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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

represent US to those whom il Is our
duty and privilege 70 influence.
Whatsoever a man tilinKeth in his
heart, 50 IS he" Your pictures are
part OF your mental food. They repre-
sent one form OF mental fare, there
fore. they should be lifting not low
eriag. Remember. they express you.
Use Chaste Ornaments.
This is also true Of the ornaments
in your room. They should be choice
and chaste. but not necessarily ex-
pensive. If the half dozen little china
dogs that sit, catching dust on Tie
bookcase. recall little boy who IS
gone; II he had Joy in keeping them
there, ont OF reach and safe, in
mothers parler,' leave them. they are
you: II they represent bric-a-brac only,
throw them on the dust heap. they are
not beautiful. nor high, and they are
not you
Have you imitation lace for cur
tains Well. are you sham yourself. or
are you genuine7 Then, why not re-
place the would-be lace with clean,
simple, dainty. ruffled muslin. IL is
better for your .morsls-it Is more near
u you.
Let your house be you. all through.
If not you as you are. then what you
Wish to be. IL VIII help you in no
small degree to be strong. and viii
lift yo1 higher mentally. morally.
spiritually: IL viii help you on toward
that other mansion where there can be
no shams.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

To keep oneself fresh and sweet in
summer Is worth striving for. and next
10 tubing have the things one wears
in good condition is most important.
Putting them away properly viii do
more than anything else to prevent their
getting that undesirable -tumbled look.
and. what is even more TO the point,
vii. help 10 hold a fresh odor that one
cannot be too particular about. There
is no doubt that to air ones clothes too
much is impossible, and that the too
commonly to be met with odor of ma
terials and worse comes from negli-
gence Of which a thoughtless person
may be unconscious
At least every two weeks in summer
and once a month in winter the place
where clothes hang should be cleaned,
but strange to say, this Is cOmparatf tive
soor get more or less of an odor OF
the body. and, added 20 that, there are
those from the street. .Woolens, OF
course. are more susceptible TO this than
are .cottons, but even the latter hold
unpleasant doors, ard these must be
avoided.
Tie fortnightly cleaning should con-
sist of taking out all the clothes, in
Guiding boots and shoes. II they arc
kept, there. Each article should he
hung OF spread about the room and be-
fore windows, so that the air will play
around aid through Il. This air bath
should continue for two hours or more
and during that time the wood within
the closet should be attended to. Allow
the door 10 remain open and wash the
paint with warm water, in which there
Is a little ammonia. Soap viii not be
necessary except for the floor.
Even better than ammonia is to put
q few drops OF oil of lavender IN the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
DOn'tS for F0II Brides

Don't leave the ordering OF vour
frocks so late as to Se needlessly worried
the last few days. Your time and at.
tention will be fully occupied with a
hundred and one small matters that
turn uD at the last moment.
Don't persuade yourself beforehand
That you are going TO look your plain
est, or that there is sure to be a wrinkle
IN the back Of your wedding dress.
Don't worry yourself thin and miser-
able ove= your troubles. II is due your
future husband that you should look
as happy and pretty as possible on your
wedding day.
Don't sit up until any hour OF the
night tho night before your wedding.
Try 70 go to bed in really good time so
that you may BE as fresh as possible
in the morning
Don't eat indIgestible food. The in
evitable excitement is apt TO upset even
the strongest.
Don't arrange your veil so 1t drags
your hair back. Wear your veil over a
Arm Knot. and thus avoid the hattened
look that mars the appearance OF so
Don't spend the first few moments OF
tHe scENACc shEuE5lluS. Win EOHr. fftONcss
IL Is simple matter TO undo the but
tons before reaching the church. and
this viii enable you TO slip them of
easily and hand them to your chief
bridesmaid without any fuss or furry
Don't murmur the VOWS inaudibly
Try to remember that you love the
man who Is going TO be your husband
and are proud OF him.
Don't forget to say something pleas
ant to each Of the guests. II Is pleas
art % have presents appreciated, but
quite the reverse TO be thanked effu-
sively for teaspoons when YOU have
given salt cellars.
Don't put OF changing your frock til
the last minute II you are going on
trip. 1t is just as important to put
your travelling dress on well as Il is to
put on the wedding gown carefully. A
bride starting out on her
honeymoon is not an attractive sight.
Don't above all. act the part Of
Lovey and Dewey on the bridal trip.
There is nothing so ordinary and COM
mon and generally idiotic as the spoon
ing habit in public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
C0rIng for Cut.

