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The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Healthy LuncheOnS
for Children.

Luncheon for the school children should
be Of good quality and generous quantity
Growing children require nutritive food
and plenty Of it to supply brain. nerve,
aud muscles.
The luncheon should be varied in serv-
ice Change the menu three times a
week az LEAST II the child can come
home 10 luncheon. so much the better
for both child and parent Mother can
then see to the wants and determine if
the child is eating enough OF the best
food
Beef roasted or boiled with dump
lings one day and gravy another, with
fruit or cake for dessert and an apple to
eat on the way 20 school, is an ideal
luncheon.
Baked beans or tomato soup Of corn
or peas would make still another good
luncheon C0rnmeai cakes of mullins or
fried mush is palatable without being
expensive.
Rice served with milk or sauce or
cooked with raisins is much enjoyed by
children Lamb chops or lamb stew with
noodles is also nourishing food
Fish once a week and oysters are also
valuable. All school children love pickles.
and they are not injurious if plenty OF
wholesome food are taken with them
a luncheon that has to be carried TO
school should be prepared to look in
yiting and be nourishing
Make sandwiches Of meat. Cut the
bread thin. trir- the slices Of crust, If
crust is distasteful To the child. Chop
the meat finely. ham or cold beef. lamb
I or veal.
/ Butter the bread lightly. lay a layer Of
meat. which should be sprinkled with
! salt. celery salt, or mustard, and on this
lay another slice Of buttered bread Wrap
in white paper and then in napkin
Apples are always good; so are bananas
and oranges crackers or cakes. Small
cakes are the best-vanilla waters. cook
les, and ginger cakes.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Character Told by Mouth.

A large shapely mouth signifies breadth
Of mind and toleration Of other people s
peculiarities
Thin lips denote covetousness, greed,
Selfshness. and. unless strongly contra
dicted by some other feature, intense love
of power
The more curved and flexible the lips
the more yielding the nature
The more straight ard firm the lips the
more sever the nature.
Lips that look as if they have been
pressed into a straight line show self
repression. nervousness, and obstinaey
\ mouth 10 be perfect should be large
and shapely; the corners straight or
very slightly inclined to droop. lips Meth
er thick nor Thin and firmly but closely
closed.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
St. Valentines Day.

'Tis coming.
On what joy
Lie still. my heart
Cupid will be king for the day.
Love messages will tnrob the world
around.
Hearts viii be starred in every possible
guise.
Paper hearts will be the features at
most entertainments.
Heart-shaped bonbon boxes store sweets
most acceptably.
There's every possible clever device in
the shape of a heart for menu and place
cards.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Treatment for the Hands.

Every night soak the hands for ten
minutes in hot water. Then wash
thoroughly with good soap. rinse in
clear water and dry thoroughly with a
coarse towel, and in doing so rub the
hands from the tips Of the fingers back
ward. Next rub a good skin food well
into the skin and allow it to remain
from FIVE to ten minutes, then take a
dry, soft cloth and remove all the cream
possible. The treatment viii remove from
the pores all the actual dirt which even
in the best-kept hands viii find Judgement
therein il a cream is not used.
In the morning cleanse the hands in
the same manner and Apply this lotion;
100 grains of lanolin, twenty-five grains
of paraffin aiquid). ten drops of extract
of vanilla, one drop Of oil of rose. Mix
together.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Dimpled Elbows.

How many women ind themselves using
their elbows a. props when resting or
reading The elbows are very import
ant feature in this day Of short sleeves.
aud it is impossible TO take too much care
Of the dimpled arms with which nature
is supposed TO provide us. Soft. white
elbows may be cultivated and kept in
condition by soaking them every day in
very hot water. and then rubbing with
cold cream or some other skin food
These details in the care Of the appear
anee do take a great deal Of time, but in
the end they are worth the effort spent
upon them
Call0used elbows are one cf the first
signs of age. and she is lucky who has
begun 10 care for her arms before the
dimples of youth entirely disappear.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Valentine Candle Shades.

