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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to tho
subject OF building for the readers Of
this paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
.urer. he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
al inquiries TO william A. Radford, No.
i94 Fifth Ave. Chicago. H.. and oIAg
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
You may look at thousand house
plans and not find two alike. Still
certain things must necessarily have
q similarity of plan or construction.
People are different and houses are
bding built to meet the requirements
OF individuals, and this has led to a
great many different designs and ar
rangements of rooms. Fashion also
has Its influence, but 1t is pleasing to
notice that fashion In house building
OF late has taken very sensible turn.
The most noticeable modern fash
ionabie improvement is the large liv-
ing room. Housekeeping. like busi-
ness, is becoming more complicated
each year so that more is required of
house. Still we are simplifying
some things, fact that helps us to
secure more room or better conven-
fences In some other direction. A
few years ago we felt obliged to build
and furnish two parlors. We called
them front parlor and back parlor. A
fancy set of furniture was necessary
to make the first room presentable.
Each piece must conform to the same
pattern, both IN woodwork and in COW
ering material Some of these par
lor sets were elaborate affairs that
cost accordingly. while others were
but cheap limitations of their wealthy
neighbors.
In all probability these secondary
attempts to follow set rule in house
furnishing are what really called at
tention to the absurdity of the Gus.
tom and helped more than anything
else to abolish 1t. And now we can
build house with living room that
is big enough to hold our friends in
addition to the members of our fam
lily and We can furnish 1t with Just
as many odd pieces of comfortable
furniture as we want and the differ
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
SPRAYING POTATOES
AGAINST BLIGHT
Directions Given by the wiscon-
sin Experiment Station for
Making Mixture.

We take the following directions
from the b"lletin issued by the Wis
consin experiment station on spraying
potatoes against blight:
"One hundred and fifty pounds of
blue vitrol, 200 pounds of fresh lime,
five cents worth of potassium ferro-
cyanide crystals. The 200 pounds of
fresh lime will be sufficient for the
season, and should De bought In small
lots at the sme OF spraying. The first
application will require 40 pounds of
blue vitrol and 80 pounds OF fresh
lime. Suspend the blue vitrol In one
half barrel water (25 gallons) the
evening before spraying.
Hang the blue vitrol well up from
the bottom Of the barrel. and use,
when possible. only wooden or copper
vessels in handling the solution. Iron
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
Cure fer Lonesomsnsss.

You can trust red-haired person
You can trust them to do as they
please. They are rather warm to have
around In summer. and there are
those who DO not appreciate their Ie
culiar style OF beauty. Blu, the red
headed girl is q winner-and the man
who gets one will not be lonesome.
he will soon find out whether he has
drawn a Titian'haired angel or com.
bination of cyclone and sunset,
Baltimore Sun.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
Srltish Women and IN. Professions,

0sitish Women and the Professions.
There are comparatively few wom-
On In professional life IN Great Brit.
ain. There still are restrictions
against women in the law, and the
woman physician is a rarity. Also
there are only few British women
at the heads OF churches. Miss liar.
net Offer Baker breaches in a Con.
gregational hall In a small village in
Sussex. and Miss l.. c. r. Smith re-
ssntly was elected pastor of a small
congregation r. Cardiff. IL is ex.
eected. however that there will be a
pig increase In women entering the
professions within the nevt few years.
English girls are beginning IN crowd
Into the colleges and universities in
the same way as in this country, and
there can be only one result 10 this
spread of higher education. The won.
On as they are graduated will turn
naturally to 's4 professions, as they
save done Ia america. France and
Germany.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
Laughter a Series of eark..

