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placed In front of mother. for in this meal
there is no carving to be done. More
over, 1t is fact that in the hurry of the
morning meal father is apt TO have little
time for his own meal. and virtually none
to give to the help of the other members
of the family.
This school of domestic science is meant
above all things to be practical Miss
Eastman might say that father has no
business to be engrossed in his own at
fairs in the morning. that it is a crime for
him to scan his paper to see what the
market did or how business is. but the
teacher does not attempt the gigantic task
of trying to alter the habits of that great
bear, the man in the house.
Perhaps she knows the futility Of such
an effort. Instead she assumes that the
great father brother or husband bear is
likely to remain pretty much the same
through succeeding generations. and dl-
reefs her attention to training his women
folks to introduce into the home its at
lection, it's cheerfulness and Difference to
the polite usages.
Breakfast over. the children assail the
task of washing and drying the dishes.
This, the least liked phase of all house
| hold work in the minds of many women,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
Written for The Star.

~HE complaining housewife, sheer
of the humorists and bane of
many married mans life, will
be fewer in the next generation
If the plans of the Presbyterian
Settlement House In Philadelphia are put
Into practice throughout the rest of the
country.
It is the purpose of this excellent organ
ization to take the future mothers while
they are still in their tender years. and
Lteach them that housekeeping. far from
being the drudgery it is represented to be-
can really be converted into pleasure
by cheerful mind.
The system is a sort of playing make
believe housekeeping that game which
/ has ever been popular with little girls. the
only difference being that instead of fol-
lowing their own whims. the youngsters
/ are taught how to do things properly.
Thus while getting just as much pleas
ure out Of the diversion they are fmbib
ing valuable Information to the way
! the cares Of the household should be dis
charged.
Miss Leila Eastman is the teacher of
this novel class. The conditions to join
are by no means onerous. There is no
preparatory course or examination All
that the candidates must do is present
themselves with nicely combed hair and
washed hands and faces.
After that the little mothers are put
through class in housekeeping, but with
a system so we'll devised that the new
conner would hardly suspect that 1t was
lesson at ALL 1t all seems like play, pure
ly and simply. when the little ones are go
ing through their PAGES.
This lesson. in putting poetry into the
work that falls to the lot of every wom-
an. rich or poor in some degree. and for
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qured to learn this schedule thoroughly.
Then is explained to them the superior
wisdom of looking ahead They are told
that some things that cook slowly. as, for
instance. boiled ham or pudding, or
anything that. according to the COOK
book ought to he allowed to simmer. can
be cooking while the other work OF the
day the housekeeping and marketing.
for instance. is being performed. All that
is required is little planning and fore
sight.
There is TO attempt made to turn the
youngsters into accomplished cooks, their
years are still too tender for that. While
little things they prepare are the SIM
plest of viands The desire is less to teach
them the preparation of food than the
science of running a home cheerfuliy.
Any groWn-up mothers will say that they
developed their hatred of Housekeeping by
the enforced helping they had to do as
little girls, when the time they gave was
taken from their pleasures.
X
Miss Eastman wants to make the chill
dren feel that housekeeping is really
part of their fun and by starting early to
instill this idea to keep them from ever
getting dislike for IL.
Moreover it is a lesson in good man
ners In the serving of a dinner various
roles are ass gned. One of the girls i'm
personates father. another is mother a
third is the waitress and the others as
sumo the roles of brothers, sisters. etc
Now the platter containing the roast
heef or the turkey or the chicken. goes
in front of father. for his is the task OF
cutting it. How to hold the knife ana
fork the obligation of passing plates ana
aiding the others to get their quota, Inc
crime of making an unnecessary noise, es-
pecially in the transferring of soup into
the digestive mechanism, are all points
that are driven home by the teacher.
Some mere men in decade or SO VIII
nrotit by the excellent work OF common
sense and affection now being performed
in this little settlement.
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Half "Hydraphoby.'
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia PUBIC Ledger
81 was down in a little southern town
the other day" said a commercial trav-
eler where a new system of water
works had just been installed. All the
drinking water for the town was pumped
in from an artesian well on the out
skirts of the town. The inhabitants were
immensely proud of their new water, and
at every place | stopped | was urged to
take a drink of il, Deing assured at the
same time with great impressiveness that
il had been 'anayzed and found to be
half hydrogen This mystic expression
seemed to have a strange fascination for
most of the citizens.
FINALLY l stopped at the town pump in
the middle of the square in front of the
county courthouse. and as | worked the
pump handle | thought | would find out
what an old negro leaning against a tree
nearby would say.
"'Uncle,' | said is this good water
Sho'. he replied with enthusiasm.
"W'y, sab dat water is done been scan
lived an foun' ter be hat hydraphoby,
sahr -
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- they do it, unused the
NAl Hotel Clerk, as he gazed
wv with a mournful eye on
two souvenir postal cards
that had come to him in the mornings
mail. why. / ask you, Larry should an
unknown and doubtless unpleasant party
signing himself Bill eXpend the sum of
/ cent in United States currency in order
10 convey to my attention an inspiring
view of the new iron bridge over Mink
creek. near Pokeville. Ia. accompanied by
this kind message, Having swell time
here-wish you were with us. Well. III
say this much for Mysterious William
he's alone in. his wish. It's because orr
fair country is SO thickly studded with
Pokevilles that Chicago is growing and
New York is congested.
And here's one that's been sent ali the
way from Goober City. Ark. by some
body who evidently answers to the initials
p J. W. Probably he's chosen this
delicate and timely method of informing
me that all Is well with Goober City at
this writing / have no doubt that Goober
CITY Is one of those delightful southwest
ern points that's struggled down behind
couple of way-billed freight cars and max
ing a desperate effort to keep two cypress
swamps from merging together and be
coming as one. l have no doubt that Il
has all the appurtenances and hei edita-
ments that are customarily found in such
a center of civilization, including The
Drummers Home Best Two-DOllar Ho-
reI In The State. J. Grimes, Proprietor.
With Large Sample Roons'; pair of
cast-iron dogs pursuing porcelain rab-
bit across the lawn of the wealthiest resi-
dent: a 'Pythian Hall with tin cornice
Weighing two tons: a railroad station
that enjoys the unqualified support of the
best citizens at train time. a large color
ed population and a smallpox scare twice
a year I've no doubt that Goober City
has its hopes and fears, its ambitions. its
bank panics and its defaulting cashiers.
just as any other metropolis in the great
and teeming elsewhere does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

