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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25


I6S7sS6S are so lacking in initiative and enter
GsegsS prise as those boysl
The speaker indicated, by an almost
lmperceptibe jerk of the head two lads
who were standing idly staring into space. II
required but little observation to ascertain that
the lads had scarcely any initiative; they waited
for someone else to commence game or a con-
versation, and then they would join in with
dithdence that was surprising After a WHILE
they could be drawn out of their reserve to some
extent, and it could be seen that they were not
by any means lacking in education; they were
in fact, far ahead Of most lads of their own age
and had clearly spent good deal of time in study
why does not this knowledge show itself i'm
mediatey?" one was tempted to ask of the first
speaker. Those boys well read and knowl-
edge is always considered to be equal to power.
When we possess power of any sort, we soon
make the fact evident. Most of us could not
help doing SO; it would leak out in spite of our
selves. Yet such is not the case here'
Those boys have an exceedingly clever father"
was the reply. "He is a man who seems to know
everything and can talk learnedly on practically
every subject which may be broached in CONVEX
sation or discussion. Well, his learning has made
him masterful, and this quality shows itself in
the development Of his sons. They are so over
awed by their fathers great knowledge by his
mastery of all subjects, that they fear to express
any opinion, lest they shall be wrong He de-
cides everything; his learning has made him
think that no one else in his own family can do
it as well. When the lads are older, he thinks,
they will know more and be able to do and say
this or that in more positive style, but for the
present they must be led. He forgets that he is
crushing the initiative out of them; he should
keep his erudition little more In the back
ground.
"Clever parents should be careful not to be
too critical One cannot expect that younger peo-
pie will not be wrong sometimes, and it should
be rule to encourage them and to correct them
in kindly manner. Clever parents are often
carping critics, in which case they do as much
harm as good"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
Stamp sale fOr. Charity

Queen Victoria, of Spain, has lost no time in
adding her portrait to those which adorn the
albums of stamp collectors.
"A new stamp, showing the Arms of Spain with
the royal crown and the portrait of the Queen in
relief, is seen on many Spanish letters, but it
does not take the place of The ordinary stamp.
These new stamps cost about penny each, and
they were designed to aid the funds of society
for the prevention of tuberculosis, somewhat
after the fashion OF King Edwards Hospital
stamps in England.
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a spare room"
"And we find one, too, in so many heads!" she
nurmured
''Miss Powelson-Irene" the young man ex-
claimed, choking down a large and expansive
lump of rising sighs, 'in my heart there is spare
room sacredy set apart for you"
''Only one, Mr.. Habenshaw?" she asked, dream
lily.
"Do not mock me, Irene Powelson 1t shall
be whole suite if you like. More than that
You shall have the entire premises if you'll only
say SO; and if that isn't enough, We'll tear down
and build bigger"
"This spare room-this suite of rooms, Arthur"
said the maiden, softly, chat you speaking of
--how-how are they furnished"
''In frst-class modern style, Irene," replied the
young man, with business-like ring in his voice.
''Uncle Bullion died last week"
"Say no more Arthur" whispered the lovely
girl as she pillowed her rich blonde head on the
Young mans heart and listened to the wild
thump! thump! that resounded through its spare
chambers 'I'll take them"
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SONS on the wedding.day originated in
spain. The story goes that an African potentate
once gave Spanish King magnificent orange
tree whose fragrant blossoms were the admire
ton OF all who were permitted to see them In
vain many many people begged for sprig of the
lovely plant, and most persistent of all was a
foreign ambassador, who wished to send a cut
ting to his own country.
1t so happened that the head gardener. who
had charge of the orange-tree, possessed charm.
ing daughter, who was courted by young art
isan The girl, however, lacked dowry, SO there
seemed no prospect of their marriage taking
place. One day her father accidentally broke off
spray of orange blossom from the precious
tree, and gave it to his daughter who placed the
creamy flowers in her hair where they attracted
the attention of the ambassador He promised
to give the young girl sum sufficient for her
dowry if she would give him the spray. and.
needless to add, she willingly did SO. She was
soon afterwards married and in remembrance OF
the luck brought by the orange blossom she se-
cretly broke off another piece, which she wore
on their weddingday, an example followed 10
the present day by brides of our own and most
foreign countries
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loosely knotted in back, extending about six
inches from the waist line. The fchu is headed
by shaped collar of some bright material em-
broidered in different colored silk flowers.
braid frills are sometimes added. The apron
and head dress are also made OF sheer material
like fchu, the latter being surmounted by bow
Of ribbon, The apron is also made of black silk
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The above illustration is French peasont's
dress for gala attire which serves for an attractive
fancy dress costume, 1t is of pink sateen or silk
with pale blue braid trimming. The skirt
is slightly gored, but the gathers are quite
full, the most of them going on the sides
and back. Quite plain is the waist, tight
fitting in back, with some fulness in front. The
fichu, Of any sheer material, is crossed in front,
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PRACTICE FOR PO1SE.

