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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Colonial Redspread.

A girl who has ideas OF her own has
made a bedspread that has as an
tique a look as IL II had belonged to
her grandmother's wedding outfit She
has used plain white linen shooting
for the foundation and appliqued the
corners and center with designs cut
from an old Powered cTetonne The
spread is long enough to go over a roll
at the head. 1t will be used i'll
room which has curtains of old-fasiI
Toned scrim applique with the same
designs The wall paper is plain
buff with a Powered border cut out on
the lower edge. The border is al
most a perfect match for the cretonne
applications. The dresser has a glass
top which Is put over a strip of the
cretonne. An oldtime mirror stand
ing on three drawers picked up in a
secondhand store has been painted
white and will rest on the back of the
table. The table used is a simple,
plain, four-leg stand just long enough
for the mirror. 1t Is painted white
A white bureau, white chairs and
white writing table. a cot couch GOV
cred with plain buff der i'm and denim
covered pillows complete the furnish
ings OF the room.-New Haven Regis
ter.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Young Girls Manners

One girl of 16 stayed in the home OF
another recently. and told the moth
er of the latter that they had had
bully" time. The lady excused II on
the ground that the visitors mother
was dead and that the governess was
unqualified for her position. At the
Samc time she warned her own daugh.
ter against adopting the same mode of
speech under similar conditions-thae
Is TO say when speaking to elders.
Young girls are more among their
elders in summer than in winter The
freedom Of out of door life brings
many meetings in garden. on tennis
courts. in swimming and boating.
With this comes familiarity-that is
to say, the elders cease to be per-
sons living another phase of existence
but become part of the girls life
The latter are not to be blamed il,
after n time. thev treat the others as
companions. slanging them and hav-
ing no more formality of manner than
with their school friends. but the cir
CumStancCs are no. always remem-
bered by the elders. The girls are
dubbed pert" and rude, and the
criticism fingers long in the mind OF
her who makes it.
II comes rather near to being true
that n girl may have two sets Of man
ners. one for her own friends, and an
other for her elders. The difficulty
of the arrangement. that will work ad-
mirably II remembered. is that they
NAV become mixed. or temporarily
abandoned, and then trouble will en-
sue. 1t is not difficult, however, to re-
member that. however informal the
occasion or the person. form should
always be observed with elders and
while to use slang with ones con.
temporaries is entirely permissible,
such phrases to other persons are op,
en- 10 severe Criticism.-Buffalo Cour.
Ter.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
WISE WORDS.

Many years ago. when your grand
mother and grandfather went to
school, they had reading and spelling
lessons very much like ours to-day,
only now they seem to us "old-fash-
Ioned." Here are some OF the sem
fences from their old English SPELL
Ing book:
1t is wiser to prevent a quarrel than
TO avenge 1t.
He Is always rich who considers
himself as having enough.
Sincerity and truth are the founda-
lions of all virtue.
He can never have a true friend
who is often changing his friend
ships.
There Is no real use e. riches, ex-
cept I'm the distribution OF them.
By taking revenge for an injury.
q man is only even with his enemy;
by passing 1t over he Is superior.
1t forms no part of wisdom to be
miserable to-day, because we may
happen to become SO tomorrow
Which do you think you prefer, the
old-time reader. full of advice, or
your own pretty book. with its wealth
u Observation-Disclosures Star.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
How to Keep Water Cold.

