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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
do You Know-

]. That our finest white bread con-
talns little else but starch. so does not
deserve the name OF stan Of life"
?. That -four OF good quality Clings to
the hand, and when pressed lightly re-
mains In shape; IL is also of a cream
tint
3. That a warm cupboard and damp
pantry are equally bad places in which
to keep bread.
T. That a large earthenware crock
with a lid is best for that purpose.
:. That bread loses one-siXth OF it's
weight in the baking
g. That if bread is covered when hot
the crust viii not be crisp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
For Damp Shoes

il is almost impossible 10 keep shoes
from getting wet. This means ruina-
ton TO the leather unless care is taken
10 preserve ii. Do not attempt 10 dry
the shoes near the fire or put them in
the oven. Instead wipe of the mud
with damp cloth, rub I'm vaselins or
lard ana stand the shoes in a cool place
for several days. 1t VIII be found that
much Of the natural oil has been re-
stored.
If you have shoe trees put the shoes
ON them before applying the grease II
not, stuffing them with bran will helm
10 absorb the dampness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
4 F2eSh-MakiHg Diet

Here are some Of the things yon can
safely indulge IN II you banker for a
few more pounds of flesh on your
bones
Cakes, candies, cereals, corustarch.
sugar, sirups, nuts. soups. fats. fat
meats, tapioca, ice cream, chocolate,
and COCOA. rich and vgell-sweetened but
ter, eggs, cream, milk sauces, and olive
oil.
These foods are specially tissue build
ing, but vegetables, fruits and other
foods may be eaten as desired.
The chief thing IS not to overeat as
then goes the digestion, and with II
the few extra pounds gained.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
RoHgheHed Arms

Frequently tine arms are rough on
the upper part. especially At the back.
This is sometimes caused by not drying
the skin thoroughly after washing.
To overcome this condition rub them
vigorously with a Turkish towel This
takes of the loose particles Of skin
that may be there, as well as drying the
arm.
lightly with pumice stone and about
once a week or Oftener use the half Of
q lemon on o..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
Moze Sho1t SIeeUeS

No woman with a liking for short
sleeves need ceeI troubled lest long
sleeves are to usurp the Held for next
season. More long sleeves are being
made than for many a day, but short
ones are also popular and are coming
in the handsOmest gowns Of all classes
except strict tajlormades-
The spring and summer travelling SUIT
Will have long sleeves, as - should al
vyavs have had, but the other summer
rUn-aTound and house frOcHs VIII Do
IN order with short ones
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
Merry WIdoJ0 Bell

Something neat in the way Of belts
Is to be found in the leather ones. with
the back and front buckles 10 match.
These ara equally as good in the elastic
The Merry Widow belt il doubtless one
Of the newest things out. The best OF
these come IN the gold betting, with
figures OF navy and Copenhagen blue
and brown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
Pooc Woman

She has her troubles.
The color cure is not for her.
She knows one color that suits her.
But alas! it's seldom her souls color
Her cOmplf xion may cry aloud for
dark. dull co.Ors.
But her soul would run riot with the
most optimistic hUes,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
LOCAL MENTION.
During Lent It's Important

that what the table lacks IN variety be
made up in nourishing quality. No food
is more wholesome or sustaining than
Schneider's Malt Bread It's as
strengthening and satisfying as meat.
Three times daily is none too often for
your family 10 have &c. At grCcers', SC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
Choice Potatoes. &c 2;

SOC hu. Large cans tomatoes. Sc Sc dOz.
Best corn, Sc: e0c doz. j. T. ID. Pyles'
il stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04

Cream Lunch Crackers &c: Lemon
Cakes. &c; Ginger Snaps. &c. 9Th and II
re. and J. T. D. pyles' 10 other stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
It's me Filling That Makes the

Fie--pure, wholesome ingredients and a
crispy crust are sure signs of Connect
cut Iiie Cos Pies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04
NOiseless Tip Matches, Ise:

choose most becoming tint. flesh white
plnk or brunette Satin skin powder 2sc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-04

i2Oa est c. A Muddlman & Co. SIS 70 st.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
ROYALTY NOW SEEKING THE SIMPLE LIFE.