For these reasons, you naturally want to know
how to learn to walk upon the balls of your feet
without the aid of high heels. In answer to
your question: / should advise you to get pair
of regulation ballet slippers-the kind that have
no soles-and in the privacy of your own room
practice standing upon your toes. When you
have learned to do that try walking ON your
toes A half an hours exercise every day should
result in your walking in ordinary shoes upon
the balls of the feet
Another way to diminish the apparent size of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
A CHESTNUT TOURNAMENT.

This is progressive game, played on several
tables on which chestnuts or peanuts are heaped
One after another of the four players, with pair
of candy tongs, should try to take off nut
without disturbing the rest. If he is successful
he takes off another, and so ON, putting all in
his small basket until he fails and the second one
has turn. At the end of a certain time bell
is rung, and all the successful ones now compete
until two winners have been triumphant and
so receive the prize.
A CLOTHESPIN CONTEST.
The making of clothespin dolls is novelty
and easily managed. The face is outlined with
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queen in exile"
At Biarritz, that pretty French watering place,
where she has chiefly resided, she has been much
sought after and entertained by residents and
visitors alike, but until recently she has been
completely ignored by the French Government
Now, however, it is said that owing to the part
she took in protesting against the taking of church
inventories, she has been requested to leave the
country.
In spite of all the trials of her eventful life,
Queen Natalie still retains some of the good
looks for which she was formerly famous In
her youth-she is now forty-seven-she was often
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called the handsomest woman in Europe, and
though some people might prefer more refined
and less Eastern type of beauty, no one could
fail to admire her fine tall figure. brilliant com
plexion, large dark eyes and raven hair
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should, as often is practicable, be of the same
color as the street dress they are designed to go
having the shoes match the pettcoat, or even
where the shoes dscreetly match the more SOM
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Ube Care OF Her Haao0@ an0 Feet

your foot and also to give it greater delicacy of
proportion is to place large ornament upon the
instep. A large bow or buckle has this effect
Your evening shoes should always match the
dresses they are worn with, and cloth boots,
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tered into glass jar, both Of which
are perfectly clean and sterile. The jar should
be one that has close-ftting cover that Will
exclude the air. Neither the nutritive value nor
the taste of milk is changed by this process.
VEGETABLES FOR CHILDREN.
Vegetables for children should be given very
snarinply until the age of three is reached-an
exception being made in favor of baked potatoes.
After this age they may have spinach boiled in
its own juice, young peas, tender beans well pre-
pared, cabbage that has not been boiled longer
than half an hour, caulifiower delcatey cooked,
and stewed celery.
BABY'S SLEEP.
Never allow a baby to be aroused from it's
sleep even to see the most important of visitors.
Remember that it is often politeness and not af-
lection which makes people ask to the baby,
and do not let the little one be aroused from
its slumber. When it has rested long enough it
will wake naturally but to be suddenly reused
often causes a considerable shock to its nerves
and injury to its health
TO GIVE MEDICINE.
It is often an extremely difficult task to give
little children medicine. A trained nurse of long
experience says that the best way to give child
castor oil if it is not able to swallow the capsules
filled with the OIL is to fill wineglass half full
or orange juice and pour in the oil, with more
juice on top. The oil forms ball in the middle
of the juice and is swallowed without being
tasted.
WINDOW GARDENS FOR CHILDREN,
To those mothers who have never tried to
have window garden in the house would like
to say, do try it; you don't know how much
pleasure it will give you, and will make your sit
ting room SO much more cozy and homeke. Let
each of the children have a plant of his own
YOU have no idea how pleased he will be. Even
the little ones are delighted when their plant has
a flower on it, and it will be of their pleasant
est memories when they are grown up. 1t is well
to give them thrifty, freeblooming kinds, as they
do not like to wait too long for blossoms while
you may take more pleasure in the kinds.
If possible try to have some of the winter flower
ing bulbs, such as narcssus, hyacnths and OK
alis-they bloom when there no flowers out
side, and they are so easy to grow. Just try it
and see if you are not pleased. At least it will
not cost much to try it.
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may be used in place of apples An appropri-
ate sentiment for BOBBY prize would be a bon
bon box On which is written the consong quo
tation, Defeat is sometimes sweet"
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"T1andsomest' Woman in Europe