Having tried it, / recommend the
following mode of keeping ice water
for long time in a common pitcher"
says a writer in Woman's Home Com
panion. place between two sheets
Of thick brown paper a layer of cot
ton batting about half an inch in
thickness; fasten the ends of the pa
per and batting together, forming 4
circle. then sew or paste a crown oy
er one end, making box the shape OF
q stove pipe hat minus the rim. Place
this over an ordinary pitcher filed
with ice water, making II deep enough
TO rest on the table so as to exclude
the air. and you will be astonIshed TO
see the length of time that the ice
will keep and the water remain cold
after all the ice has melted"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Sure Cure for Jars,

When symptoms set in for an out
break OF conjugal Jars which may
happen sometimes In the hest regulat-
ed families-it is capital plan for
husband or wife to go off on a soil,
tary holiday for few days. to let the
clouds blow over.
II two persons start jangling and
getting on one another's nerves. an
absence cure" works wonders. saws
Philadelphia Ledger. Both have time
Tor reflection and repentance. So If
you and the husband are Irritating one
another like mild mustard poultices.
go and stop week with friends.
Don't discuss your grievances with
the hostess; calm down. forgive and
forget. and stay away till you can re-
turn in love and kindness.
Short separations taken ut the right
moment would save thousands of hot
tempered young couples from drift
ing TO the ranks OF the "unhappay
married"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
HEALTH AND INCOME.
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a lot
70 make money.
With the loss of health ones In
come is liable to shrink. II not en-
tirely dwindle away.
When a young lady has TO make
her own living. good health is her
best asset
am alone in the world" writes
Chicago girl. dependent on my own
efforts for my living. l am "a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap-
plication TO work and q boarding
house diet. | became a nervous in
valid. and got so bad of II was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
half day ut a time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
OF trying Grape Nuts, which l did,
making this food a large part OF at
least two meals n day.
To-day | am free from brain-tire.
dyspepsia and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts
owe the recovery OF my health. and
the ability to retain my position and
income" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Eve- read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Afternoon Wedding Gowns.

A toilet which has become distinct
i've, Is one which is called the after
noon wedding costume The wedding
is preferably at five o'clock and gar
ments for that hour are difficult to
plan. Mrs. Taft attended the Letter.
Williams nuYtiais III a gown OF pale
blue dimity spriggled in white flowers.
with edcing of yellow lace. Her hat
was white chip wreathed in ragged
robins with loops Of baby blue vel
vet and numerous bows of golden
brown chiffon Wien Miss Wlnefred
Mattingly became Mrs. Porter. her
cousin. Mrs. Robert Treat Paine. of
Boston. were distinctive gown o.
cream hatiste cIdEoIately embrOid. red
in Cdelweiss, every inch Of the cloth
being covered with The flowers ard
foliage Her hat was also OF tire ba-
tiste. similarly embroidered. with
two long dropping rlumes. Mrs New
berry, who has been In Washington
during tire long season. wore a dain-
~ wedding costume Of pale gray lawn
built on cream satin. with touches Ct
heliotrOpc Oh the coCzagP. At a fash
ionable nuptial service i'll st. Johns.
There is a simplicity about the maxi"
up of the correct gown for church wed
dingS and the u"to.Gatc woman is
careful not TO get hen robe in the class
OF frlily thinSs.-\cw York Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
An Ancient SCald.


During the recent visit OF the King
Of Denmark to the Norwegian court.
q most interesting figure might have
been remarked among the dis;in-
guished guests there assembled.
This was an old minstrel. or scald.
close upon ninety years of age. with
long, snow-white beard and hair. and
an air of proud dignity in spite of
his rude, coarse clothes. Had he
not a right carry his head high
amonA the other mobiles, he. a de-
scendant OF Harold Fairhaired. the
first king Of united Norway? That
doughty Harold. who went unkempt
and unshorn until he reached this
high position. In order to fulfil a vow
to his high-born ladylove. Gyda?
Never before had the old scald left
his home in Telemarken. where. true
to the habits Of his very long line of
forefathers. he lived In a cave.
II was also ancient custom that the
scald should amuse the king and his
court with song and harp. SO in an
swer to the request Of his majesty
Va ANOA way tue tthNlChl odlu lCAk hlo
cave and appeared at court with his
precious old viking lutte.
This lutte. called in Norwegian n
langleik. is over three hundred years
old. II Is OF wood. fashioned with
much artistic skill. In shape II Is
not unlike the lutes Of later times.
Six heavy strings stretched over the
opening give forth a deep. full resO-
nance. Solemn. thrilling voices from
q dim. forgotten past seem recalled
to life.
The scald sang many folk songs
old as time. and his distinguished
audience listened with the deepest
emotion.
The King of Denmark was so i'm
pressed that he warmly urged the
minstrel to visit him as a guest in his
palace at Copenhagen-an invitation
which the old man accepted with
quiet dignity. Was he not also the
descendant Of king?--Youth's Com.
panion-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Faehion Notes.

