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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
IN SOFT coLoREp TAPESTRY.

with jewels. The frame is also of the
rose gilt silver The lining is of white
MORE. and there are two shirred inside
pockets that hold in one vanity case
Of the tapestry with slp-in mirror and
powder puff and in the other combi-
nation cardcase and pocketbook.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

MY goodness exclaimed an any
ious mother. "Whatin the world made
your face so dirty. WilleY' Y
Johnny Jones an me had d FIGHT >
explained Willie. IAN he throw'd more
dirt in my face than could swaner J,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
Keeping Cake Pans From Sticking.

No matter how many devices there
are in the way of patent cake pans,
nothing gives more general satisfac-
ton for layer cake than to line the
pans with buttered paper.
1t is good idea to buy 10 cents
worth of the common yellow wrapping
paper that is used in grocery stores
and some day when you have little
extra leisure cnt these sheets to fit the
different pans used. Thus some may
be circular. others square or oblong
and few with hole in the center for
the Turks head pans used for fruit or
pound cakes.
Put these papers carefully away in
the pantry closet and they viii prove
worth their weight in eggs at present
day prices when you come to bake
your cakes ON crowded Saturday
morning.
DO not grease the pan. only the top
of the paper
When the cake is done, then it should
be turned upside down on'a cloth and
the paper pulled of as quickly as pos
sible.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
For Mothers.

Don't forget that you are or ought to
be your children's ideal of all that is
perfection and that it is your duty to
live up to their ideals in every possible
way-not an easy task, but wonder
fully inspiring. Home Chat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

Beggs- What do you say tc your wife
when you come home late at night?
Jaggs- Foolish man! What makes you
think l get chance to talk?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

\ Glasses which have held milk should
never be washed in warm water while
the dregs of the milk cli',g around the
edges. If the glass is drst rinsed out
In cold water, it can Then be washed
safely In warm water In the usual
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
isaac and the Anqel,

Old Isaac was a devout Christian Jr
was his custom when his work was
done to retire to his cabin and devote
himself to worship until bedtime. His
earnest and frequent announcements
that he was always ready to meet his
'Lawd' had been so often heard that
some boys decided to>test Isaac's faith.
One night, while he was under full
Roadway: 80 Lawd, we know DIV long
Suf'rin' fur dis beni'ted sinner, but we
feel, o Lawd. dat in dy love we will be
spahed dy vangins and raj. We are ale
ways reddy. Lawd, at dy biddin' to
cum and meet dy angel Gabriel Send
him, o Lawd, wild his shinin' trumpit.
his robes OBJ glory and his crown OBJ
life, and take sy poh sahvant into dy
vineyard
isaac! Isaacw came in deep sepul-
chral tones down the chimney.
"Amenv' softly said Isaac, closing
his prayer abruptly and rising, with
fear and trembling.
"Isaaci Isaacr came the still dread
full tones.
"Who-ho-ho's dat?" stammered the
awe stricken negro.
1.-THE angel of the Lord has come for
tsaacw
fsaac hetitatea. ard then, with
,anw Of enforced cor'@ge. II came:
80 t''vs lless vau. dot old niger
....' = '-..', ',n'a 60 = ap''' :"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
IN THE ORCHARD.
A Great Annual Waste From Cutting
Down Fruit Trees.

Down Fruit Trees.
There is great annual waste
throughout the country from the cut
ting down of fruit trees, according to
Iowa Homestead. Trees that nom
some cause have convinced their own.
er that they are useless cumberers of
the soil are cut down without hesita-
ton, though sometimes with regret for
the time and money wasted.
Pause and Reflect.
1t may be that the tree has proved
untrue to name and produces worthless
or at least inferior fruit. 1t may be
some new kind that was expected to
surpass the old kinds and, as often
happens, proved inferior to them. II
may be that it has stood for number
of years without bearing, and its own
err believes it barren. 1t may be thai
the scale has infested it, that some Of
its limbs have died and that 1t il
thought to be doomed. No matte
which one of these reasons may be in
huencing you to apply the ak, ask yo1
NO stop and reflect before you max
Aour action irremediable.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

In every affair consider what pre-.
cedes and what follows and then un
dertake it.-Epictetus.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
NOVELTY IN BAGS.