From this distance ii looks, Larry, as
if the Kentucky democrats were getting
cured of the Bryan habit. The same
may be said of the republicans in the
state of Ohio. only tbs the Foraker habit
that the Ohio bunch is getting cured Of
At one time Senator Foraker known as
The Human Fire Alarm but since ex-
tinguished, was believed to carry Ohio
around in his vest pocket. But he got
careless and somebody picked his pocket.
ONLY he didn't know it, you see He
thought it was sill there And so he
stated that his esteemed but loathsome
fellow citizen, Big Bill Taft, should
never carry the state for President. They
argued with him. but he announced tina.
from the stand he had assumed he would
not abate' one jot nor little.
What happened is now history Larry
In the course of. "a few days Senator For
aker abated several of his jots and the
day after the state convention met he
woke up without little to his back. So
now Messrs. Bryan and Foraker have
something in common. although still in
politics as far apart the polls. as
the poet says They come under the head
Of ex-habits.
You wuz speakin just now OF iots
and Titles" said the House petectira
..Wot is a jot and tittle?"
Larry" said the Hotel Clerk. after a
perceptible pause. IF l tell you YOU
won't let on TO n soul?
No promised the House Detective.
We'll them said the Hotel Clerk
slowly, I'm tell YOU this much and no
more one large jot is big as two
small titles
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Il feel morally certain that Goober City
has a local option election coming on this
spring. with feeling intense both sides
and revival meeting passing off, with
feelings similar.
I'm due season j am reasonably sure
that she will have an ice cream festival
and kurmiss with Chinese lanterns. on
the vacant lot adjoining the First Baptist
Church under the auspices of the Ladies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
SAFETY OF TRAVELLING WOMEN IN METROPOLITAN HOTELS

ing after O'Clock at night has to sit
all night in depot waiting room or hunt
IN some special shelter for women is as
foolish as it is malicious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
No More Leisure.
From Life