The ends OF the run hook under the
left ear. beneath a bow.
Elbow-length gloves in a pale ocher
or deep bun are stunning.
A note OF relation is seen in a cloth
coat lined with foulard like the dress
with which it is worn.
Feather boas. whether Of short os.
trich tips. mErabout or cog. are still
much worn and in every hue.
The rev chamois gloves are very
smart Though called natural. the
tones really run from cream to deem
ccher.
The wise woman seeks her boas.
ruchcs and ruifs with an eve to the
bat which they are destined to &C.
company.
Of all accessories to the feminine
toilette, few are of MORE Importance
than those employed for the dressing
of tie neck.
A soft shade of green cotton Is effec
tive for the embroidered edge and
dots on collar of pink-and- white
striped linen.
The sides Of the crown are covered
by n wide. full. loose pun OF net
through which a wide scarf of pink
radium is run.
Made to accompany lace and lin.
eerie stocks are seen ties in infinite
yaricty. Many Young girls affect the
solid co!or Windsor ties.
One can have high crowns or low.
bread hrims or narrow, but a ajor-
ity of the hats are moderate I'm size
though exceptions are numerous.
A novelty is the new weave in a
silk glove. This is almost like fiIet
net. crossed with ban:i of the plain
weave arranged TO go around the arm
With the simplest OF runabout and
travelling mohair, serge and linen cos
tunes, short embroidered muslin ties
are worn in connection with the stiff
linen collars.
Scarfs Of blue. pink or black silk
appear upon a large number of the
net and lace bonnets, but flowers are
in nest cases used TO supplement the
scarf trimmings.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

Egss in White Sauce with Cheese
Half FL a shallow dish with rich
thickened milk. and put In raw eggs
very carefully: add salt and pepper.
and cover with a thin layer of grated
cheese; put into hot oven till all is
set.
Gold Cake.-One cup sugar, six egg
yolks, one-half cup butter. two cups
der. one tsaspoonful extract of Or.
ange. Cream butter and sugar; add
yolks we'll beaten; fiavoring extract,
mix baking powder thoroughly with
four; bake in moderate oven and GOV.
er with plain icing.
Grape Juice Sherbet-Prepare and
freeze the sherbet Beat two cups OF
double cream and one-third a cup Of
sugar until firm 10 the bottom of the
bowl. Chop fine about a dozen and a
half of blanched pistachio nuts. Serve
the sherbct In glasses. Pipe a star
OF the whipped, cream on the top of
the sfsrbet, in each glass, and sprin.
kle the whole with the chopped nuts
French Strawberry Sandwiches
Roll rich, short paste into very thin
layers. and cut out into small squares
Of equal size. Bake till crisp, and
while quite fresh spread half the
crusts with whipped cream. sweeten.
ed. and with strawberries that have
been cut up and have been standing
in sugar for some time. then another
layer of the whipped cream. and last
ly a ton crust. Serve as soon as
ready.
Potatoes, German Style-BoH and
slice half dozen medium sized DO
tatoes. Make a sauce of one cup OF
milk. beaten egg, four teaspoonfuis
of -four and some chopped parsley.
with four slices Of onions that have
been fried brown In butter. Put some
OF the sauce in the bottom of a bak
ing dish, put In a layer of potatoes.
then more sauce. and SO on till the
dish is filled. having some of the
sauce with few bread crumbs
having some Of the sauce with a few
stirred In It for the top. Sprinkle
salt through the dish IL IL Is needed
Bake for half an hour and have well
Drowned.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
A Good-Wish Rose.