ceased to be correct; that the people no longer
require OF those in authority that they environ
themselves with degree OF luxury and display
that shall serve maintain them in a class apart
from their fellow citizens. and that royalty will
gain rather than lose rs.the twentieth century by
descending from its pedestal, by mnglng with
ordinary mankind. and by becoming more in
tlmately acquainted with the views. the wishes
the 2retudices and above all. with the life. of
the average human being Perhaps King Gus
tai Is right In mis- opinion. Perhaps he is ahead
OF his epoch. Time alone Will show. At any
rate his conception of the environment of maj
esty constitutes the inauguration OF a new de-
parture in the Old World and as an expert
ment 1t Will be watched with interest
In this association II Is worth while 10 recall
the fate In the New World of the late Dom
Pedro Of Brazil. the most democratic of SOY
ereigns. who aDhorred pomp and ceremony and
gave free rein to his prejudices on the subject
both at home and abroad. Few recall ever
having seen him I'm uniform. his ordinary habili-
ments consisting OF suit OF rusty black. topped
off by an invariably disreputable looking and
badly brushed silk hat OF the stove pipe order
of architecture He preferred public private
conveyances seldom making use OF any OF his
imperial equipages, travelling instead by omni-
bus or tramway. much to the dismay of those
the sovereigns whose domnions he visiting.
In his own empire his efforts to place himself
on the same footing as that OF the man in the
street together with his abandonment of all the
ornamental and ceremonial attributes of SOW
ereignty ended by convincing his people that
their ruler. admittedly man OF great intellect
ualty and of vast eruditlon, was right in these
matters Like him, they came to the conclusion
that the pomp and ceremony and the etiquette
OF an imperial court were superifuous. The
natural and inevitable result was that the court
itself became superfuOus in their eyes. and
then the monarchy. SO at last they intimated
70 Dom Pedro that he no longer needed as
Emperor shipped him and his family off to
Europe 10 enjoy the delights of the simple life,
and proclaimed republic at Rio. King Gustaf
should bear this in mind In making his pro-
iected experiment 1t is one which is not
tirely devoid of danger. EX-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

Sometimes falling rock gives warning oy rdh-
ming sounds and the cracking Of props SONIC
times the miner does not know the rock Is ioos-'
Sometimes there are big rocks. Weighing up 10
three thousand or four thousand pounds, WHICH
lust drop out OF a hole in the roof
When a blast in a mine is so improperly prs
pared that Il does nothing but blow out the
hole in which the powder is tamped the enece
Is that OF the firing of a gigantic gun loaoeu
with five hundred times as much powder as 10
used in an ordinary rifle. The force OF sueh
explosions in the confined air Of a mine Is orten
so great as to stop the big fans driven oy
powerful engines. Sometimes the erect De-
comes a cyclone. confined in few feet OF space
Every man who may be walking IN the ar
current is in danger of being swept from MS
feet These cyclones. called "wfndies. oIleh
tear everything loose in the mine. Doors useo
in the mine to change the current OF ar dro
blown down and smashed into kindllng against
the pillars. The cyclones stir up dust ana tnefe
is constant danger that a later blast snootlns
sheets of flame for hundred yards, may cause
y dust explosion. snuffng out lives as pun OF
wind snuffs out a candle
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
SEEK CHANGE OF SCENE.