-Four red hearts make q beauty
Or little hearts may dot a white one.
These white ones are diminutive empire
shapes.
A little gliding adds to the prettiness in
most instances.
The prettiest Of them cost but a half
dollar each.
Floral shades (roses or carnatiousj,
may naturally serve.
Carnations cost but . TO Is cents
dozen. The trick is to imbead in the
heart of each a Glove
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Wrinkles Under the Eyes.

To cure wrinkles it is necessary to build
up firm, healthy elastic tissues. To do
this a good skin food should be applied
and allowed to remain on all night. Here
is a splendid recipe: One ounce of white
wax. one ounce of spermaceti, two ounces
of lanOlin, two ounces Of cocoanut oil,
two ounces of orange-hower water, four
ounces of oil of sweet almonds, twenty
drops of tincture Of benzoin.
Melt the first five ingredients together.
Take off the fire and beat until nearly
cold. adding little by little the benzoin
and lastly orange-hower water.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
OILY Hair.

The hair requires pure air almost as
much zthe lungs. 1t should also have
a great deal of sunlight Give the hair
a good brushing with a soft brush once
or twice a day
Use the following mixture daily. rub
bing well into the scalp: Two ounces of
alcohol. two ounces of witch hazel. four
teen grains Of resorein.
Exercise is the best possible method of
enlarging the legs. Long walks will soon
produce results. a gymnastic feat. which
is said to be a certain enlarger for the
lower limbs. is 10 stand on one foot. and
with the other leg held out as nearly at
a right angle to the body as possible, try
to touch the knee TO the floor.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Our Poor Faces.

Before going TO bed the face should be
washed in warm distilled or bran water
if the complexion is strong enough to
stand water in any form-a slice Of lemon
aiding in softening the skin, after which
a good skin food must be well worked in.
and the face finally rubbed gently with a
clean piece of chamois leather, so as 10
remove the super1uous grease.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
For Pimples and Blackheads.

Apply a very little of this lotion to
each pimple; wait until the pimples are
cured before using the face brush, which
might iTritate them: Two drains of bO-
Tacic acid, two ounces of alcohol, four
ounces of rosewater Use with friction
twice a day on the skin affected.
DO not eat too many pickles, as they
have tendency to impoverish the blood.
and when the blood becomes thin the
complexion has a siekly appearance. The
best way to appease this desire is to have
your physician give you tonic.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

Forty-six grains Of iodide of potassium,
one and three-quaTter ounces of lanolin.
twenty drops of tinctUre Of benzoin.
Make into pomade and rub over the
fat parts twice day You should abb
stain from food that is especially fat
forming. such as cereals, potatoes. corn,
and beans.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Red Hands and Noses.

Red hands and red noses are often
caused by an unwise diet and by the use
Of impure soaps.
Tight clothing is another cause
Keep red hands out of hot water as
much as possible.
Eat lean meats, fruits, and vegetables.
and avoid all pastries, greasy foods, and
strong coffee.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Cretonne Newness.

The most interesting separate coat in
evidence just now is the one made of
-Cretonne en- suite with parasol and match
ed up in leading color with the hat. Such
outfits accompany lingerie and linen
frocks at Southern winter resorts. Later
they viii become familiar TO these parts
when the season Iiberates them.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
A Smart Fur Coat.

Among smart fur coats for day wear Is
one in broadtail, made to fit the figure,
and provided with a plastr0n in front.
most protective TO the chest. This plas-
tron is the whole width of the shoulders,
is slightly cut away in a W shape, at
the neck, and falls in graceful lines from
the tops of the arms to a point at the
waist in front. The shape is that of the
cid Louis Quinze easaque, the fullness Of
the skirt is added on in a line immc-
diately below the waist, a form which 8d-
mits Of more perfect fit than any other.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
muddy Complexion.

The following treatment is excellent
for clearing the complexion: Rub the
face over. just before washing it, with
two teaspoonfuls OF flowers of sulphur
mixed in half pint Of new milk This
mixture should stand a little while before
il is used on the face.
An excellent dandruf remedy is made
by combining sixty grains Of resorcin.
one dram Of ether. one dram of olive oil
and six ounces of alcohol. Friction into
the scalp every night and shampoo the
hair with melted soap or eggs every
week.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
COMPLEXION Rules.