A clever idea was carried out at i
recent shower" for a bride-to-be. In
the invitation each guest was request
ca TO send in, prior to the party, 4
wish for the bride. The hostess made
beautiful large white paper rose.
and before putting it together she
wrote on each petal a wish and the
name OF the wisher. AS is usual in
most cases. some of the guests forgot
TO send In u wish. but brought one
with them. and others wrote them af-
ter they arrived. For this purpose a
large paper rosebud had been made,
into which the wishes were slipped
and the bud twisted W again. The
guest OF honor was charmed with tho
rose and rosebud, and said that she
should always keep it as, u pleasant
reminder OF her friends whom she
was soon to leave for Il new home in
distant city.-Womans Home Com,
panion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
For Family Use.

Harold" Mrs. Thomson began,
thoughtfully, i've been thinking a
lot about you lately"
Something nice?" questioned Mr.
Thomson. with hopeful infection.
do you know" Mrs. Thomson
went on. quite ignoring her husbands
bid for flattery. that since we have
lived here in the country and you
have gone back and forth to the city
every day you have seen absolutely
nothing of the children?"
Il don't see how that can be
helped" replied Mr.. Thomson.
when leave in the morning they
are not up. and when l come back in
the evening they're in bed"
YES" assented Mrs. Thomson,
that is so. but You might at least
send them a souvenir postcard now
and then. Youths Companion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Swimming az Lung Exercise.

Opera singers have taken to sea
bathing as a means of cultivating
their lung power. Through the win
Ter they are compelled to take breath
Ing exercise every day to increase
The CAPACITY and the strength OF their
lungs. They must train themselves
In regular breathing. One Of them
discovered recently that steady, sys-
telnatic breathing is essential to
swimming. and especially for floating
In the water. Now the singers are
taking swimming lessons, because
they not only get plenty OF fresh air
In their lungs and strengthen their
constitutions. but they also get an
unusual training in breathing. The
plan has worked SO well that several
OF the prominent singers have adopt.
ed 1t for daily use-New York Press,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

Do not try to save your loose
change. II Is too small an amount to
put In the savings bank. II would
not amount TO much. anyway. and
there Is great comfort in spending IL.
Just wait until you get sufficient
worth while before you deposit 1t.
Do not try to economiLe. II Is an
Internal nuisance to always try to
save few cents here and there. Be-
sides. you will get the reputation OF
being mean and stingy. You want
everybody to think you are generous.
Just Nook out for to-day. Have a
good tine as you go along. Just use
your mon>y yourself. Don't deprive
yourself foI the sake of laying up
something for other people TO fight
over. Besides you are sure OF to-
day. You might not he alive ID
vs<row.-Success Magazine.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Brain Waves TO cu-2 TIpp,ers.

II must have been .CveTal decades
ago that the fiji ST woman crusader
against whisky sat in her home ami
thought and thought and thought how
she might bring drinaing mcn 10 the
path OF sobriety. What panied Ae-
most was that she had no way of
sending forth her good counsel to the
multitude. All, had she only started
rs crusader in this. the day OF tcie-
pathy, Recently, when an Episcopal
clergyman argued against local OPP
ton in Aurora. IL. before four thou
sand bearers. little band of women
who believe in the powers OF teiepathy
sat in the audience and cent out
thought waves in an endeayoT to cor
fuse him in his arguments. They
were representatives OF n newly or
gained woman's auSi!iary 10 the An
rura LEGAL option or aniza;ioG. ImGE-
NATIVE and enthusiastic workers for
local option proposed that an attempt
he made to influence the mind Of
the speaker through the mysterious
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Kitchen Reeeptaeles.

