepper and also Of whole all
spice tied in a piece of cheesecloth;
couple Of carrots cut up fine, turnip
or two, according to size; three or
four onions, sliced up fine. Boil all
together, bones and vegetables, for
a whole day. Next morning skim off
any fat. strain through a collander
and serve with sippets of toast (Of
course, heat to boiling point.
LEMON CUsTARD PIE.-One cup
sugar, two tab1espoonfuls -four and q
pinch of salt Mix. Add to this the
Juice and grated yellow rind OF one
large or two small lemons. Beat light
y the yolks of two eggs and add one
cup OF rich milk. Thoroughly mix,
bake in a rich crust and frost with
the beaten whites of eggs, with four
.ablespoonfuls sugar added. Place in
4 hot oven and brown.
FEATHER CAKE.-One cup sugar,
tablespoon butter, one egg, half cup
sweet milk, two cups flour, two tea
spoons baking powder; bake in three
ayers.
Icing-One cup sugar, one cup
water, even tablespoon corn starch,
Folks Of three eggs, juice and grated
'inds of two lemons, cook all together
until it thiekens, spread when cool.
ORANGE sHERBET. = Put into
.reezer in order given, and do not
stir: One cup sugar, juice Of two
emons, Juice of two oranges and rind,
grated; two cups sugar. one cup
water, one-ha1f pint cream, three cups
milk.
CHOCOLATE NUT WAFERs.-Two
squares of chocolate, melted; one
laIf cup melted butter, one cup
sugar, two eggs, whites and yofks
,eaten separately; one-fourth cup
Iour. Spread thinly with knife over
bottom Of pan and sprinkle with
.oarsely chopped nuts. Bake and cut
nto small squares before removing
rom pan.
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restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs We're stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross Of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired q job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine We're, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia e. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia e. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success Of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-receiVed
careful study, and the details, inc1ud-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over. and represent a vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment Of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library IN the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her IN her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction Of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwork. and
probably from the Office of no other
person nave SO many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound !, made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
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tiensfitcf1ed G,Iimna

An easy and very quick way to
make quite an elaborate guimpe yoke
is to draw the thread sufficiently to
form Is OF an inch wide stripes ali
inch and a half distances. Hemstitch
both edges and embroider some pretty
simple vine, or else featherstitch In
vine effect on the parts between. The
drawn lines can end at graduated dis,
tances TO form the yoke as exactly as
possible the size to show above the
dress edge. and thus avoid any extra
Or wasted work.
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fore me, and / had dizzy spells. For
ten years could not do homework,
and for two years did not get out of
the house. The kidney secretions
were Irregular, and doctors were not
helping me. Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me quick relief, and finally
cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. z.
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Laundry BAG Is Handy.

Bachelor girls who run about much
will have to thank a fastidious bach
elor for inVenting travelling laundry
bag which spares them the disagree.
able nee bsity OF packing soiled linen
in their trunks. The new device is a
bag of brown canvas, somewhat like
a mail bag. It fastens with a patent
brass lock and has initials painted on
it in trunk style. It goes empty. but It
returns from the weekend or other
visit with the linen which is ready to
go to the laundress.
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Enns q Ia Creole

Into a saucepan put two tablespoon.
fuls Of chopped bacon, two tomatoes,
skinned and cut fine, two tablespoon.
fuls of chopped red peppers, and one
cupful Of thinly sliced okra. Add one
half cup OF strong beef stock and sim
mer until the okra is tender, adding
more seasoning if required. Poaeh
eight eggs in boiling sailed water.
Pour the sauce on hot platter, lift
the eggs carefully from the water and
arrange them on the thick sauce. Gar.
nish with toast points.
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.

Stuffed sweet potatoes are a novelty
and will be found very nice. Bake
some large ones, and when soft make
a slit down one side, scoop out the
inside, and beat It with salt and pep
per. a small half cup of cream and a
teaspoonfu1 Of lemon juice. Fill the
shells. return to the oven and brown.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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success.

WANTED.-For u. s. Army, able
bodied, unmarried men, between ages of q
and IS; citizens Of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English; for infor-
nation apply to recruiting officer, 126 N.
Court, Memphis, Tenn; 236 Main, Jones'
boro, Ark; sCorinth, Miss; Hickman, Ky.
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WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. plNKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73 Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
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KING Edwards confdan4.

Lord Knollys, King Edwards pri-
vate secretary for the past So years.
is the only man from whom his ma s.
ty has no secrets. Lord Knollys CON
trolls the kings enormous correspond
ence, aided by a corps OF assistants
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Mix Soap With DOUGH.

From communication read TO the
Association Of Belgian Chemists it
seems that continental bakers are Ia
the habit Of mixing soap with their
dough to make their bread and pastry
nice and light. The quantity OF soap
varies greatly. In fancy articles like
Wafifes and fritters it is much larger
than ID bread.