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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07
Mr.. A. Good Fe11o,U on Fiqht Talk.

'is-er''l He's been living on the fat of
the land and treading the wine press
alone and I'm the company of other good
fellows. and couldn't catch his own breath
In two-foot ring! If l got inside the
ropes with him presuming, Of course |
knew how To outlook hin-the only thing
I'd be afraid OF would be that he'd fall
or me aud mash me! | tell you I've been
following this pug business 10 these
many years. and you can't bluff me!
know Il scrapper when | see him. This
hot air makes tiredH
''Taeu little beardless Willie comes to
the bat with 2 sort of combination. ncu-
trai arrangement of the outpourinEs of
the other two. In a perfectly terrifying.
impressive little squeak he declares
valiantly and belligereutly that the public
has had just about enough of this verbal
lighting Both JEFF and Johnson are
simply throwing the bluff about what
they Will do to each other Just TO fatten
their theatrical iobs-and he. for one, has
stood about all of it he's going TO stand!
Why don't they cut it out and get busy?
talk fest and then some more talk
tests before Il scrap are but evidences of
four flushing. As for him. give him
man who'll scrap first and talk after
wards.
Ten minutes later. as the trio is leav-
ing the rathskeller. they accidently run
against a large, hefty man on the side
walk who demands in no mi1cing tones
that they look where in the sam Hill
they're walking and then informs them
that If they don't like it they can lump
it. Does fat friend seize the opDor-
tunity to demonstrate what he can do to
ordinary without any traininc2
No. not he, Does the long. lanky, pug
nacieus individual who feared nothing
about JeGries but hts weight hasten to
show that he knock the eternal spots
ont OF Ions, he doesn't weigh
as much Jef? No. not he. Does
beardless little Willie give practical
demonstration OF how q man should scrap
first and talk afterwards? No, not he,
The wise guys, all three of them,
muinhie a few things under their breath
and beat 1t rapidly they with
out running in the opposite direction
from the irate gentleman whose dignity
and balance they have disturbed. And
they don't mention prizeh lights again=-at
least not until they get with another
prQxdtf
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07