A cut which has become grimy must
be carefully washed with a carbolic
solution. in strength one dram to four
drains of water. If carbolic acid be
Kept In the medicine chest, this lotion
can be made up at any tine with a
measuring glass. After bathing cut a
piece OF white lint OF size TO overlap
the cut, soak 1t in the carbclic solution
and apply.
Cover the lint with a gutta percha
tissue cut so as to leave a margin or
enc inch all around the lint which Is
mus kept moist. No ragged edges OF
the lint must show or the moisture will
eXaporate- Cover with cotton wool.
The dressing may be removed in TWEEN
ty-four hours and the wound will be
found to be perfectly clean. This treat
ment also removes pain ard the only
etter treatment necessary 10 TO cover
With piece Of dry, clean ihIt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Household HInEs

A very satisfactory way to cieaneTugs
after they have been hung on the line
and beat, is 10 brush them carefully
with q whisks broom dipped in gasolene.
Before boiling eggs. wet the shells
thoroughly in cold water before drop
ping in the boiling water and they VIII
not crack.
To scale fish quickly cover with boil
ing water; let 1t remain in the water
just half a minute, then scrape with a
knife and the scales viii come OF read
fly.
A very good way to lay the dust on
the carpets while sweeping is 70 sprin-
kle over them two cupfuls Of dampened
corn meal
Bites OF insects are relieved by touch
ing the spot with a drop OF ammonia
It neutralizes the poison ana soothes
the pain.
A teaspOonfui Of pulverized alumni
mixed with the common stove polish viii
give wonderful polish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
FRESH AIR TREATMENT KEEPS
SUMMER CLOTHES CLEAN
To Air Ones Clothes Too Often Is Impossible
Especially in the Summer

water, for this is purifying and viii
leave a sweet odor most pleasant for
the clothes TO absorb. Every inch OF
the wood, and especially the mopooard
and backing for the hooks should be
well gone over. and the cloth may al
ways be wrung quite dry II Is not
necessary TO soak the wood.
All the time garments are airing the
closet door should be left open. and in
spread as much as possible. Have two
hangers on a skirt and stretch Il over
two hooks II Will take no more room
this way than when attached 10 one
and and viii keep It's shape much better.
When two hooks are used for the hang
ing, two, and even three skirts may be
put on top OF each other. II care Is
taken to have those underneath folded
smoothly. Wash blOuses and all thin
waists will keep Infinitely better II they
are put on waist "a clxs or stretchers. as
kept
Such care as this will keep away no
end OF wrinkles. but at the first appear
ance OF any IN a thin frock go over
them with a hot fat iron. This is some
times but a matter of few minutes
fresh
One cannot be too particular to wear
dress shields. and keep them clean "A
set should never be worn more than
once without washing and for this rea-
son II Is better 10 pin than sew them
rms especially made for this are 10 be
mad now, but small safety pins answer
me same purpose. To wash the shield
- out the work OF moment. but plenty
or soap should be used. Put oil OF Law
ender in the rinsing water. II is I1ex-
penslve. Dry the shields By smoothing
ana hanging over a towel rack AZ ro-S
specially for the purpose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
INDIVIDUALITY IN THE HONE
IS THE TRUE TEST or A WOMAN
One Is Known by the House She Keeps.