Bracelet ReticuIe That Slips Over the
Hand.
Irresistibly quaint and artistic are
the new bracelet bags that slip on over
the hand and aGe capable of carrying
many small belongings. One of these
is of tapestry of lovely soft colorings
on pale ivory ground. The bracelets
are of silver in rose gilt finish, studded
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24


A native rad l:een raugat at Caieut-
ia scaling sle wall of the premises INTO
the compound OF No 3. Chowringhi,
dressed in y complete suit of European
clothes The man had on the previous
evening concealed himself inside
shop and had employed his time till
morning in fitting himself with COM
plete suit of clothes, including white
shirt. with studs and links; red tie,
carefully put on; black socks, a pair Of
boots. watch and chain. handkerchief
and even a pocketknife, with straw
hat and stick He even went the
length of writing his name inside the
hat On being caught he said he want
ed to learn English and as a prelim-
mary step thought it best to dress him
self in sahib's Bombay Qndia)
Advocate
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

Highly sailed and smoked herring
paddock, mackerel or other fish tire
greatly improved If they are laid over
night to soak III little sour milk. This
effectualy draws out the salt besides
considerably improving the flavor of
the fish and making it less smoked
and highly seasoned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

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and told that important business con-
siderations made 1t desirable that she
perform for them a very delicate task.
She should appear at the Office and go
to work, apparently as an ordinary
employee. Her purpose in doing so
should be to cultivate the %acquaint-
ance of the third partner. But she
should bide her time. There should
be nothing in her conduct toward him
to suggest to so shrewd a nan the
possibility of a plot. Yet when the
time came she should recognize the
moment and play the game.
The time finally came. The partner
asked her to go to dinner with him
the next evening. She had been to
dinner with him before, and had
gained enough of his confidence to
know this dinner was not to be like
the others. But she lost no time in
accepting the invitation, and still
more promptly told her cousin.
An hour later the cousin was in a
private detective agency with the
chief. Carefully he told the story of
how he and his agreeable partner had
tried to buy out the d~isagresable 9TH
err fellow, and, having failed. had en-
| gagged a man to shadow him to Eu-
| rope Even more minutely he went
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the names of the two detectives as
signed to the case, who would also be
taken into custody.
Abandon this scheme. Go to your
officeto-morrow morning and tell your
partner you came within hailing dis
lance of the pe~nitentiary tonight, but
luckily escaped 1t. II ever you have
any honest detective work to do l
shall be at your service, but this case
| would not take for a million dol
lars"
On another occasion a firm of big
operators wanted to get inside infor-
nation concerning a multi-million-
aire' sultimate plans for the devel-
opment of q great property. They
knew what he was doing at the time
and what he probably intended to do
six months later, but they were not
sure what he might do the next yea
And il was what he intended to do at
this later period that would determine
whether they should become buyers
or sellers of his securities.
There was no use of sending men TO
brush up against him. He never
talked TO men. But he had evidently
promised his aged grandmother he
would never be unkind to a woman,
so they determined to capitalize this
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
SHORT COATS NOT WORN.
Seven-Eishths and Knee Lengths Are
the Styles in Fashion.

While the more stylish new models
in coats are seven-eighths length, still
the square and cutaway coats thai
reach nearly to the knees are in good
style.
1t would be foolish to alter these in
any way to conform to this winters
fashion. The really short coat cut
off at the waist or the hips is quite
out of fashion, and one would be in
doubt what to do with ii.
The short cutaway coat which some
women wore last spring can be altered
for midseason wear by adding a five
or seven-inch fold of v~elveteen or cloth
to the edges.
This is begun in a narrow point at
the lowest button, and instantly widens
as it goes around the sides and back
of the coat.
Length is obtained in this way, and
one also conforms to the fashions.
The same tone of color should be used
to match the cloth. A slight variation
toward a darker tone is permissible,
especially when velveteen is used.
wen English mohair suits of the
heavy durable quality that have been
r all summer can be altered In
this way TO advantage.
1t is not recommended for light
serges or pongee or rajah silk. These
fabrics are best put away in camphor
until next spring.
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Return of the Bolero.