Laughing is barking. say the sci.
entists. The neck and Aead are
thrown back while series of short
barks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the barks may be,
they are barks. The laugh begins
with sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles of the chest and abb
domen. But instead Of opening to let
the air pass out of the lungs, the vocal
cords approach each other and hold It
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for more
than an instant, and the air, which is
under pressure, promptly escapes. As
It does so 1t makes the vocal cords VI
brate producing the bark.
This obstruction and liberation of
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of a
quarter OF second. There are thus
In hearty laugh four barks a second,
and II continued, they 20 on at that
rate as long as the air reserve IN the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then fill themselves, and this in.
terval is marked by a quick gasp for
breath, after which the barks are re-
newed. The barks occur in series
with gasps for breath at intervals.
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates. The upper part of
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways =" right and left.
The feet stamp on the hoor, while the
hands are pressed upon the Ioins to
moderate the painful spasm.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

so you don't think Mars would re-
ply, even IL we did send signals?
Il am almost convinced that II ere
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
Then you don't believe that Mars
10 inhabited?"
"On the contrary. think Il ex.
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours ?"
Yes. am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
We display. There az many indica.
tions that they have a civilization old.
er than ours. in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
teal proposition"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
SETS BOYS ON RIGHT PATH
Excellent Results Of the "BIg Brother
Treatment" as Prso'iosd In
New YSrt.

II by any chance Sov ssm-s ~
eslieve himself pariah- h---outsifs VI
things, as they move. aud the people
that help nova then--ths sure way
. bring him back into the right psth
Ia to encourage ,hs grnwtb nj self
respect. Just AZ soun &c n boy dis
covers that there Is one person In
the world TO whom his existence ia of
interest. the possibilities of lifo are
suddenly revealed to him.
This Ia part OF the big brother treat.
ment" that Mr.. Ernest X. Coulter orig.
mated in New York, FIVE or more
pears ago. Men of means and help
fui impulses constitute themselves
big brothers" OF poor and waywsrd
boys. and treat them with the indivld.
ual interest brother ought to show.
The big brother treatment is not ad.
ninistered by means OF sermons,
writer In the New York Sun declares,
but by suggestion.
When miserable boy is invited to
. gentlemans home and treated as IL
he were himself a gentleman. he be.
neves that he is one, and the idea
once grosped. he does not easily let
60 OF IL.
One OF the big bro,hsrs In New
York city tells Of coming home early
one evening, to find his little broth.
Or" sitting on the steps. The resi-.
dsnce is on Park averne. and the boy
had walked from Grand street. They
sat and chatted Tor awhile; then the
big brother asked II there WAS any
thing that he could do for tho little
brother
"Oh, nothing at all. thank you. Mr..
B." said the little brother, airily dis
missing the question.
When he finally rose to say good.
sight, the big brother, fearing there
might be something back. again ques.
toned him. Again the little brother
denied having any trouble"
The bully thing about you, Mr.. b..
as. said he. with an explanatory air.
that a feller can come and see you
when there amt anything the matter
With him. Youths companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
The Way Hs Did II.

Jenkins-Well. sir. l gave it to that
man straight, can tell you. lie is
twice as big as am, too, but told
nim exactly what ! thought OF his ras-
caiiy conduct right to his face. and I
,aHed him all the names in the die
aonary' and lot of others az well.
studds--And didn't he try to hit
you, jenkins?
1enkns-No. sir. he didn't And
when he tried to answer bach. I fust
surs up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
singer Financed BY sy,s,os.s.

A syndicate, with capital OF S..
900 In IS shares. has been formed In
Australia to send Young lady with
. remarkat' voice TO be trrlued by
Nine. Marc in Paris. She has en-.
BRED into an engagement TO give on
Asr return a aevies of concerts in the
principal Australian cities, under the
direction OF the syndicate. whose
members hope and eNnect In this way
TO get their capital hrck plus q sub
tAntial divN 4
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

inches by feet. One side is
left blank for book cases. The
cases may be built In with the
partition II so desired. There is room
enough left for roll top desk and a
typewriter. Sometimes the two are
combined. but as a general thing men
prefer q typewriter on separate
desk or table built for the purpose
A dictionary stand on cssiers and a
cabinet Of drawers to nolf papers,
pamphlets, etc. are neces,ary articles
of furniture In room like this. A
center library table is all right II you
have room for It. A den will bear
eonsiSerabls crowding At the same
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