Don't drink tea or coffee.
Drink pure water.
Eat grapes. apples. rasinS and figs.
Eat a few sahed almonds daily.
Don't eat animal food
An egg or two day. soft boiled in
stead of meat.
Eat an orange every day or so.
Walk two or three miles a day.
Battle the whole body daily in tepid
water.
Don't fret: don't worry; be calm and
quiet.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Bad Breath.

You will find nothing more refreshing
than this mouth wash: Fifteen grains Of
phenol six drains of boric acid, fifteen
grains of thymol Gin crystals. thirty
drops Of essence Of menthol, two and a
half drains Of tincture of anise. three
pints of distilled water
Rinse the mouth with the above, which
should be diluted for use in the proper
tion of one-half tooth wash 10 same
quantity OF clear water Use after each
meal and at any time required.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Hair Tonic.

If you wislr hair tonic that you can
make at home, you viii find nothing bet
ter than this one: One-haif dram Of
phenol. seven and a half grains of tine
ture Of nux vomica, one ounce of tincture
cinchona, one-half dram of tincture can
tharides, four ounces of cologne two
ounces of sweet almond oil.
Apply to the roots of the hair with a
soft sponge once or twice a day This
lotion is especially good for very dry
hair,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
To Reduce Flesh.

Eat sparingly
Take long walks every day.
Take regular dumbell exercises.
Sleep not more than six hours.
Eat only fish and lean meats.
Drink only a small amount Of liquids.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Valentine Bonbons.

They are red
They're for favors.
There are a dezen IN box.
a box costs from 45 to 6J cents.
Each of these swapping bonbons con-
tains a cap and a musical toy.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Weighted Gowns.