JEEN NATALIE. widow of King Mi
Ian and mother of the murdered King
Alexander of Servia, was at one time a
very prominent figure in Europe, but
for some years she has occupied the
only socially important position of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
Ewes Own Daughter

every house, Miss Powelson," said
young Mr.. Habenshaw, with some agi
tation, there is a spare room. 1t IS
kept for the use of some honored guest.
In every heart, too" and he laid his
hand imnnlsivelv ON his own-"there is
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@7HANKSGIVING home gatherings usual.
" include a half-dozen youngsters at
A least, for which some entertainment
tN1gGYI besides the turkey dinner is quite es-
sential.
Very small children in many cases indulge
in their regular after-dinner nap; but wise
hostess will see to it that the interest of the old
er children is concentrated upon games and
amusements, giving especial attention to their ell
tertainment
This order of the days program allows the re-
mander of the guests to do as they please with
out the interference of the children. Conversa-
tons or card playing, which take up most of the
afternoon and evening, need not be punctuated
by children worrying their parents; time when
unmarried men and women congratulate them
selves.
The following games and amusements offer
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is to be taken for granted that you are
normal woman, and that therefore your main
object in life, no matter what you may pretend
in public, is to appear well in the eyes of some
man.
As to the back of your grdle, your own de-
sire for neatness should. prevent its ever being
untidy, and besides, every woman knows with
out being told how to avoid misconnections in
the back. So / shall go right to talk to you
about your gloves and your shoes.
OF course, you want to appear to have small
feet. Every does. You may visit the
Society for Foreign Missions every Saturday
afternoon in the month and vigorously decry the
heathenism of the Chinese which prompts them
to tie up the feet of their women, and yet really
in your heart you deploring the fact that
the United States is not heather country.
You envy the woman who can wear number
two shoe, and you weep the novel where
Lord Ronald uses the dainty little shoe OF the
fair Geraldine as an ornament for the parlor
mantel. As soon as you come to "Finis" you
dry your eyes, and go out and buy yourself
"three and half AZ when the normal size of
your foot is five
You have then committed the greatest mistake
of your life What woman can be graceful mine
ing along the street in shoe two sizes too small
for her? Everybody knows that her jerky gait
you certainly cannot expect to be admired after
you have just afforded fertile source of amuse-
ment. Don't let your vanity run away with your
common sense
A STANDARD SIZE.
Besides the ungraceful appearance you will pre-
sent in shoes too small for you, there are other
and more serious evils to be anticipated. Do |
need to go into the unspeakabe agonies caused
by corns and bunions? 1t has been we'll sad in
deed, that the way of the transgressor is hard.
Measure your height, and then measure the
length of your foot. IL the latter is one-seventh
of the former then it is in the correct proportion
Below that proportion, there can be no charm
nor grace. so be wise, my dear lady, and do not
torture yourself.
To give yourself the appearance of having small
feet, it is only necessary to press the foot lit
tie forward. Walk upon the balls of the feet,
throwing all the weight forward. This will not
only diminish the apparent size of the feet, but
will at the same time impart graceful carriage
and also make one look taller Anything tending
to make you look taller cannot help having the
effect of giving you suppleness and pose.
Ii you cannot succeed yourself in this manner
of walking, pair of high heeled shoes will do
the trick for you. The heels will raise the back
of the foot; thus causing the sole of the foot to
form with the leg very open angle, instead of
right angle.
But everybody knows that high heels are dan
gerous They are liable to trip you as you are
going down stairs and thus result in sprained
ankle or even in something more serious Be
sides, they run over very easily, and cause that
ugliest of all possible gaits, the gait due to a
run down heel
PRACTICE FOR POISE.
For these reasons, you naturally want to know
bo,, 10 to thp hal Of foo
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W know, of course, that the parts of
woman's attire which attract mans
attention first are her gloves, her
shoes and the back of her girdle. 1t
L. 70 hn tnLnr fnr. nrrantnd that Won are
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Counsel for Mothers

HEN it is difficult to get sterilized milk
for little children, the milk may be fl
tered through thin layer OF wad of
absorbent cotton. The cotton is best
put in glass funnel and the milk fill
Ill of rrrl,, ol,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
The Orange Blossom

HE orange blossom is so typical of wed
dings that few of us ever stop to won
- der why it has attained its position as
|S29gSNI the bridal flower.
The custom of wearing orange bios
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increase, between mistress and maid. To the
American tourist and visitor English domestic
servants seem about as near TO the ideal as heart
could ask When English housewives deplore the
situation, and tell anecdotes illustrative of the
total untrustworthiness and "no-accountness" of
their maids Americans feel like smiling, compar.
ing as they do to the neat, respectful English
maids with the cosmopolitan melange that fills
the American kitchens But every now and then
in the papers and magazines one catches wind of
this domestic problem" 1t is a significant fact
that much of the trouble is attributed to the
registry Offices. II is estimated that sum rang
ing from $5,OOOOOO to $6,1O0,000 is annually
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of japanese napkins so as not to have them
all alike. Prizes be awarded for the best
and worst doll
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
A POTATO DOLL CONTEST.

