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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
EVENING
CHIT-CHAT
By...
Ruth
Cameron

favorite expression of another neigh
Dor Of mine
The large grain of salt" means, of
course, that she employs her own SUI
perior wisdom in selecting what parts
OF his advice she thinks best to fol-
low.
The funny part of it all is the alb
surd way these women ignore the fact
that while they are biting off the
Doctors nose they are spiting their
own faces.
And the sad part of it is that they
do spite their faces-in other words,
don't get we'll.
Just by way of contrast I'm going
to tell YOU a little story of a woman
who, under the most trying circum
stances. had the courage to follow the
doctors advice absolutely.
She was telling me about it the
other day
when my baby was II months old
she said. she had pneumonia. The
fever kept getting worse and worse
and we tried all the ordinary means
and failed
"One day when the doctor came
her temperature was between 1O4 and
he
or three days.
He looked at her and said, Now,
am going to tell you way to save
that baby's life. If you do just what ]
say / think you can save her. If you
don't she'll probably be dead by to-
morrow
And then he told me to put the ba-
by in a tub of very cold water up to
her neck and let her stay there for
five minutes and then put her in dry
blanket, not rub her at all, but simply
lay her in it. He said that that would
take the fever downs and if it came up
to do it again.
Now, if any old women comes In
here they'll tell you not to do it, he
said, but if you care anything about
saving your baby you won't mind
what they say
| 1T was before the days of the cold
treatment for pneumonia and no one
had ever heard of such a thing and
everyone said it would kill the child
But did it,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
With the Small Farmer
Storing Fruit and Vegetables

TIL cellar under the house or some
other farm building is a good general
place for storing fruits and vegeta-
bles, as well as canned goods, but not
all of them will keep we'll there. 1t
will be too dry for some and too damp
for others.
One objection to using the dwelling
house cellar or basement for a general
food storehouse is that some of the
goods will partially or wholly decay
at some time during the fall, winter
or spring, and the odors become a nuis-
ance or a menace to health, The cell
lar is better located under the barn or
some other out building, where odors
tionable.
1t is a common practice to keep milk
in cellars with vegetables and fruit.
Milk is a great absorber of odors and
gases. and the product cannot be kept
in it's highest purity in the same room
with stored vegetables. The milk room
room should be used exclusively for
dairy products, and the ceiling, floor
and walls should be of hard and i'm
pervious material that can easily be
washed and cleaned
In the absence of a cellar, the old
fashioned earthen pit in the garden is
good place for storing apples and
most all garden vegetables Parsnips
and hOrseradish, of course, should be
left in the ground over winter, since
the freezing during winter, or rather
the freezing and gradual thawing out
over winter, makes them much milder
and of better flavor in general. For
the same reason. the earthen pit i'm
parts a mild and wholesome flavor to
fruits and vegetables stored in it.
They may freeze there, but the thaw-
ing out is so gradual that no bad eff
fects result. The protecting soil keeps
them moist and fresh, and it acts as a
filter, admitting air, but shutting out
spores of molds and GERMS. Properly
packed and covered, most vegetables,
and apples, will keep fresh and plump
longer in the earthen pit than i'm the
very best cellar The flavor of apples
will be decidedly enhanced by being
buried in the soil for several months.
Cabbage may be stored in pits in the
garden by pulling the stalks from the
soil with adhering roots and standing
them ON their heads on a layer of
straw. Fill straw among the stalks and
cover the heads so that the roots are
all exposed at the top. Cover over all
with garden soil, few inches deep
at first. and increase the depth of soil
as cold weather comes on. 1t SENS that
thae moist soil on the roots helps to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
IChiden LIZ ~ ~ ~ - ~
II
Kitchen Helps OO
1.-THE Table
Fashions
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~ - MADEMosELLE
Elk ercise an Aid to Beauty
BY MADEMoisELLE M,oriT.

