davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
If a Child

If a Child
OF nervous temperament and delicate
physique manifests a decided preference for
a sedentary occupation. prefers, for instance,
reading or drawing, his interest should be
systemat ically developed in outdoor sports,
manual training, etc. Such child can be
reached best through the law of suggestion;
fire his imagination by stories of the ancient
Greeks and their splendid physical develop
ment, show him the advantage of being
able to WELD in;elligently a few carpenters
tools TO pitch tent, ride horse, swim and
row: in other words, be sure that his body
has as much or more attention as his brain
lust In proportion as this vigilance is exer-
clsed I'D to fourteen will capacity be stored
which will result in amazing progress later
on in any chosen profession or occupation
The favorite pursuit is by no means to be
ignored II simply is not 10 be allowed to
absorb the bodybuilding energy, which
should be especially free to accomplish Its
work between the ages of eight and four
teen. Every girl and boy should, II posi-
BILE, be given the opportunity to acquire a
trade or profession, and at least one ac-
complishment. In the matter of accomplish
ment probably none affords greater pleas
and unless there be unmistakable and con-
tinued aversion to il parents should per-
severe In the training of their children in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12

and thicker in proportion 1t was brightly
gilded SO that 1T looked exactly like the
usual gold circlet. The handy man about
the house" can easily make one. The best
way is to make 1t In two half rings and
glue the parts together. In the upper edge
little behring's are made for the insertion of
tapers. The tapers tell the years. as on n
birthday cake, although for a first ami
versary twelve tapers might be used, indi-
eating the twelve months.
TWO pieces of wire are secured to the in
side OF the ring by tiny screw rings
stretched tightly and crossed. At the exact
center these wires are fastened together
by long piece of wire, the other end Of
which is attached to the chandelier. The
wires do not show as the ring is hung
just little space above the flowers in the
twined about with dropping sprays of
smilax, one spray twining itself accidentally
about the center wire. effectually cor ceal-
ing it. The ring thus appears suspended
by magic.
When
A large dinner party is to be given the in
Vitations should be issued at least two
weeks in advance, and If some celebrated
people are to be invited, twenty-one days
should elapse between sending out the
invita- tons and the day of the function
For a small affair ten days is sufficient
Invitations to large teas should be sent
out fourteen days in advance, but for small
ones a weeks notice is sufficient. A good
hostess remembers always that her nus
band must take out TO dinner that lady
who is most important, to whom she
wishes to show greatest honor. A lady
takes a gentlemans right arm in going
to the table and sits on his right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Wrinkles


Those fell destroyers of woman's beauty,
are frequently originated in sleeping, the
position Of the head and face being to
blame. 1t is difficult. nay, impossible, to
regulate ones sleeping position. but when
a person is fully awake care should be
taken to avoid frowning or comforting the
face in any manner which would leave
telltale marks. Scowlng is often INDUCED
in without person being aware OF It.
Without realizing it, the mouth frequently
is drawn TO one side in the act OF sminng'
and in fact, one unwittingly fails INTO a
number of bad habits without knowing IT,
A set expression is not conducive to the
preservation of youth, as the lines become
accumulated by a constant recurrent eA-
pression Persons with mobile faces are
less liable TO wrinkles, as the play OF the
muscles is ever changing. Cnthinking peo-
pie wonder why actors and actresses pre-
serve youthful appearance, although al
yanced in years. These people constantly
are playing parts which require a chanse
of facial expression. Therefore the mus
Giles of the countenance are exercised anu
do not become set and rigid.
Extremes of heat and cold are conducive
10 wrinkles; cold cracks the skin and heat
withers and dries up the natural oil and
nh es II colorless. Apartments should De
kent at a moderate temperature IN order
to insure health and beauty. If the skin
feels drawn and stiff ii must be fabricated
with some good emollient before retiring
In washing the face soap should seldom De
used. the bran bag sufficinS for all pur-
noses of cleanliness. There is nothing bet
ter than simple coTnmeal not too timely
ground; 1t cleanses the pores of the skin
thoroughly and leaves il soft and satlny.
C0rnmCal and bran bags are easily made
and are much less expensive than the
boupht ones: some bran or cOrnmeal, with
shaved CASTLE soap and orrts root, are the
necessary ingredients; they should be sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
8 ;95&l 3 AJ &zzE

this art, which throughout life will exer-
else an elevating influence on their char
acter and association. II parents gave to
the study of their children one-half the
earnest thought that they bestow on mat
ters of comparatively minor Importance We
should see far fewer round pegs in square
holes" and vice versa. There Is no lack Of
parental love, and parents think continually
about their childrens interests; but the
effective thought is that which Is concen-
trated on a study of the child itself, it's
temperament, with its needs and limita-
tons.
A Wise GRANDMOTHER
Taking a baby girl by the hand, noting the
skin at the foot of the finger nails, taught
her to push II down, claiming that unless
she did this 1t would grow up like the weeds
about the rose, and 1t always must be
pushed away, but never cut of. Few of US
have resisted the persuasion of the mani
cure as to cutting the cuticle. She Is busi-
nesslike in urging 1t. since 1t means a fire.
quent visit to her place of business, not to
mention the expenditure of considerable
money. Every day wash your hands in
warm water, using soap that, while 1t may
be a little costly, Is kept in box and used
for your hands alone. Be careful to dry
your hands thoroughly and use your nail
brush with decided vfgor. Keep the nails
in good condition and your hands will look
refined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12