few weeks hence will find most of the
crowned heads OF Europe leaving their demln-
ions in search Of change OF scene at southern
winter resorts II they are always so delighted
to get away. and If they consider the absence
from, their own country in the light of real
holiday It is not because they are in any way
lacking in love for their native land, but merely
because it means temporary emancipation from
the ceremonial, the pomp, the etiquette and
above all from the publicity of court life When
AWAY from home they mingle with the
crowd can pass among the latter unperceiVed
and unmolested can obtain, indeed. taste Of
the existence Of a plain everyday citizen-and
q yrold seem that they like the taste, that they
anpreciate its advantages. In fact, when they
are forced to return and to resume the harness
Of monarchy to submit their necks again to
its woke they talk regretfully of their holiday
being at an end and Of the resumption of their
iIlustrjous status as If il were a species OF
gilded captivity.
Every reiening family furnishes instances Of
nrinces and princesses who have sought the
simple life and who have manifested their sym
pathy with the sentiments to which the new
King Of Sweden has just given notable express
ston He himself has a brother-Oscar by name
who resigned his prerogatives and rank as
nrfnce of the blood and became ordinary
SVeQlSn
maiden of his choice, Miss Ebba Munk. who
was one of his mothers maids of honor. Oscar
&c To -day Count Wisborg, and ii is possible that
his domestic happiness sometimes causes his
brother King Gustaf, to regret that he himself
was not permitted to sacrifice his position as
crown prince in order to wed the girl to whom
he was passfonateIy devoted-a pastors daugh-
ter-and was compelled in lieu thereof to con-
tract a matrimonial alliance based on dynastic
considerations. The Kings youngest brother.
Prince Eugene. spends much of his time abroad
chiefly at Paris and Berlin, where, under the
name of M Eugene" he leads the life to which
he is Overwhelmingly, that of an artist. He
&c extremely clever with the brush. exhibited
number of his pictures at the worlds fairs Of
Chicago and ST. Louis. and for several years
had studio in the artistic quarter at Paris.
where no one had any idea OF his identity.
knowing him merely as painter.
In Austria there is not only the ex-Archduh7
Leopold Salvato-, eldest son Of the late Grand
Duke of Tuscany. but also his uncle, Archduke
Louis Salvador, justly reputed as the most
learned and scientific scion of the Hapsburg
dynasty The latter has frequently visited
America under the incognito OF Neindcrf, and
for a number of years he lived at Ramieh,
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

but II is done every day In the mines In re-
ality the miner juggles his life ana the lives OF
his fellow in hand and their and his
own death in the other.
How would you like for instance. to stand
stopped over a keg of giant powder and to see
sparks of fire from an open lamp play hide ana
seek about the top OF the open can? II that
is not thrilling enough, how would you Ike TO
see one of the sparks drop into the powder!
There is one man who has had such an ex-
perience and who lives TO tell II. This one Is
p. H. Penna of Terre Haute, Ind. once a
coal miner, but now secretary Of the INDIANA
Bituminous Coal Operators Association.
Rooms in a mine.' he said to the writer, are
laid off from entries dong tunnels. like hall
ways, and right angles 10 them. These
rooms are driven side by side into the shallow
layer OF coal-in Indiana from three and one
half TO five or six feet thick-only the coal being
taken out Between these rooms break
throughs," air passages are driven about
every forty-five feet, The 'break-throughs' re-
semble the entries, except that they are narrow
and have no tracks in them. The rooms are
several times wider than the entries, since the
rooms are the real source of coal.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
WHAT RESOLUTIONS COME TO.

The end of the good resolutions made on January
usuaII- sets in about this time Just as Neii'
,arbaps for AT the hest they are frozen and un-
human devices to attain uprightness IL may 90
the trird week in January; u may De Feoruary'
but they are pretty to go by the board al
last A very nfelike document is the diary OF the
crrstv old Dr. Johnson We select a few 1ottinss'
"17so Resolved To rise as early as can
.1761 NV purpose is. To regulate my sleep
.t-s. Nv purpose Is from this time. To rise early
LEA fSepsember). Z resolve. To rise early; not
later than g. IL can; hope sooner. but as soon
/ can.
.1IS5 NV resolution. purpose to rise az >. De-
cause though shall not YET rise early II will Be
much earlier than l rise. for often lie till
.17Ss 1 purpose and hope to rise early In rns
morning at s. and by degrees at 8.
.177s I hope TO rise by degrees more early IN
the morning.
'1774 1 hope to rise at 3
Evidently no lack OF good resolutions; yet only
a few years before his death we find him vritins
II have now spert about ffty-nve years in re-
solving; having from the earliest time almost that
7 can remember been forming schemes Of a better
life I have done nothing My life has, from
nv earliest years. been wasted in a morning bed
Few would agree with Dr. Johnsons estiniats or
his life but We may concede that his resolutions
were not Of great assistance.-Collisrs Weekly
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
DRIVERS FEARFUL RISKS.