the thumbs The hands should then
be raised straight up over the head, at
the same moment inhaling deeply.
Count 10 while the hands are in this
position and then lower the arms
slowly and exhale slowly. This ex-
ercise should be repeated six times
each morning and evening.
For filling the hollows in the neck
and throat an excellent exercise is to
rise upon the tips of the toes at the
moment of drawing in a long breath
and, while still standing on the balls
of the feet, hold the breath until 20
is counted. Endeavor to direct the
force against the neck and throat A
good neck exercise is to move the head
rythmically from one side to the other,
first backward and then forward and
then in a circular movement.
In sitting the spine should be held
erect, with the back braced against
the chair, 1t is the treating of the
waist as If it were a joint that causes
the aching of the back and shoulders.
a complaint Of many women. The sit
ting posture Of the untrainad body is
almost always as bad as the standing
one. But there is no excuse for the
rumpled-up stomach or the concave
chest when a woman is sewing or read
ing.
The mere art of walking gracefully is
one of the best aids to beauty. Walk
ing is one of the most beneficial of all
exercises. The body which loses it's
charm in walking is never beautiful
The outdoor walk, no matter if it is in
a pouring rainstorm, is a beautifier.
The sensible step is rather long and
the abdomen is held well in, the head
high. the shoulders back, the chest
out and it seems as though the woman
is really walking upon the balls of her
feet, though it is not a fact.
Many women select their own eXer-
else as aids to their beauty, endeavor-
ing to find the ones which will be the
most beneficial for their particular
needs. These exercises are always
taken in the morning at the time of
dressing or at night upon retiring. They
ment is soon noticed But even with
out the exercises a careful study of
han worth while.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
Maneuvers In Japan.

TOXIC, Nov. 9Th greatest mill
tary maneuvers in the history Of ia
pan were commenced today at Utso-
nomija, with total force Of 70'Ooo
fighting men participating. The pro-
gram consists of drills, target practlce
and sham battles. Military airshlps
and wireless telegraphy will be useo
The artillery corps has been equipped
with new field and machine guns TOT
the occasion. China, Great Britain
the United States and other nations
have sent army officers to witness the
maneuvers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

more active. Chinatown has been un-
der constant police espionage ever
since, because of fear that the rival
tongs would begin shooting.
Gambling is at the bottom of the
business depression that has struck
the quarter. Before Inspector John
DAILY and Police Captain Michael Gal
vim were sent to police that district
everybody was prosperous and wax
ing fat. Every gambling house was
open.
Now only the most experienced of
FOUNDERS may find a gambling house
n Chinatown. The lid is on gambling
and without games of chance China
town loses it's principal resource and
its greatest attraction
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

The average physician can deter
mine the physically sound woman by
seeing her walk across the floor He
can distinguish the ones who have
looked after their health and those who
have not. The careful study of ones
own walk will testify to the truthful
ness of the physicians statement. And
if the walk is not just right look in
the mirror will show the wrinkles that
come from i'll health.
Health determines more largely than
admitted the beauty of the woman. Ex-
ercises must be in the direction of body
development The body must be taught
to carry its various parts and move
with perfect balance and equilibrium.
Physicians say that one of the first
things to learn is to sit and stand cor
rectly. Incorrect standing and sitting
postures have been known to cause
curvature of the spine, if not predis-
posing to lung trouble Crossing the
limbs when reading or sewing is also
bad on the health, if habitual. The
arteries and veins become compressed
.9nd often cause disease. The vulgar
tendency can easily be corrected by
having a footstool at hand, and it is
needed in most cases on account of the
fact that the average chair is entirely
too high. Half of the defects in sit
ting can be blamed on the unsuitable
condition of the chairs
A good standing drill Is to stand with
the back against a board partition in
such a way that the back, head, shout
ders, elbows. palms and heels press
against it. Then wheel and face the
~, only the bust and the tip of the
nose touch the wall. The two quite
simple movements give free space for
the lung expansion. The head is held
erect of course. Children especially
should be made to practice this exer-
else.
Walking about the room on the ball
of the feet when dressing is a benefi-
cial exercise for the lower limbs,
Breathing and arm exercises will aid
much in correcting round shoulders
and hardening the bust. The arms
should be allowed to hang limp for
moment, withdrawing all the effort
from them. Then lift the hands, plac-
ing them palm to palm, and interlace
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
Through
Goggles
Glimbses
By Glen GruenSey.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6-Why anyone
should want to go from New York to
ST. Louis is almost incomprehensible
to the average citizen of the metropo-
lis. That a great many people regu-
larly do so is evident, since the COM
petition for the passenger traffic be-
tropolis has now reached a point
where two lines will put on fast
trains which will make the trip in
twenty four houre. The new schedule
on both roads goes into effect tomor-
row. Cleveland, Cincinnati and Indi-
annapolis will also benefit by the fast
trains, and the time TO Texas, Cali
fornia and other southwestern states
will be reduced by nearly four hours.
The new ST. Louis trains will have
the newest types of sleeping, drawing
room, observation, smoking and din
ing cars, all furnished in the most
magnificent and awful style known to
the Pullman company, and will have
all the modern improvements and in
conveniences, except tipless porters.
The latter haven't been invented yet.
1t is expected that other lines will
soon follow the lead of the two roads
mentioned here and put on twenty
four hour trains to the big village on
the papa of waters.
A new through service between New
York and Florida will also be inaug-
urated tomorrow The train will leave
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