time you want room for a Morris
chair and one or two other chairs that
are comfortable to sit in when read
ing.
There is an advantage in the cor
ner because you can have windows on
two sides. 1t is better not only for
light but for ventilation, and these
little rooms need provision for a con-
slant change or air. Sometimes q
good deal of business is transacted in
these little Office dens and they are
just as appropriate for a smoking den
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

ent pieces may vary in value as well
as in design.
Other requirements in house build
ing call for ingenuity along the line
Of especial invention to meet certain
requirements. For instance. some
men have certain office hours at home
and find 1t profitable to fit up an Of
flee which they call a den. In this
house plan the space back of the
large living room Is intended for this
purpose. Some OF these rooms are
fitted with a solid door to shut out
the disturbances of talking when the
wife has callers in the big room.
The dSn itself is 10 feet 6
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21

as they would be If fitted especially
fer that purpose.
The size of this house is 20 feet in
width by 35 feet from front to back
When the lot is wide enough front
like this is worth having. 1t gives
you an opportunity to lay out good,
big, sensible rooms in the front part
of the house where you have the light
and the view Of the street. The old
fashioned plan Of shutting up the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-10-21
MOUSE AND RAT
PROOF CRIB
Novel Way Of Getting Rid Of
Pests-Nfust Move When
Corn Doea.

The accompanying illustration gives
an idea for a small corn crib that will
be proof against rats and mice. Re
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

films. If he doesn't run an orderly
place he can't have a license; the
minute his place becomes disor-
derby, according to the trusts
plans, the man will be considered
as a thorn in the side of the COM
pany and menace to the business.
The trust will issue two new
films every day. from its constitu-
ent companies.
These films must be up to high
standard of morality and photo
graphic excellence or they will not
be accepted.
1t will cost millions of dollars to
produce these films. To view them
the public will spend many more
millions.
In New York the trust expects
that half of the $50 show men will
go out of business, under the new
rules.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
PHILADELPHIA TOM CHALLENGES
SANDY TO BIG ENDURANCE RACE

The Fourth Is coming and with 1t
an endurance wheelbarrow race be-
tween Philadelphia Tom Smith and
Sandy" the veteran fireman at
No. s. II will be the biggest event
In the half dozen years Spokane
has passed up Independence day.
philadelphia Tom" was volun-
teer In fire department No. 4 in>the
old town OF brotherly love and the
way he tells 1t, he will give SANDY"
run for his life. He, with his
brother fire ladies in "Philadel-
ply" had no need for horses.
They'd just dash up the hills a cou-
pie of miles sometimes and have a
stream of water playing on a blaze
In jiffy. They used to go out on
the Fourth of July and other days
of celebration, Tom says, and with
heavy hose cart dangling behind,
make all early day sprinting rec.
ords look pale.
Now Sandy" who says he's only
As. is q pretty good Splinter him
self, as he has demonstrated time
and again around the corner of
Front avenue and Howard street.
just about Sandy's meal time up
home and when the stubborn car
Just kept on going despitGnthe old
fireman sh0uta to the sleepy con.
ductor. The way he'd overhaul
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
BY W. G. sHEPHERD.


special Cor1sspsudsucs 70 me 1rssa
NEW YORK, March 15.-The
moving picture trust is going to
clean up the moving picture bust
ness. 4
1t isn't going to order anybody
to 60 out of business.
1t is- simply going to raise the
standard of moving picture shows
SO high that the fellows who live
by giving low shows will fall out
of business.
The spokesman of the Motion
Picture Patents Co., the new and
powerful trust, which. since Feb. l,
has taken control of the manufac-
ture of films, the renting Of, films;
and, finally, their display, Is j. J.
Kennedy, So Broadway, N. Y.
Yes he said, Il know the NOV
ing picture business is in bad re-
pute.
1--WE have had a special investi-
cation. l can tell you more about
the indecency and evils of some OF
these shows ands how places, In
every city in the United States,
than you can tell me-" &
Does the trust feel any moral
responsibility
you may not believe it, but 1t
does. But, deeper than that, these
evils aer to be eradicated by the
trust because we want to put the
business on a firm basis. Our reai
sons are commercial as well az
moral" &
what can the trust do? The
police of many cities have failed TO
prevent the evils. What can you
do, for instance, about places that
are frequented by bad men and
young girls?"
"Close them up. See here. Here's
a man who comes to town with
$35. This is a real example. He
rents a hall on credit, rents chairs
on credit, has sign painted on
credit, rents a. machine on credit,
and, with his $35 buys the cheap
est films he can get. The photog-
raphy of the films is so poor that
no one would look at them If the
theme wasn't evil. Now, that man
doesn't want to run a decent place.
He seeks bad men and foolish girls
He isn't trying to build up a bust.
ness. He's trying to get rs many
nickels as he can. He's the man
who runs the evil moving picture
show in every city. We're going to
eliminate him. We don't fire him.
We're just going to make our STAN
dard SO high that he'll drop out.
Now let me tell you about the
man we want in the moving picture
business. He's a business man. at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