Your house is yourself. II you are a
true housekeeper it grows. slowly. to-
ward your likeness and changes and
changes, till at last, there yoU arei On
the wall on the floor. in the furniture.
in the ornaments. in the very folds Of
the curtains. your visitor sees your out
lines. Her approval she has perhaps ut
tered loud enough for you to hear, her
criticism she has impaired to your
neighbor as she said, "Ah, yes. but look
at her housern
Her keen. feminine eyes began in
speeding at the doorstep. caught a
Glimpse OF the area windows, on the
way. and having measured the door
knob and knocker. passed on to the hall
and the parlor Alas. How often the
evil genius has lurked. and still turks,
IN those same cramped. crowded. stuffy,
unnatural pariors! It Is time for US TO
realize that quantity plays a poor sec
ond 70 beauty. Nothing Is beautiful
for which there Is no reason and no USE
Let US learn that. and we viii begin
70 avoid much that We have heretofore
sought. We vili have done forever with
the junk shop parlor when We realize
what moral and educational value
parloT or sitting room or living room
Avoid .Shams.
It is OF primal Importance that the
surroundings should reflect you; any
thing else is immoral, Is sham and
humbug. Why should your wall look
ike a wilderness OF gaudy colors.
medley Of gay chromos and gilt frames7
You are not a tropical tigress. Why
affect a Jungle?
You are probably a gentle spirit.
loving fresh air and sunshine. Why
rot reflect these IN your house2 Cover
your walls, by preference, with plain.
soft paper; IL you cannot afford that.
then next best, use a cheap. light
figured one against which you can
hang a few pictures with good effect.
Do not let these be the oil portraits,
so called. framed IN red plush and
bronze, that many Of us know so well.
Put those In the waste box, x you
are fortunate enough 70 own them, and
keep the dear old "daguerreOtypes in
their quaint closed cases Instead. They
are full OF memories. associations and
charm: they are a part OF you.
Let the pictures you buy become
yours, either because they have some
real artistic value. which, having per-
ceived, you mean to grow by. or. be-
have become eleVating Influences in
your life. They may be only carbon
prints. or something even less costly
OF great pictures. There are few Of u
who can AFFORD handsome oil paintings,
engTsyings or etchingss but still less
can we afford to hang on our walls what
viii lower our own standards or mis-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Birthday Cake

Cream one cupfuI Of butter, add
slowly two cupfuls Of sugar and heat
until very ligllt; add one-half cupful
OF corr starch to two and one-half
cups Of pastry -four. then add alter
nately to the butter with one cup q
milk; beat until smooth, add the whites
Of eight eggs. beaten to a stiff froth.
two teaspo5nfUls baking powder and
one-haif teGspconful vanilla. Bake in
3 pound cake pan with tin tube in the
center. Ice with melted marshmaIlovs
and cooked icing, decorated around the
bottom edge with maTshmaIIows dipped
into pink taffy, and fill the opening
with a large bunch of pink sweet peas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Three W0yStOtdrn Money

Three housemothers In this city have
solved the problem OF a paying trade
at home along most original lines.
One Of the three who is an expert
darner, darns and repairs for an un-
derweer factory. She takes home such
woven underwear as has been imper-
fectiy finished on the looms
These repairs consist in deity catch
ing up lost stitches. For each niece
repaired she receives a certain sum-
more for stitching on the woven cuffs
and knee bands which are made seDa-
rately by machine. The work is well
paid, she says, and there is plenty OF it,
A hint for the housewife clever at reno
waiting TO whom home work would be ac-
ceptable.
Equally profitable is the work of a
young woman who bores and strings
pearls.
Trade is obtained through a 1eweler
who Is able to supply all she can find
time for.
She has become expert enough
through long practice in handling the
gems ami in the arrangement of neck
laces. Not infrequentIy women with
beautiful pearls come from other cities
IN order 70 place them IN her hands.
While a certain amount of natural
skill and considerable practice is nee
essary In order to become a successful
necklace maker, it is homo work for
Whlch many women are fitted by nature
and which pays unusually well.
A third busy woman finds time among
ner household avocations to make
charming ribbon flowers. which she
sells TO friends and acquaintance.
She prepares them for millinery as
nair ornaments, and for the trimming
Of ball gowns. While much of the
work is by order. she holds twice a year
a commercial tea where patrons are in
vited to inspect the goods without any
obligations TO purchase. dainty refresh
ments being provided for ali corners.
Profits are not sufficiently large TO
meke it a vase earning proposition, %
but IL has proved at least in one case
n good and easy way of ekiI.E out the
household income-Exchange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Bad Table Manners
Of Children Of TOddu