4 great many women whom / know
who are extremely economical in most
respects have a peculiar habit Of
throwing away dollar-and even
larger bills-on certain occasions
Yes, he told me not to eat any po-
tatoes or starchy things. but that's
nonsense. Why, I've always heard
that potatoes were the most nourish-
ing thing you could possibly eat. OF
course, l shan't give them up"
That's what / overhead in the arc
yesterday.
If woman paid two or three dollars
for a waist or a piece Of cloth or
any material thing she wouldn't be
very apt to go out and throw it in the
dump the next day. would she?
And yet again and again I've seen
women who paid two or three dollars
for a doctors advice treat it in a way
that was equivalent to throwing it in
the dump.
The above quotation is one small
example.
I've heard and seen some thousands
of variations of that at different times
among my feminine acquaintance.
They seem to take a peculiar pride
and delight in these announcements;
to regard them, for some strange rea-
son, as declarations of independence
a foolish independence, since it is from
an authority they themselves have
sought
My doctor tells me to be out doors
at least two or three hours every day.
says one woman, but that shows lust
how much he knows about what there
is to do in a house. I guess he'd have
taken two or three hours to be out
doors yesterday if he had six white
skirts to iron for Elsie and a waist to
be finished for the whist party, besides
all the regular work"
And her confidante promptly SYM
pathizes with her in her rebellion
against that arbitrary doctor, instead
of pointing out that the doctor did not
give the prescription to amuse himself
but because he knew those two or
three hours might stand between his
patient and breakdown or death
ol, / always take what my doctor
says with a large grain of SALT. is a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

remain in the Spanish capital several
days, according to advices received
in london. From that city he will
travel incognito to Cherbourg, whence
he will leave on the Victoria and AL
bert for Portsmouth. On arrival there
he will be met by the Prince of Wales,
who will escort him to Windsor Cas-
tie, where his majesty expects to ar
rive on his twentieth birthday, No
vember Is.
The festivities at Windsor viii lin
clude gala banquet and great hunt.
Afterward King Mnuel will go to Lon
don, where he will reside at Bucking-
ham palace for four days. Later he is
to proceed to Paris and stay there,
incognito, for about a week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
Miss De Acos&a Weds.