The bolero, with a luster heightened
by the retirement it has of late sus-
tanned, appears with many OF the
tailor-made suits designed for early
autumn wear. 1t has Joined forces
with some of the directoire modes, and
makes a particularly smart appearance
built of taffetas, with a double-breast-
ed front buttoned across the figure,
and long, broad tails flowing to the
hem of the skirt. The lower edge of
the bolero and the tails are trimmed
with a sparsely plated ruche of silk,
which trimming also outlines the arm
holes, from whence the tightly fitting
sleeves, with their doubly frilled wrist
let's, protrude. Sharply-pointed revers
decorate the model, and these are
closely braided with soutache, and set
the seal of the directoire style upon it.
The sleeve is the critical sign manual
of the coat of the present moment. 1t
clingS to the arms with close tenacity,
and in many instances is cleverly cut
in one with the coat The tailorS are
exploiting the latter model, of course.
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over the matter concerning the hir-
ing of the pretty cousin. Then he
came to his point.
Conspirins to Extort Money.
He wanted two detectives assigned
to shadow the couple, first to the
theater and then to their ultimate des-
tination. Within a minute after the
arrival of the third partner and his
companion one of the detectives
should knock on the door, which the
beautiful cousin would ~thereupon
open. The other partners would at
once appear, feign surprise, indigna-
ton and anger, and the next morning
the third partner would be told he
must sell out at their figure or suffer
exposure.
The detective chief listened in ST.
lance until the story was told.
do you realize" said he, you have
asked me to help you do something
for which we would both be sent to
state PRISON."
The gentleman expressed great
a~maZement.
1Ou nave dShtu me " Nv ~"
springing a trap by means of which
you plan to force your partner to sell
at a price fixed by yourself property
that he does not want to sell. Now,
what would be the result If l were to
do it?
"The partner Of whom you are try
ing TO rid yourselves would go home
and spend a sleepless night. About 8
O'Clock in the morning he would say
10 himself, 4 can stand this no longer.
/ must go to my attorney and seek
his advice
He'd go. His attorney would lis
ten to his story, take out his Watco,
note the time-9 o'clock-and say,
I want you to go with me at once to
the district attorneys office and
swear out a warrant for that young
woman for conspiring to extort money
from YOU
THE third partner would swear to
The warrant, and the young woman
would be arrested. Within an hour
after her arrest the whole story
would be wrung from her and war
rants would be sworn out for you and
your other partner. Later in the day
| should be arrested and forced to tell
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ciers want to force somebody's hand
or TO obtain inside information regard
ing another's plans that the eye of a
hawk becomes, in comparison, 1 k
that OF a grocery store Goldfish. In
such emergencies beautiful women
have sometimes been hired to follow
men for months-to Europe and back
IL necessary-to get one word Of bust
ness between two words OF idle chat
ter, as women have also been en-
ployed to seek the confidence of wives
for the same purpose. In another
case a man was sought to court the
daughter of a captain of industry, and
even TO propose marriage to her, IL
necessary, to get certain information
with regard. 20 her fathers ultimate
plans concerning q great industrial
enterprise.
But as an illustration of what bust
ness men sometimes do in the way of
Swallowing, the following incident sur
passes any other:
In the financial district L. a firm,
capitalized for many millions. that is
rated in Bradstreet's at AAA1. There
are three partners. Two of the part
ners did not like the other one. He
was ~intractable, ~disagreeable, hard 20
get along with. They decided to get
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5 Dress Up.tO'Da late 9
~ 49, eg%ps 4sssso 49, sassssS