Many Of TIE thin silks and gauze gowns
are weighted with one or more bands of
heavier material to draw the skirts down
ward close to the figure.
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story Of unquaiIing nerves helped by soul-cheer-
ing garments was repeated throughout Italy.
The widest anarchy Of internecine strife,
with murder ruling supreme and with decImat-
ing famine succeeded by disastrous plague in
the fourteenth century, was followed by the
eIncrgcuce of some semblauce of socia order
With the daring and energetic spirit th~t
has been the admiration of subsequent ages,
and with the jOcund humor IF the "Decameron,"
which had already become a classic, the power
tul cities of Italy assumed their grandeurs.
Venice, zezing upon Verona and Padua,
reached out to the shores of the Euxine and
showed the world an object lesson in commerce.,
naval proves, gay ODtlmlsm-and nne dressing
There is no more gallant figure in the pic
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ally giving in marriage ana chemically rearing
families too numerous for the narrow confines
of their native land
Yet in the midst of their foreign conflicts
they 6ud ample opportunity for civil and reli-
gious w0r. until no mans life Is safe, while the
shirt or his back is protected only by the strong
arm that guards it.
And no more merry gentlemen, IN no hand
somer clothes. ever laughed a a comedy of
Messire Shakespeare than did those gay blades
who enjoyed the prelogative of chairs upon the
stage a-d appIauded elegantly poets polite
compliments to the beauty of ~ old and red
headed queen, whose temper was only too ready
TO be vixenish.
The reign of Elizabeth was Englaud's most
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ana spirit had received It's death blow. The
world was on It's z.ii-centered interpretive
melancholy way toward severe, harsh cut Of
clothes, toward dull sad hues Of fabrics, and
toward lncessant worry of minC and Inceasing
depression of soul
Our melancholy and our nerves our toe
earnest and too anxious fashion of living. seem
TO date back, approximately, to the time when
the fashion of our clothes went into mournfu.
black, and left the eye empty OF cheertulness
and the spirit of empty cheer.
The poor apology for an American exqui-
site, who pulled the pensive cigar, so bitterly
denounced by shocked Tom Moore. is poor
apology still, with his street garb for 1908 an
exact replica of his promenading suit for 1884
and with the immortal soul of him fortified
IN solitary comfort that, when he Is zoo mlser'
able to promenade, ne at least can betake HIM
self to q sanitarium.
Is there any hope that-sOme time, some
how-we shall cure ourselves by means OF the
bright costumes and the high spirits OF. say
the gallants who, Ehzabeths merry gentAs-
men. let nothing them dismayl
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torial history of man than tina; of any young
Venetian of the fifteenth century, ready for
fight as for d frolic and as keen in trade as his
own sharp sword. And he was conspicuous IN
sartorial history for his gay raiment.
Pass another century beyond, and cross the
mountains into France The nation, lanced and
bled again in the IIuguenot wars, It's sparse
grasses still nourished with blood, comes into
the reign of Henri IV-of "good" King Henri,
that shrewdest of statesmen disguised as a king
and it comes like a man whose veins have
been lanced for feyer-weak drained, stagger-
ing in its exhaustion.
Yet it comes with all the play of rainbow
hUes and all the jocund variety of cut in COS
supply.
Across the channel in England, a similar
brilliant, astonishing scene is being enacted.
Here IS a people chronicaly at war with
the world about them because they chronic
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daring and most jovial epoch, aud-so far
the attire of mere man could make 1.-THE most
picturesque. Another lesson.
Who car estimate the Importance to
France, later of the high heels with which
Louis XIV, the little "Grande Monarque,"
sought to elevate himself in the eyes IF his sub
iectsl Discriminating history. nowadays, does
not quite accord to his talents the tribute of
"Sun of the Universe" with which contempt
rary adulators eulogized him.
But history can never gainsay his inimita-
bic geniusEor personal adornme-t; and not un-
til some defender of buds, as trenchant as Car
lyle shall arise, viii obivious history make ac-
count of all that his radiant gewgaws meant to
Fra c., not only III prestige abroad. but in con-
fdence and practical accomplishment at home.
The fripperies and frivohtss Of dress were
never more considered; the unheeding bithe-
ness, that assures mar of success in his envi-
ronnent. was never moro high. and the terrors
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passing into the empire of the Caesars, with all
the true greatness of that greatest of republics
feetng like mirage that had never been real.
Ruin was inevitable and the more sober
minded deserted it afar. Yet the most sober
chung to the graceful brillianey of the classic
gerb, rejoicing in the beauty of their clothes
and lending to victorious Rome the high spirits
vast that centuries of rOtting decay were
quired to crmble it in ruins
He may have been very stupid biped, ac-
cording to the estimate of sour-visaged Car
lyle, this feaster Of ancient Rome, who, in his
gay garments, passed from banquet to banquet
and did full justice to the feasts provided by
various hosts He surely had hi nerve all with
him; and his handsome costumes were undoubt-
edly the outward and visible sign of bis inward
and nervous vigor
thousand years after only Ter seven
hills remained to world-devaurins Rene. the
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of National bankruptcy, the hc.40rs OF national
ruin, were never more immInen, cor more appa
rent. The revolution. with its gaping guillotine
and its headhunting pixies. az the turn of
the way waiting
been gay. Men lore CAV clothes-wle that the
reason!
And the French Revolution. which marked
for all the world the beginning OF the end Of
that needless health. which is the antithesis Of
our modern melancholia, marked, TOO the adj
vent of more somber raiment.
1t could not quite eliminate the innate JOY
Of man in fFill Of lace and grace Of flowing
garment. Even the appalling memories Of is
ravaging failed TO leave suicided France de-
nuded of gayety in its street attire early in the
nineteenth century.
But humanity's robust jocundity Of nerves
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IF HENNOPE Brighter
GCTHESWCULD The
NORLDBE HAPPIER?'
s. / SHOULD say" obserVed The
distinguished London nemoi0gisf
THAI Won ayg SUFFERING from