From LIE.
Leisure is an obsolete form of killing
time 1t once existed in large quaint
ties. 1t is now, however, d thing OF the
past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

some part Of her life, begins with the start
of the day.
Figuratively each of the little ones has
just arisen and faces days round of
homework.
The first thing to do is naturally to
build fire. that feature of domestic econ
omy upon which depends the morning
meal of the master of the house as well as
a warm place in which he can dress and
have his morning crouch soothed.
Every woman knows the vital impor-
lance of this incident. and the whole proc
ess of starting blaze by punching up
newspaper, laying the sticks of wood
across 1t, putting on little small coal and
then when the blaze has caught working
up to the big coal that insures heat and
permanency for the fire. has been care
fully explained to the little ones, with
final and most serious injunction:
Never. either now or in the future
coax along q slow fire with the addition
of coal oil.
During the making of the fire the little
ones sing song whose CHEEKY measures
are calculated to make the most perverse
kindling catch, and when the blaze has
finally assumed proportions that insure
enough heat for cooking. a modest little
breakfast Of eggs and bacon is prepared.
the same song accompanying the progress
of every step.
been confined to one. The little mothers
have been taught the Importance of the
first meal of the day, that in Ameri-
can domestic economy is not always given
its Importance as the meal on which a I
man must do the greater part of his days
work, since the pernicious custom of
grabbing only a quick lunch in the middle !
of the day has now been followed so
steadily that il is become an institution.
While breakfast is appetizingly cooking !
the table is prepared. This is a very |
exact art. Every item of table use has |
a place in the plans of Miss Eastman. a |
fixed place. Knives. forks. spoons. etc. |
have certain relation to each other. and |
should be placed with regard to conyen-
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seems no hardship in the merry way the
class does it, with song as an accompanl-
ment.
When the last dish has been put in the
closet the class turns its attention to tidy
ing the house.
To the bedroom they troop. The COW
ers are hung from the windows to ar
the room is thrown open on all sioes 50
as 10 assure all possible ventilation. Max
ing the bed is an advanced performance.
The clothes must come in certain oruer'
with counterpart and pillow shams last.
Then come scrubbing and sweeping
Not a spot of dust is allowed TO sur
yiye this onslaught of the cleaning brl-
gade knowing that the keen eyes OF the
teacher will peer into the corners TO us
cover possible survival of dust. or may
hap some soap suds that nave nol 80
nronerly rinsed out the little ones make
the most determined efforts to assure ab-
solute cleanliness, and meantime goes Oh
their little song.
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guides, wise in the values of special
ties in the great stores, who will see
that our woman guests find what they
want and pay the right price for It,
If a woman guest wants to drive about
New York she is sent out with a hotel
chauffeur, and a complete record of the
taximeter cab is kept in the office.
Our transportation bureau has spe-
cial department for women, under the
daughter How this bureau works for
women may be illustrated by concrete
case. At half-past twelve one night the
hotel was called up on the phone by
a young woman. She stated that her
train had arrived five hours late, and
she had missed connections to a suburb.
She didn't know anything about the
New York hotels. Gould we helm her ~
Instantly a uniformed guide was sent
to the depot. He arranged tor the
transfer of her baggage to the Jer-
sey depot, brought her to the hotel.
where the night housekeeper met her,
and she was assigned to a room. Her
friends in Jersey, who happened to have
a telephone, were notified of ner safety.
X
I'm the morning the transportation
bureau took her to the depot, saw that
she had the right ticket and caught her
train and then notified her friends to
meet her If the girl had been going to
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This is one lesson. Another mas 10 uo
with the preparation of dinner nc
length of time 1t takes various meats anu
vegetables to cook is set down on prili'eo
cards and the future mothers are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