trimming is of the same material az
the skirt and is again used for the
cuffs. The chemisette is OF tucked
m~ousseline de sole, chiffon or batiste
of the finest quality, or it may be Of
the chiffon cloth of which the waist Is
made. Usually, however, a different
fabric IL preferred for the chemisette
and the undersleeves. The chemisetts
may be of the same color as the waist,
of a lighter shade, or of white, cream
or ecru, as fancy dictates. When a
waist exactly matches the skirt 1t is
more becoming often to have the
chemisette relieve the monotone with
the contrast of white or cream in
stead of being in the same shade.
The over bodice or bertha is of a pc
culiar but most becoming shape. 1t 10
rather square across the shoulders for
this seasons fashion and finishes in
deep points we the draped chiffon
cloth. Two buttons, matching In color
the bodice or else contrasting attrac-
lively with it, are set on h inside OF
each of the two points. This trimming
Of %broadcloth makes quite enough OF
a connection between the bodice and
skirt, in addition to the uniformity in
color, and prevents the clumsy effect
of an entire %broadcloth waist or one
more nearly made of cloth by having
none of the heavier material about
the waist.
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Shadowing Financiers
Almost Every Day and Night They Are Constant
ly Under Watch.

rid of him, and offered to buy him out.
He wouldn't sell. Then they offered
to sell. He wouldn't buy.
They haggled around for several
months, during which no progress was
made toward relieving the trained re-
lations existing between the friendly
two and the undesired third.
Finally the two hit upon a plan.
Their partner had announced his in
tention Of taking a trip to Europe.
They would send a detective with
him. Perhaps he would do OF say
something that would be to their adj
vantage. Perhaps, upon his return,
he would be willing TO sell rather than
to have the detectives report sent
where ii would be read with the great.
est interest.
So the partner and the detective de-
parted. The partners visit dragged
on from week to week, and finally in
to months, and upon each returning
ship came the reports of the man who
had been SEN TO watch him. But the
reports were of no interest, even to
the men who read them. Their part
ner seemed TO be conducting himself
admirably, SO far as his own interests
were concerned, though quite unfor-
tunately for those who wanted to buy
him out. But they knew him-or
thought they did-and waited for
more reports.
But the rest of the reports were like
the first, and the man himself came
home without his partners, having OBJ
tanned the kind of information they
wanted.
1t was then they shuffled the deck
to play what they believed vas their
trump card.
One of the partners had a very pref
ty cousin, a young woman. She was
summoned to the home of her relative
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The Greek Influence,

The influence of the Greek idea
upon evening gowns is especially
marked in the case of many of those
copied from or similar to the cele-
brated creations of Margarine La
Croix. A bridge frock of emerald
green satin, for instance, has a gold
fringed front-pointed tunic with sash
back and a gold tulle bodice embroid
cred with gold motifs that Is cut IN
one with the sleeves, which are gold
laced at the inner side. Another
gown, which is the acme of simplicity
as well as of modesty, has a tunic Dor
dered with embroidered silver bands
and slashed sleeves caught together
with antique silver buttons. The most
extreme gown, and also the simplest,
Is a blue ottoman princess bordered
with blue embroidery, which has it's
split left side caught together at inter
walls, but then it is worn over an entire
underdress of satin yelled with silver
~pailletted blue gauze.
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Even Honors.