men and started a comfortable little game
of stud poker. At go In the morning
Mr.. J. reluctantly cashed in his chips
and sought sleep.
In the morning, when the exeursionists
awolle, Mr.. Justwed was not to be found
On the table in the dining room. how
ever. was II hastily scrubbed note ex-
platning that he had taken one OF the
boats and gone fishing
Whereat Mrs. ]. nearly became hys-
tericaL Site knew Homer-dear was in
need of rest-he had insisted that he be
allowed to lou around and take every
thing easy before leaving for Pleasure
Cove And he hadn't had a moments
real rest since arriving. poor boy.
Dinner time came, but no Mr.. Justwed.
The afternoon heightened into the
shades Of evening and still no Homer.
Mrs J was frantic, She knew Homer
dear had been drowned. She just knew
Nomner. however, intimated that a
man who would run away from his fell
low eXeursEonists for the entire day and
let them do all the work not only de-
served to be drowned but also should not
have any supper when he did return
IN the midst Of the excitement the
tired figure of 4 man pulling wearily at
the oars OF small boat was deserted
ont on the bay. lie looked worn and
tagged aud it was a fun 70 minutes be-
fore he beached his boat.
Mrs. Justwed was there TO meet him
her handkerchief to her eyes and the
tears streaming down her face.
Where. oh where had he been2 And
why had he stayed away all day long
Didn't he know how worried she would
be? Aud didn't be realize that he was
literally wearing himself out aud not get
ting any rest al alig
LaboriouSIy Mr.. Justwed lifted his
days catch five eels and two small cat
fisI-fronl the boat
DO sit down moment and rest.
Honler-dear before climbing the hiil,'
Mrs. J. insisted solicitously.
Haven't time replied Mr.. j. '*got to
hustle up to the house and skin these
cells Somebody's got to do something
around here towards supplying the table
with fish. haven't theyE None of the
other chaps seem to have gumption
enough to get out and catch them. Just
as / told you it would be- no chance to
rest minute. Other fellows mosey
around in comfortable chairs all day and
expect me to do all the work. Got to
amuse the kids by playing ball with
them. interest the other male members
Of she family with quoits and old maid
ana then spend the whole day in an open
| boat in the hot trying to catch fish
! for the whole crowd. | knew it would be
inst like this-and I told you SO.
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Juggling the baskets up to the clubhouse
porch.
Ten minutes later. when she emerged
from the house after setting things TO
rights, what was her surprise and horror
TO find fomer-dear chasing a baseball
al over the let and yelling like mad at
the SnSu boss Of the party. who shouted
with glee as he G0bbIed in their ground
ers' aud high flies
Homer. Homer-aear," called Mrs ].
anxiously. do come up here on the
porch. I've a comfortable easy chair all
fxea for you
But Iomer-dear ignored the fayitation,
Instead. he peeled off what was left Of
lis melted collar, rolled up his sleeves
and knocked out \ sizzler TO his young
nephew dancing around on what was
supposed to be third base. The bah WAS
too hot for the younsster and it bounded
over the embankmeut
Twenty minutes later. when dinner was
ready. Mrs J. found ITomer-dear half
way down the eubaukment hunting for
the lost ball He was dripping wet.
His clothes were muddy and his face aud
hands scratched from the bslshes. But
he vowed and vum-Iaed and sWore that
he wasn't in the least tired.
An hour later, when MamIncr ordered
eyeIyoue-men fnciaded-to turn to and
help clear away the dishes. 8Ir. J. glared
at Mrs j, in Il fashion thar declared as
plainly as words: There Won are! ! told
you SCI
So Mrs. J. became suddenly seized with
q chill ana insisted that Mr. J find her
shawl upstairs iH the bedroom, and when
he returned she assigned him TO the per
fectly easy and ladylike task Of cruInb-
ing the table after the others had lefted
away the dishes
With a halfauur Of daylight left was
Mr.. j. content to take an easy chair on
corner OF the verauda overlooking the
| bay and rest his tired. worn bOdgE Not
| he. Instead, he hIed himself straight
to the Quot pegs and tossed the three.
! Founders al By himself for the exer-
| cise-unrf one of the men came to the
conclusion he had dgested his supper
| sufficiently to heaye the quoits a While
/ with Mir. J.
| And when darkness put an end to this
! homely, bet none the less strenuous, di-
| version. did Homer-dear stretch cut ON
| the cane lounge within and enjoy that
! ease and solitude he craved SO nightly
! before leaving the city! Again, not he,
| Tt was bridge fol. his-o poaderous, brain
! wracking, twO-hour session. that lasted
| until Mrs J. simply couldn't hold her
/ eyes open amy longer and had to retire
/ for the night.
! But no downy couch for Mr.. j. No,
| indeed, 1t was just tile shank Of the
! evening" So he assembled three Of the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07