When Willow Chairs
Remain yellow, after being washed with
soap and water, wiped well and then dried
in the sun they can be bleached by means
of sulphur fumes. Light a sulphur candle
dry goods box. This should be done before
the chair is perfectly dry.
Table Cover
For simple bed room table is a denim
square edge with white fringe. If you
have any material in a solid color left over
from sewing utilize 1t by cutting 1t in con-
ventional leaves and couch them as a bor-
der on linen square. This makes charm
ing table cover.
Hard Wood Floors.
To protect hard wood floors from scratches
fit corrugated rubber to bottom of tables
and chairs. fasten with strong glue These
tips are invisible Now Is the time to strew
charcoal about floors and shelves in the
cellar; it purifies the damp air.
Sunlight.
If your woodwork Is painted white do not
keep the room too dark, as absence of SUM-
light will cause the paint to turn yellow.
Paint for Floors.
Four pounds of yellow ochre, two pounds
of whiting, one-half pound sizing glue, four
quarts of water-cost of all, 35 cents.
Have water quite warm, dissolve glue in
a little hot water and add after you have
mixed other articles together.
If above gets too thick while in use thin
with warm water Apply paint with good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Congo Savages Who Live
to Drink Home-Brewed Beer
Special Correspondence of The Star.

PARIS, April %. 1897.
TRENCH government explorers, who
r have just returned from a trip to
fix up the boundary lines between
the French Congo and the German colony
of CAMERON. report the discovery of a curl
Gus tribe. the chief object of whose exist
ence seems to be to get gloriousiy drunk.
They have mastered the art without any
assistance from the white man. From mil
let they brew great quantities OF a pecu-
Iiarly potent beer. Not being subject to
any tax it is so cheap that the poorest
native can afford to get drunk on it. 1t is
fully equal to whisky in promoting that
bellicose condition which in America is
known as spelling for a fight"
In the report made to the government
Lieut.. Georg relates how, with an escort OF
trailleurs, he arrived at one OF the native
villages during particularly happy
period of general inebriety. lie had mucn
trouble in securing huts for himself ana
his men, because it was considered con-
trary to native etiquette to interrupt spree
In order to attend to anything in the ma
ture of business.
Later in the day the chief called upon the
lieutenant and proposed, by way of APP
propriately winding up the festivities ana
amusing his guests, that his men shouiu
fight the French soldiers. The lieutenant
explained to him that Frenchmen did not
regard fighting as fun. That seemed TO as
tonlsh the chief. However, he Hospitality
deferred to his guests feelings in the mat
ter. But a fight ne was bound TO nave,
and promptly made arrangements for one
among his own people. The livel!est kind
of a shindy followed. Ia less than quar-
ter of an hour a score of the dusky com.
batants were killed. The chief himself
was among the first to fall 80
AS q result of the expedition there Will
soon be a complete agreement between
France and Germany as to the boundary
line between the two colonies. The natives
themselves can scarcely be regarded as de-
sirable neighbors and much of their terri
tory is not worth fighting over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
THE PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OWN CORNER y

ed I'D in cheese-cloth bag and rubbed on
the face and hands each time they are
washed.
She Only
Is beautiful externally who cares for her.
self internally, and who while cultlvatine
the graces of her body does not fail to re-
member that smiles drive away wrinkles,
happy heart makes ones lifework easy, and
sympathetic nature aids In making the
pleasant look come upon ones race Ihere
have been beautiful women who were pad
women but their beauty faded away more
quickly than a flower, for, after all, real
beauty is combination of both health and
goodness.
It Is Said
That bones and sweet temper never
dwell under the same roof Therefore we
must be amiable If we wish to grow fat. Elk
ercise regularly, but not too much. Eat
plenty of good food, but do not overeat 1t
is most important that you should have
plenty of bread. soup, tapioca. sage, rice and
all vegetables in which sugar and starch
appear, while coffee, chocolate and milk
must he taken as your digestion permits.
The eating of oatmeal is apt to make the
complexion worse.
For Brittle Nails
Every night before going to bed apply a
good cold cream, rubbing it well into the
nails, so that it is absorbed. Then for a
month visit manicure once week going
TO some one who thoroughly understands
the treatment necessary for nails in the
brittle condition. Extreme brittleness some
times comes from washing the hands too
often. and II would be well for you to con-
slider II this is the lcause OF the present
condition of your nails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
e E ga iaS@ta3