NEW YORK, Nov "a weddihS
which has created quite futter III
New York society takes place laie
this afternoon, when Mgr. LaVeife u
the cathedral will unite Miss Maria oe
Acosta and A. Robson Sergeant. lho
ceremony will be performed at inc
home OF the brides mother. MIS-. III
cardo de Acosta in Madison avenue
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

And the minute 1 got her dry she
fell into perfectly natural sleep and
slept all night In a few days she was
out of danger"
If you were in ship on a very
stormy sea you wouldn't try to taxa
the wheel away from the pilot who
had been trained to navigate that sea
would you?
Then don't.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
Trip Down mississippi.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.-Members
of the Waterways commission, who
spent the summer investigating the
rivers of Europe, will begin an IN
spection of the Mississippi at ST Paul
today. The preliminary report of the
commission will be ready by January
1, and will consist principally of a
comparison Of the waterways Of the
United States and Europe, touching
upon navigation, irrigation and clari-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
Gotham

New York at 10:2 % a. m. The Florida
airy, and. it is said will be the finest
train ever operated between New York
and Florida, and it's time is to be
much faster than last year
New York Hebrews are preparing to
entertain some of the most distin-
guished of their faith next week, when
the Conference of American Rabbits
will hold it's yearly convention here
for the first time in seventeen years
The conference is the official organi
zation of the Reformed Jewish congre
cations of the United States and Can
ada.
This year the conference was post
poned until November so that the rab-
of the centenaries of Dr. David Elm
horn and DIR. Samuel Adler. two of
New York's earliest reformed rabbis,
who to a large extent established the
church i'm this country half a century
ago.
Among the vital questions to be
considered at the meeting is that of
intermarriage between Jew and
Christian A decision of unusual i'm
portance to the reformed Jews is ex-
pected.
An attempt will be made to provide
more religious quarters for the Jew
ish workingman Religious education
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fication. The commission expects To
eventually cover the whole subject OF
water transportation in the United
States. Senator Theodore E. Burton is
chairman of the commission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

LONDON, Nov. 6-King Manuel of
Portugal, with his suite, will leave
Lisbon tomorrow for Madrid and will
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06
KING MANUEL ON TOUR.

Will Leave Lisbon for his Delayed
Journey.
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among Jewish children will also be
a visit to Ellis Island. One of the
meetings of the conference will be
held on the East Side in the audito-
rum of the Educational Alliance, and
another afternoon will be set aside for
visiting a number of the large Jewish
institutions of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21

pure ssal1msnt rather than by any
fear that the disappearance Of the
birds would be followed by the depop-
uladon of the globe. The feeling Of
humanity has done much to check the
thoughtless slaughter Of the song and
insectivorous birds.
Their close eompanionship may be
won " him who win seek 1t in sym.
patty and in kindness.
Possibly the use of story and illus.
tration will make en- impression upon
the mind. With the exception Of
few berries and cherries, the food of
the common robin consists entirely Of
insects. The robin at certain seasons
Of the year eats about double its
weight In insects every day. At first
glance, the robin being comparative.
ly small, 1t may not seem that this
gustatory performance is anything re-
markable. but stop moment to make
comparison. A man, in order to sat
}isfy an equally well-developed appe.
lite, would have to eat about 300
pounds Of food all told at his three
daily meals. To have the capacity to
care for this amount Of provender he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21
ADULT
1tsIuAg. Ess- IRAA ONE WEEK OLD
The sparrow's Diet:

hole by the owner Of the yard ma
king it SO small that the sparrows
could not enter. while the wrens. had
no difficulty in slicaing in. They now
have second nest full of eggs.
This instance is given simply to
show the nature Of the sparrow and
to point out what It is doing to our
native insectivorous birds all over the
United States.
The farmer and the fruit grower
looked upon nearly every species of
birds as his enemy. Sentiment is
changing. and there are birds whose
appearance few years ago was the
signal for taking down the shotgun
whose coming now is hailed and
whose companionship is cultivated.
The kingbird (tyrannus tyrannus).
once killed on sight by every farmer
who had q hive Of bees on his place,
IS now allowed to perch unmolested
above the dome-shaped homes Of the
honey-makers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21
oIdtIme Treatment Of Maniac.