One of the Tammany delegates at
the Denver convention was approach
ed by an old acquaintance who was
badly down in his luck. Siding up to
the Tammany man, he said:
Say, Billy, lend me a twenty, will
you? I'm short"
The New Yorker went down into his
nocket. fished out a big roll and hand
ed q ten-dollar bill to the seedy one.
Say, Billy" said he Of the touch,
Il said twenty"
81 know you did" said the politi-
clan, "but l think this way is fairer.
You lose ten and | lose ten. See9
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The man of many interests can no
more get away from the penetrating
rays of publicity than a cat can get
away from its TAIL" said the old-time
detective. I'm the first place, the
nation at large is keeping its eye on
him. But that's only n eye. There
are a thousand little blazing orbs
Ing business hours. Let him be alb
sent from his Office at a time when
the bankers, brokers and traders be-
iieve he should be there, and straight
way goes a notice over the ticker for
every one of them"
y. p. Morgan is said to be detained
at his home by Illness" runs the mes
sage, IL 1t be about him, or, &c. H.
Hartman, who is not at his office to.
day, is reported to be about to make a
trip to the Pacific coast"
Whoever ii may be who has temno-
rarily dropped out OF sight a rush is
at once made for his office.
The representatives of the ticker
service, the financial bulletins and
perhaps some bankers and brokers
make anxious inquiries concerning the
absentee and the cause of his dis
appearance.
During the panic last year Mr.. Nor
gan could not have been watched
much more carefully IL he had been
a special train running a mile a min
ute under the constant observation Of
the best dispatcher on the road.
Yet IL is not in such daylight opera
lions, lasting only a few hours, that
"t1siness" shows its greatest acute
ness OF vision or its mot unfiagging
persistence. 1t is when the big finan-
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Almond meal, instead Of soap, used
on the hands will stop perspiration.
For burns and scalds-Cover with
olive oil, then Goa with the white of
an egg. This is very beneficial.
For a slight cut there is nothing
better to control the hemorrhage than
common unglazed paper. such as is
used by grocers and market men.
Bind a piece OF the cut.
Pineapple juice is good for cleaning
stains out of the hands. 1t should be
well rubbed in, left for a few minutes
and then thoroughly washed with plen-
ty Of soap and warm water.
For a bad breath hold listerine and
water in the mouth as long as possible.
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of the items of the wardrobe for gen.
eral wear. The waist is made Of chif-
fon cloth to match a rather elaborate
tailored suit. The over bodice in this
instance is of b%roadcloth which has
been embroidered and finished at the
edges with scallops and pinkings.
Sometimes the edges are finished with
a narrow binding stitched on the edge
or are edged with cord or braid. This
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Sweet Scented Clover.

II lunches of wild clover blossoms
found growing in the vacant lots in
the city and along the roadside In the
country are picked, put into. chees-
cloth bags, and placed in clothes clos
cts and drawers lovers of perfume
will find that their clothes have a deli
cate, sweet odor. The blossoms can
be changed each season.
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IN SOFT MATERIAL
FASHIONABLE PREFERENCE FOR
DRAPED WAISTS.
Trimmings of Embroidered Cloth or
Silk Are Used-Over Bodice OF
Peculiar But Most Becoming
Shapes.

Among the fashionable preferences
of the moment is that for the draped
waist of soft material, having a trim
ming of embroidered cloth or silk or
Of the oriental embroidery which Is
bought by the piece. Our sketch
shows such a waist in a most charm
ing design, which may we'll be II
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A sllaht MISUNDERSTANDING.

do you take any periodicals? ?" ask
ed the new clergyman on his first
round of parish visits.
well I don't" replied the woman;
but my husband takes 'em frequent.
l do wish you'd try to get him to sign
the pledge"
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New Kind Of Grandfather.

Josiah Quincy. the prominent Bos-
ton politician. was Walking near the
city hall when he heard an Irish la
borer aecost another thus:
That's Josiah Quincy"
AN who's Josiah Quincy?" the 9TH
err asked.
II niver see such ignorance" re-
Joined the first. He's the grandson
OF the statue you see in the yard"
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Missionary Work.

$50 you once lived in Africa, Sam?"
Yes, sah."
Ever do any missionary work out
there, Sam?"
"Oh, yes. sab. l was cook TO- a
cannibal chief, sah!"
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Gargle with listerine after meals.
For thick lids mop the place under
the eye with spirits of camphor night
and morning, letting it dry on. Also
wet the lids, taking ARE that none
Of the spirits gets into the eye itself.
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One of Two rhinas.
cold your nose isin

"How cold your nose ISL
Dad" declared materfamilias in
the next room. either that young
man has proposed at last or Towser
is in the parlor again."
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a Mean Remark.

Mrs. Homely - My husband is ex-
tremely hard to please.
Miss Caustique-lndeed; you don't
look 1t.
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GIVING II Time.

Jeweler - Is your watch all right
now, Mr.. Smart?
Mr. Smart-well. no, not yet; but
a. eeems to te gaining every day.
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The Correct Charge

what is this poor fellow charged
with?"
Attempted suicide. yer honor" re.
nlied the bulky officer.
explain the case"
"Yer honor, he wanted To tight
me-
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: The more worthless a man the
more fish he can catch.