size brush. After painting floor and the
latter is dry, which will be in about two
hours. go over. the floor with boiled linseed
oil. Apply oil with brush. This paint and
oil will wear like iron and is most service
able in homes where there are children. We
painted reception hall, parlor, LIBRARY, four
bed rooms and long hall with above guam
tity.
To Take Out Paint.
Equal parts Of ammonia and turpentine
will take paint out of clothing. no matter
how dry or hard 1t may be. Saturate the
spot two or three times, then wash out in
soapsuds. Ten cents worth of oxalic acid
dissolved in a pint of hot water will
move paint spots from the windows. Pour
with swab, but be sure not to allow the
acid to touch the hands. Brasses may be
quickly cleaned with II. Great care must
be taken In labelling the bottle and putting
1t out of the reach Of children, as it is
a deadly poison.
Painted Walls.
To one cup of good laundry starch. dis
solved in little cold water, add one gallon
of boiling water boil thirty minutes. Apply
this solution to freshly painted, thoroughly
dried walls with a soft brush while the
starch is warm; this gives the wall trans
parent coating which protects the paint by
absorbing all the grease and dirt. To clean
the walls when they have become soiled
and unslghtly, simply wash off the starch
bound TO be absolutely free from streaks,
which is almost impossible by any other
method. This process can be repeated sew
eral times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Since Laughter


Is said to promote digestion, the jolllty OF
the social features of this supper may have
been planned to counterfeit the possible i'll
effects of too much pie.
Prepare souvenirs from paper pie plates
cut in three-cornered pieces, tie two Of
these pieces together, fastening the crust
edges with baby ribbon. Decorate the
upper piece with picture of any fruit or
will answer nicely for this. Each gentle
man is required to write on the under
piece the recipe for a pie made from the
fruit or fowl represented on his paper pie
souvenir. These souvenirs are numbered
and when collected the recipes should be
read for the supposed edifcation of those
present The ladies act their pie making
in pantomime; for example, the one get
ting chicken souvenir represents the kill
ing of the chicken. the picking, the boiling,
lifting of the kettle, mixing and rolling
crust and so on. In fruit pies, the picking
of the fruit is shown.
The supper consists of oyster pie, chicken
pie, meat pie, rolls, celery, coffee, mince
and pumpkin pie.
Here Is an imitation form:
We have baked the pies we all like best,
And willing to stand the test;
The prgof of the pudding Ii in the eating
And the pies we-serve there Is no beating.
So we hope you will every one come round
And eat the best pies Drowned:
And while the church folks fill their till,
You also the inner man may fill. +.
A New
And pretty idea for a recent wedding an
niversary dinner was the lighted wedding
ring. 1t was a wooden ring, somewhat
larger around than large dinner plate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Railroad Builds Church.

Part of the Improvement which the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad is making in New
York city consists of building a church.
This is st. MichaeTs Roman Catholic
Church. on saith street, to take the place
of Il structure which stood a short dis
lance away. the site of which is to be oc-
cupied by the new structure. In many re-
spects the new structure Is a counterpart
of the old, some of the old stonework
having been used in the construction of
the new building The old stained glass
windows have been utilized and the mural
decorations of the old structure carefully
cOpied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Musical Museum.

Vienna is to have museum devoted eX-
clusively to musical matters. No city In
the world could be better adapted for an
institution of this character Instruments,
manuscripts, portraits, sculptures and
everything associated with the great must
clans of the world will be found here. The
collection already in view will be espe-
cially rich from an historical standpoint.
There will be great collection of pianos
illustrating the development of that In
strument from the very beginning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Exposition of Barnyard Fowls.

Baron Rosen, the ambassador of Russia
at Washington, has informed the Depart
ment of State that La Societe Russo
d Oisellerie has organized an exposition of
barnyard fowls, to be held al st. Peters
burg next autumn, with a section devoted
to fowls raised In foreign countries. The
Russian government extends an invitation
to exhibitors from the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
GDDNGS STEELE Floor Coverings Exclusively S13 Pa