Correct ways OF holding the fork and
spoon must be learned in early infancy
as well as the proper method of hold
ing glass and drinking ESSENTIALS.
There 81 no excuse FOR allowing chile
dren to eat In a distressing manner.
Bad table manners are always ne re-
suit Of indifference or ignorance on the
Fart OF the parents.
The carelessness OF elders putting
their elbows on the table has made
this habit a very common enc among
the children OF today.
Under no circumstances should chill
dren be allowed TO lounge at the table
mimic and If those al the table eat In
a slovenly way so will the children.
Unfortunately the reverse does not
hold true without aid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
IN THE LOOM

Fate
Who flung me singing in the loom of
chance,
Still dogs my course with ever-wateh-
fuI glance.
And where the ripping shuttles vva,1ya
the state.
stin follows up my hayward thread.
how great.
How small, my share In this the shut
ties dance
/ know not nor NAV know what
power implants
The trailing wool, unseen, inviolate.
The warp was strung when this our
world uprOso
From toiling chaos IN the morn OF hfe.
And in the final night when doom
descends
The starry fabric shall be knotted close.
And we shall know what pattern
Fate intends
When all the weary shuttles cease, from
strife.
Thomas Wood Stevens. in Appleton's
Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
Mech Novelties

The most modish gowns have the high
est stocks. They are nodded snugly up
to the throat and f1t close up behind and
in back to the very roots Of the hair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

Some of the new high stocks are
built in two sections. the lower and
narrower section fastened to the neck
band OF the gown and mounted with a
very carefully shaped upper section,
that bears the brunt Of the. Ornamental
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

For strictly tailored shirt waists. linen
turnover collars, either plain or en-
broidered, and worn with smart little
silk bows TO match tho skirt. continue
popular, The collars, however. are
much higher than those shown earlier
in the sea son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
w 1919.
Child's Plated one-Piece Dress,
With or Without Epaulets

With or Without Epaulets
All Seams Allowed
The bretelies on the shoulder OF this
little one-piece dress for children from
one to. seven years afford an especial
expression Of the season. styles. Made
OF white galatea trimmed with cut
work insertion over pink, IL Is as dainty
and pretty as Il IS stylish. If made IN
any OF the summer-weight striped or
check materials, II would prove an ex-
cellent model for cool days.
The pattern is in four sizes-one to
seven years For a child OF five years
the dress needs 81 yards of material q
inches wide. or "a yards inches wide
or % yards ~ inches wide; 2ss yards
Of insertion 10 trim.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

is made very high and snug OF white
tucked lawn, with footing going around
the neck. The collar is made 10 fare
slightly and finished at the bow ends
vita narrow knife pleating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

Net. closely dotted. is tied into big.
Haunting bows, to be worn under the
chin. Some Of the bows are shown In
white with colored dots, and others are
in palest pinks. lavenders, and blues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21

To obtain this pattern OF any OF
/ the others heretofore described in
The Times, I'LL out the following
coupon and enclose 1t with 10 cents in
an envelope addressed to the Fashion
Editor, The Washington Times. Nun
'seys Building, Washington. D. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-21
GALEN HALL,
Colonial Beach.

only So season. DICKHART, National Mu-
scum auSo-st
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New Jersey Resorts.
ATLANTIC CITY.
R0TEL RALEIGH s s.; 80 tss 8

Offers the same high standard OF accommo-
dalton and cuisine at greatly reduced prices
during September II. J. DYNES.
au20-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29
BrattIebOrO Local
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dancing.

Private dancing lessons, day or evening,
T., Wales, o Canal 81, J0ti
Music rolls aud eases at Clapp & Jones,
Diaries and almanaes at Clapp & Jones.
monographs and records, Leitsinger a
Organs Music store, OF
The Flash Fountain Pens, a practical
novelty, az Clapp 4 Jones,
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
Wheel Club will be held IN the elul
rooms Tuesday evening, April 2, at 100
Important business Is to be transacted
aud large attendance is desired Il
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29
Horses! Horses !