Accidents TO drivers. however. are the mosr
fruitful source of injuries in mines in propor-
tion 20 the number of men employed The man
who drives the mules tnat draw the coal cars
antars upon his work with the same reckless
spirft that a college athlete enters a football
game and often comes out much worse 0ralseo-
Small trains OF from two dozen small cars
are drawn by diminutive mules through the
small tunnel-like entries. which are often DOWN
grade for half q mile at a stretch "A nllner
passfng up the entry. or tunnel hears ols1dht
rumble and the crack of a drivers lash' anu
a,,cost before he has time to dodge into
creyfce in the wall the little coal tram nles
ras, him The tracks are always Uttered with
Iu,nps OF coal Knocked from the cars as they
pass along-a frequent source OF deraiimen'-
IT. driver rides between the mule and the first
car sitting almost upon the heels Of the animal
A quick stop is likely 10 throw Ei'h u 'iie
ground probably under the car
The cages in mine shaft resemble an Or
sfnarv passenger elevator. except that the mine
cage has no walls and is. OF course, much
rougher in construction The limit Of sDeed -
1s feet a second. dropping from the top to the
bottom of a 2OO-foot shaft in eleven seconds.
This great speed. particularly in coming up out
of the mine. sometimes causes inexperienced
NAV, +o fall 10 the floor of the cage, their legs
Giving wav under them. IL often happens that
a man standing at the outer edge Of the cage
rao,s a little to one side and is instantly jerked
bAtUeer the cage and the walls. his body 1ah-
inc linn and Hfeless TO the bottom Of the smart
InexDerfenced men are usually made to stand
in the middle of the cage Not always. row
ever or there would probably have been one
hundred fewer deaths and injuries IN Amerfcan
mines last year
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

p~inces and princesses OF the blood. They, too'
become wearied of being perpetuaIly In the
eyes OF the public OF playing a role, no matter
how exalted to the gallery, Of feeling that their
every word and gesture. their appearance ana
their apparel the subject Of comment ana
of a prying curiosity which at times does not
disdain the use of opera and field. glasses. 10
some of them who suffer from shyness, the
consciousness of feeling themselves the cyno-
sure OF all eyes is a positive torture TO Whlch
they never become entirely accustomed
The three daughters Of King Edward the la'e
Duke of Clarence and the late Empress or
Austria all have suffered from this form cf
sensitiveness, and those who best know En-
peror William insist that at any rate through
out the earlier years of his reign, much Of his
aggressveness OF manner due to an anxi-
ETY. to conceal shyness that was all TO his
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
FALLING ROCK STAYS MANY.

There are other dangers. \ miner goes to his
work At the face" OF the coal-the front end
OF the room where the work is done-he sees
several slabs of rock. any of them big
enough tc have crushed him had taey Ialien
when he was there a few hours before lie
looks up and discovers that the whole roof is
loose He must work under this loose rock, so he
gets some props and sets them under It, While
he knows that half dozen props VIII hold
ton or two of rock. he does not know but that
there is enough rock ready TO fall to make those
props as valuable so many toothpcks. Now
see him go TO work shOvelling coal and clean
ing up the rock that has already fallen. In Il
moment he hears noise resembling thunder.
onIy not so loud, and then the click click of
breaking fbres in the timbers His experienced
ear tells him that II is the rock cutting itself
loose and that it's weight is bearing down heav-
iIv on the props. Growing uneasy. he sets more
under the loose rock. bringing the timbers al
most against the GOAL where he is working.
When he goes back to his work he hears more
of the distant thunder and more of the click.
click in the timbers. He hastens TO clean up
his room-that is to load OUT his coal without
attempting TO make more. In the mean time ne
continues to work under the loose rock Some
times not always the miner leaves before the
final crush Not always, or the figures would
not show 1O0S violent deaths and 1868 injuries
In the mines in 1906 from falling rock and coal
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

fastened to the miners hat by small hook,
answering to the handle of the teapot. and
swings back and forth and from one side to the
other with the every movement of the wearers
head II the wick becomes dry it catches fire ana
the end becomes small mass of charred ma
terial and each shake of the lamp causes sparks
to fall about the miners head On this account
the law requires that in handling powder the
miner shall set his lamp the ground-ln the
mine II is called "bottom'-four feet from the
powder and on its lee side as sailors would
say. But since the lamps furnish only ABOUT
one candle power of light. If the miner IS
crowded for time and sometimes when he Is not,
he will take the risk and keep the lamp on his
cap. that he may better what he is doing.
Watching miner open a new can OF powder
also produces thrills of uncertainty in the hedFI
of an inexperienced onlooker. The clink or steer
against steel causes sparks The can is maoe OF
tin with iron wire rod around the top ana
bottom edges. To open a new can, which con-
tains twenty live pounds of powder, the law says
that a special cap shall be removed, but the
miner gets quicker results by sticking sharp
pick into the top. To make the hole round the
pick il given a quick twist, turning il about IN
the square hole. That this is criminally dan
gerous is apparent from the fact that state leg
islatures have passed laws prohibiting it,
Another thing that is prohibited by law is the
tamping OF shots with coal dust; but the mere
prohibition by law means little to the miner,
miles under ground where neither lawmakers
nor law enforcers ever go. Coal dust Is so
highly infammable that spark will sometimes
cause il TO explode. Shots tamped with iron
"tamping bars" which often knock sparks from
the hard minerals in the coal. Coal dust in
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
DISREGARD THE LAW.