This doll contest affords novel and pleasing
entertainment for sociable, and is not expen-
sive to prepare. Select long, evenly shaped,
smooth potatoes for this purpose. Use wooden
sticks for arms and legs and dress them in Jap
anese napkins with fancy borders
Each guest should be given needle and thread
or paper of pins as he prefers Have variety
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suggestions which may be appropriated accord
ing to the ages of the little guests.
While it is not positively necessary, prizes
awarded in the varied games keep up the chill
dren's interest, besides pleasing the little recip-
tents. The inexpensive favors distributed at the
close of the days frolics make all happy and
the fun accompanying the distribution partially
compensates the unfortunate ones who did not
receive prize.
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Clever Parents

MYT is very curious to think that such
XII clever man should have two sons who
aSae6S are so lacking in initiative and enter
~ prise as those boys
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A GEOGRAPHY PARTY.

Have large blackboard, on which is outlined
map of some country. Then let the guests
in turn fill in the map, putting each river, city
and mountain where it belongs If one PLAYER
fails to get his part right, the next tries. When
finished the new map is compared with true
one, and even good geographers will be astonished
at their errors
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are perfectly clean and sterile. The jar sho'
be one that has close-ftting cover that
exclude the air Neither the nutritive value I
the taste of milk is changed by this process.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

A PRETTY FLAG GAME.
flag game is pretty, if you have room for it.
Divide the children into two parties, draw a
line between them, and set a flag some distance
back from the line on each side. Each side then
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

SCHEME to organize a national regis
try trust is ON foot in England, where
the employment bureaus are regarded
as largely at the bottom of the trouble
which exists and seems to be ON the
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or, pre- color of the dress, to have the hosiery Of
Vhe e, same shade as the petticoat
W ms effect may be produced even in winter.
LOU may wear garnet suit with petticoat
made of six of deeper shade than the cloth
S uet stockings to match the pettcoat, pair of
black pumps for street wear. and a pair of gar
net CATERS. Nothing could be more elegant. nor
az the same time more coquettish, than such a
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-07-27
.GRADING board
BEGINS work

The prediction that at least
$500 teachers would take the July
examinations has been verified. The
exact number cannot yet be made
public, but superintendent Miller
states that the number will exceed
the estimate. Those selected by
Supt. Miller to assist in grading the
papers have started to work. They
are Miss Nina Hepburn, Piedmont /;
Miss Sue SSheetz, Keyser; Miss Jes-
sie TrotteJ, Buckhannon Mrs. Mary
LcGuigan, Miss Mary Fontaiuc and
Mrs. George Hall, Of Charleston !;
Prof. L. 1. Friend, Keyser; Prof.
Joshiah Keely, Montgomery; Prof.
H. A. Slower, Putnam cunty Chas.
A. Amber, Peasants county; ]. G.
Woodrum. Lincoln county; Prof.
w. G. Brown, Nicholas county !;
Supt. Geo. s. Laidley. Charleston,
and Alfred Warman, Monongalia.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-07-27
PRINTING COMPANY
IS ORGANIZED

A new company was organized
Monday night under the name Of the
COston Printing Company, for the
purposeo of doing all kinds of job
printing. The company has a sub
scribed stock Of S., 900 fully paid in.
The stockholders are W. Brice Cos
ton, Isaac J. Coston, N. ]. Hay
man, John H. Clifford and Frank
FL Rhodes. This company hiss pur-
chased the printing department Of
the James & Law Company and that
of the Wade Printing Company, and
have established their plant IN the
Traders annex, where it has secured
"a suite of seven rooms. The man
agement viii be in charge Of W.
Brice Costcn, who has had long eE-
perience as a printer, and wnich
guarantees to the company success
full career. It is the Intention of
the company to do only frst-class
work, and to give prompt service;
We have every reason to believe that
the ne.v company will secure it's
share of the local patronage
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-07-27
At least 5000 600 are paid out

At least 5000, 900 are paid out
there annually in wages. There are
IS coal mines within the tnding dis
frict of Clarksburg whose average
monthly pay roll is not less thnn
$50, 600. There are seven glass
factories, a tnpiiate md, potteries
and chemical works, four large
brick manufacturing plants. five
planning mills, two large machine
shops, brewery, stogie factory and
innumerable smaller industries. The
B. & O. railroad has 100 people 10
Gated there. Indeed. there is not a
city in the state where there is 2
crater diversity Of manufactured
products.
Work is now progressing on the
isolley line connecting Clarksburg
= III Fairmont, It's commercial
trial. that will bring the cities iIsc
ic:oscr connection.
Much OF Clarksburgs wonderful
srswta and prospects for the future
is lue to the wise exploitation Of the
TOMS advantages by its aggressive
board of trade, whose membership is
made up of the towns staurch
merchants and professional businsss
men, and its vide awake and pro-
gressive newspapers