films are fine and the photography
is good and the costumes of the
characters are. elaborate, his audi
ence will be pleased.
Therefore he demands the finest
films our companies can produce.
"Why, some of the inspectors we
have sent out into audiences to
4tt{dy them have reported that per
sens who didn't know the story of
The Tanning of the Shrew' were,
nevertheless, delighted with the
pictures because they were SO
pretty"
: AIR. Kennedy Is a New York
architect and a man of ideals. Here
N his promise:
r. 4, can promise the American peo.
ph, for the company of which / am
treasurer and spokesman, that the
moving picture business is to be
cleaned up and made decent"
!, IT looks, too. as II the power of
the trust is to be very great.
There are 10000 moving picture
shows in America. Every owner or
renter of a machiAe, according to
the new rules, must take out a
yearly license, on payment of 81.
Without this license he cannot buy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

said. Anne told him who she was
and where she lived and all about
fer cow, which she had raised from
"A calf. she has always been my
cow. Lord Corvallis" Anne said,
tearfully. "She don't belong to
you. l would never steal your
Govt"
The general rose. Come here
Anne. l promise your COW shall
be safe home tomorrow; and here"
he said. christening pair of silver
knee buckles, keep these to re,
member me by, and If the soldiers
trouble your cow again come
straight to me about it," The gen.
eral kept HIS promise, and Anne
saved the silver buckles and gave
them to her granddaughter many
years after.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

woman for herself. Despite the
one-piece frock, belts are still much
in evidence with the blouse, coat
and skirt suit.
The blouse is often of handsome
net and simply trimmed with but.
tons. A new fancy is to make a
set of buttons and a belt buckle
alike--the buttons mounted on
wooden molds, and the buckle on
heavy buckram. A frill of black
ribbon velvet outlines them effect
lively. They may be embroidered
in soutache with touch of gold. or
be made of lowered silk Others
are simply covered with silk. en-
broidered in French knots and with
loops and edging Of cord.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

that car never bothered him a b.,
"Philadelphy" Tom" isn't a bit
bashfui about his age--at least he
swells out his broad chest and
says, I'm 20 years DID," Just as
honest like. or course Sandy
can pose as young hero IL he
wants to, although he is eligible
for the fireman's pension next year
but he is about half as large as his
opponent In the wheelbarrow race
and he may ask Tom for little the
best on the start. The two old fire
men haven't settled on all the
points of the race so far but Tom
says he will run SANDY" IL he has
to run him at midnight. The race
is planned to start at the edge OF
the Howard street bridge beside
"Sandys" station and finish either
at Front or Main avenues. The
prize will be box of the best CT
gars in the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
ANNE's COW.