Green vegetables should be put In
the ice box as soon as they are de
livered. Salad greens should be
thrown into water or wrapped In
damp cloth and then in newspaper.
and left in the air, u they are not TO
be used Immediately. Proper recep-
tacles of glass or tin shOLld be pro-
vided for the cereals. and they should
be emrtied where they belong at
vent insects getting in them. Coffee
should go at once into an alright
canister or it will lose its aroma. Salt.
soap and cheese should be kept in a
dry place. and olive oil should be kept
cool.-New Haven Register.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Oddities Of NeC York.

One family in New York City has
742 telephones. 1t Is the Smith fam.
lily.
New York City is growing in build.
ings at the rate of one and a half
zach hour.
Inhabitants of New York City are
0eIHg quite river of water. for they
are now consuming 5OO.0OO.OOO gal.
ions daily.
No gold land In the world of the
area of Manhattan Island Is OF such
great money value. acre for acre, and
its output of profit is practically with.
ont end.-New York Herald
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Paper for ENGAGED Counties.

In Switzerland there is a newspaper
especially for engaged couples. Ag.
ents all over the country collect par
uculars concerning young people who
nave become engaged to be married.
and their names, addresses, and par.
lculars of their social position appear
In this weekly journal Every girl
whose name is thus mentioned re-
ceives the paper for one year free,
the subscribers to II being chiefly
tradespeople, who send advertise.
ments Of their goods to those whose
names are so published.-Tit-B Bits.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

Pure food, like charity, begins at
home, the club women of America
we're told by Mrs. Mary II. Abel. Of
Baltimore. addressing the Fedora
tons bierRlal convention at Boston.
THE OCCUPANTS of your kitchen.
who listen 10 your instructions about
germs, do not believe Q word that you
say" said she. The average woman
needs a course In marketing more
than in cooking, and not so much to
learn the cuts Of meats as to have
her eyes open to conditions OF clean.
illness. Even a few women in any
town, by holding stanchly together.
c7H accomplish wonders in the clean
ing Of markets and provision stores"
And on the same subject Mrs. E. r.
Richards. Of Boston, said: Il have
come &c the conclusion that nine
tenths Of human illness Is caused by
food and that six-tenths OF the nine
tehths are caused by unclean foods.
The dsrger comes back to the
housewife both Tor her lack of care
in her own domain and her lack Of
social conscience. which demands
cleanliness on every hand"
Miss Helen Boswell Of New York,
organizer Of the Canal Zone Fedora
ton, OF Wonens Clubs. talked enter
tainingly. She was sent to that coun.
try TO arrange a social life for the
women. and formed a federation Of
eight clubs. In each OF these clubs"
said Miss Boswell. the servant prob
lem and that of domestic science gen.
orally have been well nigh solved"
Miss Alice Parker. speaking on
play ground work. declared play a ne
cessity and not a luxury.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06

TIE
General Demand
II the Well Informed OF the World has
always been for a simple. pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; n laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them 70 be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA. the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Co, only. and for sale
by all leading druggists Price fifty cents
per bottle
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
CUTIcURA CURED FOUR.
Southern Woman Suffered With Itch
Ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles-Cnlls
Cuticura Her Old Standby

MY baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for it took
effect until used Cuticura. My face was
nearly full of letter Of some similar skin
disease. 1t would itch and burn SO that
could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment
cured me. Two years after it broke out on
my hands and wrist. Sometimes / would
go nearly crazy for il itched SD badly.
went back to my old standby, that had
never failed me-one set OF Cuticura Rem
edies did the work. One set also cured
my uncle's baby, whose head WINS a cake Of
sores, and another baby who was in the
same fix. Mrs. Lille Wilcher, 10 Elev
enth St., Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. 10. o.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-08-06
Test Of an Egg.

Some folks who were going on
picnic got one raw egg mixed up with
the cold boiled ones and did not Anow
how to detect II without breaking
them all A visitor was equal to the
emergency. According to st. Nichof
as, he took an egg between hts fingers
and his thumb. he twirled II on the
table and II spun like a top THAT
egg" said he, has been boiled. An
other was tried with the same result,
and then he found one that he could
not make spin. That" he said. is
a raw egg" And so the puzzle was
solved.