m WAS q large party indeed that got
81 of the train at the Pleasure Cove
way station the other weekend and
"a climbed into 4 half-dozen rowboats,
to be pulled across the Cove TO the
clubhouse on the other side. There were
two Of Mrs. Justwed's married sisters and
their brood of youngsters and at least
three other families intimate friends
had been asked to join the back-to-uature
expedition that sought 10 escape the
city's glare and heat At the last min
ute Mommer-in-law had arrived from her
home town with two other friends in tow
and her usually severe-a1d klIljoy type Of
ccuntenanee. And way back in the
crowd trggng maHfuHy at two Of the
heftiest lunch baskets. was Mr.. J.. as
grumpy and sour and mad as you please
Along in the middle OF the week he had
come home from the bank. hot and tired
and worn. and had sighed ana fused and
fumed about vacation being so far Oft.
Oh, for rest in the out-of-doors! \
lazy. do-as-you-please journey into the
open, And, straightway, for his especial
benefit, Mrs ,IHstwed had organized the
jolly little picnic.
Mr.. J. was delighted-that is. he
was until the day itself came. and he
found ont the size Of the party Then
he started his grumbling. The idea Of
taking a whole city on q stunt of that
sortt Why couldn't Mrs J. have limited
the party to a sensible halfdozeu. As it
was. it would be nothing but work from
start to finish! Who would watch out
for all those kids. he would like 10
know! Instead Of it being a rest for
him. the entire two days outing would
be nothing but-an eternal round of labor
and toll!
So Mrs J. had begged and implored
him to do nothing bat rest: had assured
him that he could lon around the entire
time and read. smoke and 90 to bed
with the chickens, If he cared to, ami
rot get up again until the same feathered
fowls were ready to retire the next night
In fact, she promised his ideas OF a
rest in the open would be met so fully
that even his meals would be served him
in bed. if he so desired Failing 10 see
the hidden vein Of sarcasm in Mrs. j. s
voice Homer-dear had been paciHed-
ana there he was!
At the landing, when SIr. ]. started t.
toll up the narrow pathway TO the club
house on top of the hill, Mrs. J. inter
tered emphaticaIlv. Indeed, he shouidn''
carry those baskets! He was tired ant
needed the rest, and the other men were
In good health and perfectly able I;
carry them. But Mr. j. refused to argu,
the matter with her ant settled Il lbs
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blood, and tho advice of q physician Il
also needed. TONES are OF very little
aid in such conditions. and stain is
needed. There are many preparations OF
walnut juice on the market for the pur-
pose of giving a brown tint to the hair,
and the formula is very hard TO com
pound. The result is often most unsatis-
factory. 1t is much better for Il woman
who determines, against common sense,
to have her haiI stained 10 have the
work done by professional.
In the orient women use henna leaves
TO dye the tips of the fingers. and in
this country women Use & who desire
a reddish tint to their hair Pho dye
can be noticed very often, but otherwise
it does not injure the texture OF the
hair to any great extent, other dyes
do. A paste made from the leaves
may he applied with good result rs
far as the ccloring goes, and this -
made by maccrating the leaves In hot
water. The hair should be clean. we'll
rinsed and very dry. otherwise the stain
will not take hold and will have but lit
tie effect. The paste is applied all over
the head and hair and allowed TO dry
on, then clear. tepid water should be
used TO clean 1t off.
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apartment so that 1t looks cool. Take
up your carpets, or rugs, and put away
all hangings. and anything In the way
of tablecovers or cushions of wooden ma
ture. A few linen covers over your furni-
ture makes a room look several degrees
cooler than it really is. II you have out
side inside shutters, keep them closed
on the sunny side of the house during the
day and open after shutdown. If you have
a uncovered porch. live on 1t and by
all means do your sewing there.
One of the most important things Is to
screen your house. This is not only nee
essary to your personal comfort, but as
II matter of health. The most datntily
served meal will be ruined by the pres
ence of flies in your dining room. Again,
1t is an established fact that flies carry
diseases.
In order to keep your bare floors free
from dust. make three or four bags of
cotton flannel to put over your broom.
Take your pattern from the straw part OF
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07

serves. jc'lics. etc. this summer first
select a closet that is both dark and cool.
If there are cracks in the door. and your
closet is in the cellar. paste papers over
the cracks tn order thnt all light is cx-
cluGcd. II the closet chosen Is In the
bedroom or dining room. tack . curtain
of black cambIic along the top shelf al
lowing il to hang down as far as the
shelves extend. Melted pnraduc is an ex-
ce,lent nir-tight cover fer vour preserves
and icllies When ready for use. this par
afine can be easily broken and lifted out
aId ;nere will be no trace of mould UNI
derncath
little lemon juice squeezed into the
drinking water will often queuch the
thirst In summer when water win not
Lemonade is also healthy and refreshing
and I'm order to prevent the lemons from
becoming dry and hard place them In
jar or other vessel filled with water.
Change the water IN them every fcw
DAYS ard the last lemons taken from the
Jar win be as soft ana Juicy as the first
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07