distinguished London newoIogisi,
"fhat you are suffering from
AmcricaHitiS, complicated airh plain
clothes. Order fc1y He5y, stylish, gay suits
and make q specially Of colors."
"Ihars a queer prescription. UhH
shall ! take?"
"Taks-0h, take a syalk, take a HIM
dred Of them. one IN The morning and Ihc
other IN me afternoon, 10 shoe of The HS,c
suits. HORH feel better fhe fru day; y0RH
b. SceH in q couple Of months"
II gvaS iHdeed, a Hovei prescription,
yet II IS the prescription 10 5ohich some
London physicians are hUHWg-accordiHg
TO dispatches from thar city-for the fresh
ening OF The spirits and the Increasing Of
The Average mans zCOTkWg energies.
Good clothes, they are saying make
good spirits. The Hvelicr raimcnf of men
this year is as much the outcome Of doctors
adVices as it IS Of The failor5' ambitions.
In other svordS, The He.vest London
theory is thar mans tenn permanent is deter
mined largely By me clothes he 5yearS; that
gay hneS tend to eHIiveH TIE spirits; that
SOmber apparel is Dr0du1ive of nervcw
diseases that haze played such a pert in
recent years.
ind the history Of me peoples of The
earth seems 10 back up this iaea. There ab-
pears to haze been only one great zgriter
schO thought othey5gise.
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strange enough how creatures Of the humankind
sEta Of Oblivion and Stupidity. 1--we in midst
lifetime des5 Il % your ordinary biped. any
TSset-jeFkiaed Peasant that his ysstmsnts and his
itboat veSenfs b tS 0 sRat lf Is 9aked
forethought theInIsartoT Resartus ''-
a FINE, large jaw-breaking opinion, this
"A of Carlyle's-and precisely the opinion
/ a which prominent London specialists of
this day, when the English bagman's
strongest card Is his clothes, are doing their
best to hammer out of existence, as being an
idea pitfully obsolete in trade. if not in morals
and philosophy.
"Clothes," certain London doctors are de-
claring, "are a splendid tonic The mere fact
of being smartly dressed is a strong mental
stimulant, and the man who is shabby and
knows it is often less capable than his we'll
dressed mental inferior
"a man In a disgraceful hat, baggy-kneed
trousers and a shocking coat, who can appear
quite well possessed among a number of smart
" dressed people, IS either a millionaire or
man of extraordinary brain power.
"FeW meE can get along successfully in life
without the moral support of smart clothing"
London tailOrs, who, sooner or later, con-
trive to give the stamp of their styles to mems
fashions all over the world, have for years
struggled to lend to mans habiliment so tomb
like and so sad, gay lines of form and bright
touches of color that would convey the notion
Of joyousness, whatever jhe gloom within
true ph1lanIhroplSts, most excellent Sa-
maritans. wisest of physicians those tailors are,
according to London's doctors.
Yet if we viii glance through the history
OF mankind subject on which Carlyle is one
of the foremost authorities-it would appear
that the doctors are right-that the tailors.
when given the full sway they finally abdicated
when the famous Stoltz the great tailor who
lived early in the last century, went down TO
oblivion. were humanity's best friends and most
health-evoking nurses.
In other words, the periods when men wore
gay raiment were the periods during which mel
ancholy was least known.
IF ever there was an epoch when a power
ful nation was on its way to the dogs. and if
ever there was time whel. the muck-rakers
cried out the harsh alarm of decadence and
seaF-misery, it was the period when Rome was
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FINE, large, jaw-breaking opinion, this
of Carlyle's-and precisely the opinion
which prominent London specialists of
this day. when the EngIsh banman,s
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-10
SINGLE PRICES
UP Is PER CENT.
Quotations Raised for First Time
Since Financial Stringency-
Due to Home Building.

Seattle, Sept. "a heavier demand
for building materials, coupled with
the small supplies of shingles at the
mills and in the retailers yards, re-
suited this week in a general increase
of approximately Is per cent. in the
wholesale price of all grades of shin
giles. Lumbermen state that for the
first time in nearly year shingles
can. be cut at a profit and are
confident that the advance in shin
gle quotations is merely a fOrerunner
of general advance in the prices of
all classes of lumber. There has also
been a slight advance on some grades
of heavy lumber.
Nearly every shingle mill in Wash
ington is operating today. Few are
running to full capacity, but nearly
all are cutting some shingles. The
shinglemen of Seattle talk more con-
fidently than for ten months. Quota
lions now in force among Washington
mills are 1925 for clears and S1.75
for stars. Previous to the increase
clears were selling at $3.50 and stars
as low as s1.40. At those prices
mills could not be operated at a
profit, but some of the lumbermen
kept their mills going, rather than
have them idle, and allow the ma
chinery to run down. Others closed
entirely and the single cut of Wash
ington was at the low mark. AS
soon as the rate controversy was set
tied by the interstate commerce COM
mission, conditions began to improve
slowly, but until this week were not
so good as to justify a general in
crease in price.