The amount of powder that may be used IN
any shot and, in some states, the numoer Oh
shots that may be fired in any one room are aiso
regulated" Six pounds of powder each IN Two
shots is the limit in some states, but not neces-
sarily so in the mine. from the practice OF the
miner One miner laughingly said that ne was
two hundred feet under the state. and therefore
not in it or subject it's laws As proof that ne
had no fear he explained that on that particular
dav he was shooting five shots with from five 10
twelve pounds Of powder each. The laws ne
said are radical They won't permit us to
shoot down enough coal for days work
The boom, boom. OF the shots causes a hut-
tering of the air that makes the lamp flames
flicker and sometimes blows them out, ana a
pecuIiarly nerve racking sensation in the ears, 10
which not all OF the men in mine are accus-
toned. There always some new men whose
nerves. kept on edge by constant dangers during
the day. cause them to get hysterical when the
shots begin to explode. Often the lives or
dozens of men depend OF the self control Of one
of these men There are often as many as
hundred working places. rooms. driven of
one entry The first room on the entry, the
room furthest from the mine exit. is the hrst 10
fire its shots. When the firing time comes the
man at the end of the entry lights his shot and
calls to the man in the first room TO light his;
he in turn gives the signal to the man next To
him and On toward the exit. IN tHlS way tic
men far back in the mine do not have To pass
the open door So TO speak. OF a room containing
several shots lighted and ready TO explode II a
nervous man should light his shot before he gets
the word. the men behind him must pass his
shots after they have been lighted.
AS if there was not enough danger in that. the
miner is often. surprisingly often. let in the
dark And such dark, Imagine. If YOU can a
room with four solid stone walls. a stone ceiling
and stone floor. without even knothole or a
crack through which a stray beam OF light could
fall The room is thirty forty feet wide and
several hundred feet long. with piles OF rock,
coal and dirt and perhaps hundreds of props
Let YOUR imagination see. though your eyes
could not three blasts. ready to explode. just
behind you. knowing you do that You could
not walk fifty feet straight in any direction
without your head hitting a prop. II would be
safe TO say that in almost any mine where the
men fire their own shots several could be found,
sometimes one more Of them still In their own
rooms at the end of each days work who had
experienced that sensation. Some OF them have
TO make their way for mile without a light.
and there may have been some who did not get
out of the room before the explosion Many
mines now provide professional shot firers. the
miners being permitted to go out Of the mine
before the first shots are fired
New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
HAPPIEST IN RETIREMENT.

Queen Alexandra and her sister, the widowed
ezarins insist that they are never so happy as
Wien living together in that villa which they
Fave acquired in the suburbs Of Copenhagen for
no other purpose than to escape from the at
mosphere Of palaces. IL is merely plain
dwelling. such as a retired merchant OF mod
asie means might select as the home for his
declining years. and is surrounded by q garden
VI very limited area-just enough. III fact. TO
insure certain amount of privacy. Empress
Victoria Augusta delights in slipping away TO
nef farm st Cadinen. where she lives like the
we of an ordinary German country gentleman
occupFing herself about the dairy, the cows ana
'ae poultry, while her husband. in spite OF his
puseo fondness for the trappings of royalty,
s'n speaks witt enthusiasm of the few weeks
~hcn he spent al Highclife Castle. in Hamp-
sure not in his role Of Kai:er. but in mat OF
n-h English country squire.
"hereFer we LOOK we find this same anxiety
lne part of the "anointed Of the Lord TO
pe even IL only for time, from the lime
e q royalty and from the glare which en-
pts ali thrones. An actor does not yearn
e bc.ore the footiights ali the time, and at
s hour Of the day and night He longs
sufaAs for escape from that gaze of the
s'ehee which necessarily subjects his nerves
srain- And so il is with rulers. with