- am going to take some Of that crushed
grange for mine. and why don't you
girls take some of it, too"
as orange really goody' came the
chorus Of sweet voices. 1--WE never
tasted crushed orange in soda, and we
are at such loss as to what to order.
Now, really, what do you think Is the
best flavor of ALP Let's look at the
menu, and then select what we think is
best
My. don't those pineapples look good.
Wonder how they would tasteE Why
don't we try some pineapple8, dear?"
Meanwhile, the clerk was stiu waiting
The other customers were beginning to
get excited and some were leaving.
"Mr Clerk, asked the chaperon. now
really, what do you think is the best
flavor you hayeE'
The clerk glanced over his havors and
replied that he liked nectar better than
any other.
''Oh, 1 Just can bear nectar! What
else do you think is @oodE'
The clerk didn't reply this time. but
started to wait on the other customers.
The three young women became angry.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-07

Almost all women prefer chocolate TO any
other flavor, but they like to look over
the menu to talk of the merits of the
different iavofs. find out what flavor
Ike and then in seeming despair order
their favorite chocolate.
We try very hard to please the
women-we have to do it. The other
day several women came in and went
through the usual rigmarole before choos-
ing their flavor. Finally one of them
asked about crushed strawberry. Now it
happened that we We're just out of straw
berry. They seemed very much surprised
and talked among themselves of going to
some other place for their soda. Then
one of them suggested that they take
chocolate. and the motion was carried by
a unanimous vote. Chocolate was what
they wanted, but we were roasted pretty
heavily for not having a supply of crushed
Strawberries on hand. Then, again, some
women are very easy to please, because
they always ask for chocolate. I sup
pose it is the same in other kinds of
business. but | am going to give up my
job one of these days, for it sort of gets
on my nerves.
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Women at the Soda Fountain.

There was some talk OF leaving the place
and going to another drug store. where
they would be waited upon by a more
accommodating clerk. But they inally took
up the menu again, and the youngest girl
ordered a chocolate soda
Why, that's what wanted all the
time, came from the other two. 4
wonder why we did not think Of 1t, and
always take chocolate. as it is my favor
lite favor"
After the three young people had fin
ished their soda and left the place, one
of the customers, who had waited pa
tently for his drink, nodded sympathet-
icaliy at the clerk
4 N used to that long ago." the clerk
replied. Those girls are no more ffnicky
than the average when Ii comes TO order
Ing. They never seem to know what they
really want. and in nine cases out of 10
they end up by taking q chocolate soda.
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80 it. Boz questioned Mr. A. Good
70 Fellow of the bachelor friend who
q had dropped ina TO help him peruse
the Sunday papers, land the more
/ think about st the more ridiculous 1t
gets.
NO. / don t mean the in awning and wind
jamming the puss themselves indulge In
before they encase their daintly ban
daged paws in the padded mits and get
busy before the motion-picture machine.
Not that old exchange of the retort cor
teous. That's to be cxpected-and, any
way the public would feel that they
weren't getting their moneys worth
without such preliminary. however
much they may decry it.
what / had in mind IS the hot air
passed out by the wise guys who. once
they are anchored by cold bottle-of
beer-in q friendly rafhSkellef are GER
tain they could lick JeGries aud Johnson
in the same ring without even taking OF
their coats, What they don't knew ABOUT
the pugilistic game amt worth knowing!
To hear them tell it. they were born
with gloves or. and the only thing that
kept them out of the heavy weight ctftm-
piopShip class was their natural aversion
TO fndictiug suffering ON any living thing.
''Anent this Jc9Ties-JohusoE exchange
Of please ptries they have much to say.
Most Of them side with JeffrleS- If jim
ever gets in the ring With that dinge,
says one the jolly fat man In the corner.
he'll whitewash him a beautiful Grim
son, natural finish. Take it from me,
there never was a more blatant. gaseous.
sounding-brass and tinkinG-e Enbais hot
air four-nushef than the Black Noise
Johnson. Talk about old JEFF being over
weight aud sprung IL the wind and too
fat to knock even a punching bag Off its
feet. why-why. ii I'd take six months
away from the Office l could train down
myself and put the moke away for the
countn And then the imprisoned sup
porter of superflueus obesity becomes
more lnrid aud more reckless. and soon
has Jeffries passing up the chance to
stow the Hon. lack away aud giving him
that opportunity. Now. the funny part
about it, to me. Is that our fat friend
can't run 20 yards after street car but
what he's putting and blowing like por-
poise.
Just about this time the tall, cadaver-
Gus chap with the sunk-in chest and the
emaciated hands comes across with some
thing like this: 'Aw. you fellows give me
a pain, Just because Al has-neen hands
he's done in the past and what he's go
about the color line etc. yoa straight
way fail TO earth and heseseh him not 10
Kill the dinge. Hes got you bluffed to Il
ffazzie-and yeu fall for it What's the
matter with srou yapsl Talk about your
oone-ons, you're the prize bunch. alright.
alright Why. poor old Jeff is an out and
ont has beener. and hasn't one clance out
of thousand OF ever again being an
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Advice for the Stay-at-Homes.