of the accursed brood of republicans to
the United States Senate. Something must
be done to avert the peril.
Twas at this juncture that Mr.. Bryan
stepped into the breach. He assembled
the hostile democratic members and told
them in plain words that he expected
them to promptly elect a young gentle
man named Beckham, whose principal
qualifications for the Job were that he
could wear a frock coat with grace rarely
equaled and never eXcelled, even in
community of statesmen. and that he be-
longed to a proud old family that had
always held office. They listened to him
with deep respect, and then turned right
in and elected party who's been re-
publican ever since the good old days
when a man casting a republican ballot
in Kentucky did it with a revolver In
one hand and railway ticket TO the
state-lne in the other.
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I'm fact. we have special and elaborate
machinery Just to care for women who
come to New York alone to do their shop
ping CT attend to business. Our policy
has been, and is. that the hotel should be
Il place To which man might confidently
send his young daughter. In fact, some
OF our man guests from the south and
west. who have daughters studying at
eastern colleges or travelling abroad, have
made special arrangements with us to
have the hotel meet their daughters at
depots or steamships, conduct them safe
~ to the hotel, supervise their stay in
New York, and finally put them on the
train again TO take them to their destina-
tons
ITO carry out such requests as these
the hotel has constantly on duty a num-
Der of chaperons to take unattended
woman guests out in the evening to the
theaters.
There are also woman shopping
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properly as a lady. and gives her ac-
commodations without hesitation. If such
Il guest should later give us any cause
for suspicion that, of course, would put
her in different class, to be dealt with
individually. And righ. here / want to
say that we have given accommodations
to hundreds of single woman travellers
and have never had reason to regret our
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

<~RP YHY in Heavens name do
II they do it?' unused the
AAl Hotel Clerk as he gaZed
wv with mournful eye on
,n,o post al "a I'd
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-13
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely derang@
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such ar
ticles should never be used except On
prescriptions from reputable physi~
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. In buying Halls Catarrn
Cure be sure You get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimo-
malls free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bot
tie.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
tipatiOn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-13
FILE MANY DEEDS
FOR RIGHT OF WAY
E. S. ISAACS AND ASSOCIATES
PUSHING PLANS FOR NEW
ELECTRIC LINE.

PENDLETON. May 13.-Six electric
line right OF way deeds wee filed here
for record Monday and they are evil
IDENTITY for the road thai is projected
from Walla Walia through the niue
mountains to Union county. Not ione:
ago a number Of similar deeds were re-
corded and from the descriptions Civ
en- in those filed Monday it is apparent
that the company is bent on building
through the mountains.
The right of way deeds just record
ed are made to S. Drumheller and f.
S. Isaacs and in each case the consid-
Grafton named is 81. The grantors
are S. y. Merriman, II. f. White,
John Bade. Andrew Anderson, w.
and james Thompson.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-13
GEE CLUBS IN
CONCERT TONIGHT
GIRL SINGERS OF WHITMAN WILL
TAKE PART IN EXCELLENT
PROGRAM.

In the Whitman college chapel TO-
night glee clubs of Whitman college will
give a concert in which the girls will
have the preponderance of the parts.
Natural talent and hard work has made
the glee club one of the best the CO..
lege has ever had and the program is
sure to be one that will please every
one. 1t is as follows:
"A Daughter Of the Sea" F. Cowan
The Sea Maiden-Mrs. Apply
The Sea Witch-Maud Mallory
The Sisters-Nina Markedly Ella
Ayers. Mabel McCanse.
1.-I;hOrus- The Sun Has Set"
g ADMINISTRATION haired Maid
tThe Sisters)-"Why so sad. dear
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-13