have Just received a carload of North
em Vermont horses, consisting OF Cen
tlemens Drivers, Draft Horses, Business
Nos. and . are a pair of Chestnut
Horses. closely matched, weight ZloU.
This is the best team | ever shipped INTO
PuneE Nos. and are pair OF BLACK
Mares, own sisters, 6 and 7 years OLD,
stand lG hands, weight 240O. This Is
hack or hearsa team, being fearless OF
all objects and extra good drivers ana
actors. Nos, ) and 6, pair OF BROWN
Geldings. and years old. stand lo-o,
weight POO, gentlemen's driving team III
every sense OF the word. No. I, Brow,
Horse, years old. weight ll5o, anu
stands Is hands, family horse, extra goou
driver and fearless. No. s, Dark bay
Chunk, years old weight 200, express
or grocery horse. extra good driver, stands 8
without bi,ching. No. 8, Bay ,CAunk, % .
years old. weight 1850, high-classs dralt
horse. Tie balance consist Of single drly y
ers and workers. These horses are an
accIimated and right out of hard Worh
and ready for business. -
Any one looking for any class of horses
please give me a call and | will try ana
suit Won
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29

u. "a bookkeeping and business practice Dy
mat Lp-to-dlte methods. Individual III
sauelon by expert accountants IN actuai
practice. Send for terms and prospectus 10
DEPT. D, CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE
OF ACCOUNTS,
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29
E. E. BLOOD, Putney, Vt
LISTERS NOTICE.

The Listers Of the Town of Brattlebor99
hereby give notice that they will proceed
10 take up the Inventories OF the Tax
payers for 1907 at the Town Hall, Llst-
efs Office, on MONDAY, APRIL l, Whete
taxpayers are requested to deliver theIr
Inventories complete according to law.
State the School District in when tne
property is situated, as well as the one
IN which You live. Blanks can be pro-
cured at the Town Clerks Office OF OIL
the Listers.
HERBERT B. CHAMBERLAIN,
JOHN L. BARNEY,
ABRAM J. CURRIER,
ELLIOT W. BLODGETT,
Listers.
Bratteboro. Vt. March %, 1907.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-29
A Thorough Course

Brattleboro, Vt. March %, 1907.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-10
Gannell Gold NJ & NJ Co. ....

Gett ysbuts Me, Development
ami Millg Co.,............,
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

leap from branch TO branch overhead
and chatter aud cuirS their tossy tails.
the crows cawed and cawed from the
tallest tree tops. the bluee jay jawed
us from the spice and hazel bush rs
we passed. aud school was dismissed,
for il was sugar making time
Papa and mother made their sugar
camp a mile from the cabin in the
miedle of a great gray maple tree
grove and hung up three big iron Sc.
ties on a cross beam and against
these they rolled great logs on either
side. filing in the SPACE under the lSct-
ties with kinIliug wood and chunks.
Papa had worked continually every
spare hour, except Sunday when ne
had a Bible class at the school house.
making sugar troughs and spiles. The
t-oughs were made by splitting bass
wood short logs. in twain and then
cutting out the inside. making a lit
tie trough about three feet long and
six inches deep. The spiles were
driven into sugar holes. piercing at ar
upward angle, little notch Clipped
snto the soft gray side % the generous
maple tree. Then littl4 grooves. lead
ing upward were cut So as TO lead the
sap down 20 the spiles. All the trees
had been tapped frcn1 time imne-
mortal by the Indians and they were
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

George Washington ard 7 remember
feeling very sorry that he never had
lad such opportunities 70 be happy
q great elm not the popular Eas.era
s'ade tree. bnt the rare slippery elm
The bark Of which is good medicine.
stood near the house. menace IN
storms. ard this papa feiled. what a
cr7sh, And then he measured OF The
first Ten feet for raI-cut and proceed
go 90 split it Mother was busy making
brother Jimmy his first pants. and she.
wanting 10 surprise him with his
new dignity had ms older boys v.sS
our industrious hatchets take him out
20 papa
Splits like a ribbon" shouted papa
as we came to where he. with maui
AND iron wedge. had opened the great
elm tree And wild with delight he
kept or making rails. ] never lSueS
a rdl-cBt 20 split so beautifully il
was rs easy as ~ the los had been
mighty watermelon. He turned out
rails almost as fast as we could count
them. fragrant, perfect in fashion. as
n cut with saw and so light in
weight that we two boys. one az each
end couid easily lift them out or his
way while be kept on with maui and
iron wedge and AK tiil he had more
than 200 Then he hurriedly put up a
fence. ? beautiful fragrant, red and
yellow rail fence Then he caught
up Jimmy, kissed and hugged and sat
him down in the corner or his fence.