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Com
pany is about to erect what is said to be
the largest grain elevator in the world,
at Mission river. 1t will have a capacity
OF TO- OO 600 bushels.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19
ISL
! I1ER6 Fl efnE REl)

ty In coldy tramping down all the unwrten laws of
good taste is terror to behoders and has humorous
side calculated to make laugh.
There is only sort of person who is funnier and
that is one who is just as hopeessly good form Some
form is SO good that 1t is bad, and people who are
afflicted with this aborous sort truly ponderous
Their efforts unlike the social grace
of those to the manner born is the playing of the
person we used to call "bumble puppy" whist to
that of the real whist player The bumble puppy" how.
ever, is all right, because he thinks he is.
1t is only when become little bit doubtful of our
own success that we begin to be ptab and people kick
us from pillar to post People like impudence they like
duplicy they like vanity they like display If you are
meek and modest mild and meritorous just get ready
to turn the other cheek, for you will have do
So If the thought that perhaps after ALL you are not
the smartest thing in town begins to creep into your
deuded Uranium, expel it, YOU would any other pols
onous sentiment Remember you the center Of the
universe and let that thought you give your
hat little tilt your and step out jaunty,
for If stink, somebody will throw you or
tie a tin can to your coat tail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19

Struggled down in bed and went to
sleep again. and mother had to call
YOU four times before you hoped out
of your warm nest, and, glory be
there was frost on the window pane
and pair of red-top boots waiting for
a boy just your size down by the
kitchen stove. How warm and nice
they felt as you slipped them on over
your woolen socks. and soon you were
slipping along the frosted grass in the
back yard. You broke the ice on sun
dry puddles. You walked through the
corniield, where the frost had harden
ed the ground, and the crunch! crunch!
said: New boots! new boots!"
And then, one day the storm came.
Grandfather said that the old woman
up above was picking her geese, and
there We're drifts for the new boots
to plow through, and path to be
made to the wood pile, and later, when
the Ice on the big pond was glary,
those same little boots slid across un-
til your breath came fast.
Iou "ele us warm as toast.
Well did those little red-top boots
do their work. At church you We're
sure that people were admiring them,
and at Sunday school how glad you
were YOU had them on when the super.
intendent put his hand on your head
and told father you were fine fellow.
And then came spring and the snow
melted and the blossoms came and the
red-top boots We're forgotten, and you
never knew that they were wrapped
in paper and laid away with other
keepsakcs, and that years later gray
haired woman caressed them with Low.
ing touches and shed tears because Of
her boy who had grown up to be II
great big man and gone out into the
would
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19

Gov HUGHES. cheat his employer OF the re[Fesent
alive of union who will betray it for his own ad-
vantage will cheat and betray the public If he is put in
office.
The thinks the first object in life is to
himself and who thinks that the American idea Is every
for himself and the devil take the hindmost," will
never be faithful servant for the people
So that 1t in the schools the settlements in the
various institutions and organizations where men and
women boys girls taught be square, and that
there limits which personal honor and the sense of
right and justice will not permit to be exceeded, mat
what selfish advantage is to be gained and that there
public rights and the interests Of the community
which are above all individual considerations, that
we find the security for good government and the pros
perty of the people.
believe most strongly in the cultivation of the
religious principle and of the faith in the supremacy of
the power that makes for Righteousness upon which all
else that have spoken of is based
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19
How 1. a stranger to Know,

New Workers are cold-blooe d peo-
pie when it comes to the matter of
giving one Information concerning the
location Of street or building.
They will never point and instruct YOU
to go up or down the street, but will
simply tell you to walk ten blocks east
and turn to the north. If the sun or
moon happens to be off duty at the
time the inquisitor naturally would be
puzzled which way to start. The other
day Pittsburg business man went to
the Astor library to look at the files Of
his home newspapers. After ascending
three winding flights of stairs, walking
through the Office and thence through
series of reading rooms he asked of
the women at the information window !:
Where Is the newspaper room? ION
the main room, north, third floor" came
the quick reply. The visitor was de-
void of compass, therefore he thor
oughly explored the third floor depart
ments before he found the room he
Notwithstanding Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19
Oregon. F,r.t Wheat Crop.

In his "Reminiscences Of Oregon"
Hon. B. F. Nichols tells in the Laid
law Chronicle of the first wheat raised
in Oregon. May -, 1S46, near where
Dallas, Polk County. now stands, Gen.
Gillian seeded ten acres of bottom land
to California spring red wheat, from
which he threshed and cleaned up 100
bushels of red wheat. The crop next
year was volunteer and yielded over
twenty-five bushels per acre Of Califor-
MIA fall or white winter wheat. The
next crop. 1S4S, also yielded thlrty-two
bushels per acre. The white wheat
that was mixed with the sowing In the
first place did not mature, but spread
out over the ground, allowing the
spring wheat to be harvested the first
year and leaving the other to grow and
mature for 1S47. The third crop was
the largest of all, and all from one
seeding. A truly wonderful thing to
those who had come from the cold,
bleak pralrles of Northwestern Mime
sofa and Illinois, where the ground is
covered with snow from twelve to If
teen inches deep four to six months of
the year, and where the mercury drops
to SO degrees below zero quite often
during the winter.