sister Ours?"
-Solc-(The Sea Maid)-'It was the
night"
(The Sisters not that"
4-Chorus-"In her cavern"
Scena-CThe Sea Maid and the
Witch)-'I know the boom"
Solo-(The Witch) and Chorus
Then sleep, while Ger thee"
Interlude-"She wakens
again.
6.-tThe Sisters)-"Sister, we come
thy life to save"
Solo (The Sea Maid)-"How calm
and peacefully he sleeps"
(The Sea Maid and Chorus
Farewell to the mists'
PART II.
The Starry Host ....... Ludwig Wilde
A Chorus of the Glee Clubs.
(a) Cradle Song Violin OBJ .Gayno Or
(b) Burst we Aplebuds ..... Emery
Edna Melcher
Duett-'Neath the Stars ..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A. Goring Thomas
Ella Ayers, Mabel McCanse.
Legends Observation-Disclosures. Mohring
Double Quartette
Italia Beloved "Lucretia'' .DoniZetti
A Chorus of the Glee Club,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-13

1t is specified in the agreements
that the grantees shall use the land
specified as a right of way for al.
electric line to be built from Walla
Walla and that the line shall be in
operation within two years
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-29
HOW is Youk sroMAcHs
Easy Way to Strengthen 1t and Get
Well.

A good digestive system. one that
acts 90 that you do not know that you
have a stomach. Is Gods birthright to
every man-to every woman.
II digestion IL weak, II food turns
into gas. IL you suffer after eating, II
you are sleepIess. nervous and out of
sorts--then the stomach is diseased
and prompt action should be taken.
w. A. Ennis. a well-known builder
In Syracuse, tells an easy way to
strengthen the stomach and get well
when he writes: "Mi-o-na Stomach
Tablets have done more for me in
one week than all the doctors the two
years I was under their care. Thanks
to .Mi-o-na. I can work once more, the
nrst time In over a year"
It Is an easy thing to strengthen the
stomach and cure indigestion by using
Miro-na. Get q 60-cent box from J. F..
w, DeLorme with his guarantee to
refund the money unless the remedy
does all that Is claimed for II.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-29
SEVERAL BUILDINGS ASSURED.
100000 Appropriation for Federal
Buildings in This State Likely.

Washington, April 23.-While The
News and Courier correspondent is
not in position to give exact inform
alton regarding what congress will do
when the public buildings bill is re-
ported tomorrow for Orangeburg,
Aiken, Newberry. Darlington. Gaffney.
Laurens, Union, Anderson, Sumter, CO.
lumbia, Edgefield. Abbeville and Cam
den in the way Of federal buildings, it
is assured that Of the places named
seven or eight will get direct appro-
priations. Three will be taken care Of
to a small extent and the others will
not share in the expenditure Of public
money this year.
The total amount that will go to
those places is said to be little over
100000.
This information is believed to be
correct. but until the bill carrying the
different amounts is formally reported
more definite information cannot be
given.
With more than 100000 being ex-
pended in South Carolina next year
for labor and materials Of different
kinds it should go far towards giving
trade and employment to those suf-
fering from the present money depres-
sion. should it continue until that
time. 1t will mean also that one OF
the stubbornest fights Speaker Cannon
has ever put up against any appro.
priation bill has been won.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-29
PosToFFICE APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation for Federal Building in
Orangeburg Likely-Sumter and
Columbia I'm Doubtful Column.

Washington, April Alt is ru-
mored today that when the public
buildings and grounds committee of
the house brings in it's bill this week
Orangeburg will be taken care of. 1t
Is also rumored that Sumter may not
get anything this year, and that while
Columbia may not get any appropria-
ton some provision may be inserted
In the bill to take care of her present
needs.
The members Of the committee.
who have been seen about the matter,
Will not say positively what will be
done. but the above rumors were cur
rent today and are believed to be we'll
founded.
The committees that recently came
to Washington representing Columbia,
Sumter and Orangeburg made a splen-
did impression on the members Of
congress with whom they came in con-
tact, and were it not for the fact that
the bill to be passed this year will
amount to only about $12,500, 900, half
the usual amount, there is every rea-
son to believe that Sumter, Columbia
and Orangeburg would all fare liber-
ally.