vienna's Fools tower" which ia
to be replaced by a more modern
building, was remarkable for its ex.
traordinary collection of strange in.
struments and letters used in the
treatment of the insane of past ages.
There was curious machine in which
unruly maniacs were swung until they
were In state Of stupefaction and
therefore quiet. And the same idea
caused the invention of wheel that
revolved like that in modern squirrel
cage. There was a narrow upright
box called an English coffin," from
which the patient could look out. but
could not move. When it was built
in 1894, the Fools tower marked a
great change for the better in the
housing Of the insane. From 200 to $50
patients occupied Its 1879 cells.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21

ignoring grain, seek as food the pests
which prey upon the vegetation.
Friends of the sparrow may say
that its grain Is largely the waste
grain of the city streets. but the
sparrow is spreading all over the
face of the land and is becoming the
dread foe of the farmer in the fields of
corn and wheat.
A pair Of house wrens started to
build a nest in box which had been
nailed on the top Of post in the rear
of a city residence. The person who
put up the home for Jenny and her
husband made the mistake of cutting
too large hole for an entrance. Aft,
er the nest was completed and the
eggs were laid two English sparrows
came along during the temporary alb
sence of the wrens, broke all the eggs
and threw large part of the nest out
sof the box. The wrens are fighters and
would have thrashed the sparrows If
they had caught them at their tricks
They viewed the destruction of their
home with dismay and anger, but soon
started in to build again. A cleat was
nailed over part of the entrance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21

emitting peculiar sQueaking note far
up above the Office buildings of the
great busy towns. 1t is only within
comparatively recent years that the
nighthawks have shown a liking for
city life. They have found in gravel
covered roofs fair substitute for the
stony country field in which in former
years they made their nests. Their
eggs are now found frequently upon
the roofs of Office buildings in all the
large cities Of the country.
The nighthawk zigzags It's way
across the sky in a flight that it
makes the head swim to watch. It has
long wings and is thickly feathered, a
circumstance which gives it an appear
ance of size that is not real. 1t is the
nighthawk's stomach and what goes
into it that brought the bird to the
favorable notice Of Uncle Sam. In
capacity the stomach equals that of
the domestic pigeon, whose body is at
least twice as large as that of the
nighthawk.
In reporting on this bird the gov
eminent expert said: "This enormous
stomach must be kept filled to supply
motive power for the long wings,
which are kept in motion so many
hours. The food consists of insects
taken on the wing and the bird fills
its great stomach almost to breaking.
The wholesale killing Of the night
hawks entails an almost incalculable
injury upon the agricultural inter-
ests."
The instances which have been Civ
en- are sufficient to show the necessity
for the preservation of certain forms
of the bird life of the United States.
The examples Of the birds usefulness
to man might be extended until they
comprise nearly every family of birds
on the continent. There are of course,
some injurious species, but these all
taken together would number, as
someone has put it. but few more
birds than were found in Lord Dun.
dreary's famous flock.
There Is another side to this bird
preservation matter. 1t is, if you will,
the sentimental side. The bird adds
both color and music to our lives. In
the birdless day that summer will be
drear indeed when song is hushed and
silence reigns.
EDWARD B. CLARK.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21
Hitter.,x.sts Of Spring.

f.
In the spring the young mans fancy, on0.
the older snans6 ~ wei, AT
Turns to whore tho ti$tde btoo11ets gm01so
down the drowsy dell,
Where the splashlnG falls surrender "a
the ever waiting pool
And tho golden trout are dass1na - The
rapids swift and COOL
He can hear the p,ir1ing waters a they
hash the NOISY stones,
And they thrill his pent-up spirit with
their gfad. inviting tones.
He can go the sweeping meadows and
the woodland bare and brown.
He can Wish that he were thtther, bat no
has to stay in town.
In the eprtng the young mans fancy
tuxns UPON his rod and reel.
And ha h0Aca ont his leaders and his
lines and hins nnd crael;
Then he varnishas his iancswood, ana
Zach Joint h vasslinea,
While he tests his lines and leaders for
tho coming battle scenes.
Everything Is Oiled and poliahsd and all
ready FOR The fray
When no learns the 'toose'' wont 1t him
of Tor even ham day.
And his draasns have all bean shattered
and his spirits aye oAet DOWN
He would like to vAtp those wNteruL but
he has TO stay In to~'n.
Joe Cone In Boston Herald