/ Here is true story about the
revolutionary war which was
Fought more than a hundred years
ago There was little girl named
Anne Randolph, who lived on a
farm not far from Philadelphia.
'1Ier papa and two brothers had
Joined the American army and she
end her mother were left alone to
take care of the farm.
|, Now. Anne had a COW which her
papa had given her when 1t was a
Hittle calf, and the two were great
friends. and Anna took all the care
Df 1t. One day during the time that
khe English were stationed in Pl- l.
q delphia some English soldiers
came ont to the farm where Anne
lived and tied rope around the
horns of her COW and drove her
away. Anne cried to them not to
fake her pet, but the rough soldiers
Hid not pay any attention to what
she said. Anne went straight to the
stable and saddled her pony and
rode to the camp of Lord Cornwall
lis. the general of the army. This
was pretty brave for little girl
Of IL or Is years to do.
~ The soldier in front of the place
where the general was staying was
not going to let her pass. and asked
her what she wanted. 81 want to
speak to Lord CORVALLIS" she
said.
whats your business with
hime" he questioned.
! y will tell him, not you," she
replied, and the soldier let her
pass. thinking she might have I'M
portant news.
The general was ut dinner with
some friends when little Anne
flashed into the room.
"What Is It, my child?" said Lord
CORVALLIS.
, "Your soldiers have taken away
my cow and ! have come to get
her Please. sir, you must let me
have her"
1.-THE general looked kindly at her.
"And who are You, little giri?" he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
FLOOD AND FAMINE
DEADLlER THAN QUAkES

= The general impression is 4
. that earthquakes are the 4
= worlds greatest catastrophes. 4
= This has been strengthened by 4
= the awful CONFUSION that re- 4
= Gently killed over 100000 in 4
= Italy and Sicily, and there are
= many historic incidents of 4
= earthquakes claiming 10000 to 4
. 10000 victims.
. But when the Yellow river
. burst its banks in September.
. 1887. more than 100000 peo-
= pie were drowned in the re-
= sultant great food, which COW
. cred to an average depth of
= six feet a populous Chinese
= province the size of Scotland.
= Thus, in this one catastrophe,
= more lives were lost than in
= all the earthquakes recorded
. In the worlds history.
. Then. there Is pestilence.
= The black death killed in Chi
= ma, where 1t broke out. 13.000.- 4
= 900 people. In the rest of Asia 4
= $4,000, 900 and 10000. 900 in Eu-
= rope. or 67.00O,OO0 in all. In 4
. India alone. and that within 4
. the past IL years, bubonic 4
= plague has slain over 100000
. people, and the epidemic still 4
. RACES.
y The famine In Asia In 1877 4
= killed 100000 in the Bombay 4
. and Madras districts of India, 4
. and 100000 in north China. 4
. The famine of 1907 In China 4
. cost at least 100000 lives. 4
. 90 . Q O . Q . I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15

The hair is brought low over the
forehead and paired, and the mass
is at the back. But there is depar.
ture from the prescribed mode in
the waves and curls.
In the first picture the effect is
accentuated by dainty head COW
ering; the second and fourth show
the use of the dainty band usually
worn with the Greek style. The
third shows the chignon, now a
most popular mode in Paris. In
this the hair is parted, if. possible,
and wide braid of hair, like the
coronet, is brought over it. This
ends in two punches of curls.
The fifth picture is simplicity it.
self and is an ideal arrangement
for the business woman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15
BY Priscilla Prim.

While Paris has decreed a return
to simple Greek lines in hairdress-
ing, the dainty maid does not feel
herself compelled to accept the re-
versal all at once. Consequently,
between the gorgeousness of the
Marcel wave and the plain, artistic
lines of the Greek couture, she has
chosen a middle course all her own,
and the result is variety of styles
tending toward simplicity that
make the proyerbial woman's last
word in the art.
The accompanying illustrations
show a variety of adaptations, in
the majority of which is a sugges-
ton of the Greek They are espe.
cially becoming to young faces.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-15


nat. It represents all that the
mushroom should be and is not. II
promises to be the popular style fol
The summer, but it will not entirely
Misplace the mushroom and the
Merry Widow. These latter are ex'
pected to be larger than ever.
The crown of the carbriolet hat
measures two feet from top to bot
Hom and looks like an inverted
peach basket, trimmed with grapes,
currants. cherries and roses. There
Is a rose velvet ribbon around the
edge and rose satin facing.
4 1t will come cheap, as millinery
prices go. A full outfit of fruits
and flowers. with tassels, or what.
ever is preferred. may be had from
$40 to $50.