the broom and cut out the bag according
~. stitching up the sides. Have two
draw-strings, one at the top and the
other at the bottom. Slip this bag over
your broom. draw the strings tight, and
tie. Use these bagged brooms over your
floor every few days. As soon "a one
becomes soiled have it laundried BY
keeping several ON hand. you can al
ways have a clean one.
Keep some boxes of chloride Of i:me. or
other disinfectant in your kitchen and
bathroom ana use very often. This viii
prevent any odors, and also the accumu-
lation of grease in your kitchen sink.
good deal of unnecessary labor on
the part of a houSekeeper can be saved
by inserting an old broom handle or
stick OF II similar nature into the handle
of your dust pan. This viii ohyiate the
extra cxert5on OF STOPPING
In preparing YOUR closet for storing pre-
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F101Uer Booth for Festival.

real. One corner may have a patch of
hollyhocks OF peoples, arranged so pretti-
ly that they look like real flowers, and
at the end of the fair can be auctioned
off to the highest bidder. Foliage and
lowering plants can be plunged into the
sand III their pots and replenished of
ten as sold. A pretty arch of flowers,
real and artificial, can be arranged at the
entrance of the garden, a sort of trelis
fixed with vines and stuck full of garden
flowers. in full bloom, may be used. The
small lunches of flowers can be kept in
broad-mouthed bottles, fresh water being
placed in them frequently III order that the
flowers may not wilt and fade Two Of
the prettiest girls should be stationed at
the gateway to sell the cut flowers.
Hafpins have become n fad and the
average woman is apr to have as many
as a dozen in her hat.
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IT was one Of those hot days In sum
81 mer. when the heat rises ia circles
b from the soft pavements. There
a seemed to be no shelter from the
burning sun. The cool-Iooking. arti-
fetal teebergs in the druggists window
beckoned to those wearing wilted collars
and palm-leaf fans. TWO pretty girls.
accompanied by their chaperon, young
naatron, entered the drug store.
Then came the struggle-w What to order.
wen" said one pretty girl, Il be-
live III take vanilla
"Oh, no; den t. cried the other, 81 am
going to take strawberry, just look at
those nice, fine, crushed Strawberries in
the bowl"
The clerk, wearing the white coat Of
his trade was waitiug-and, likewise
were several other thirsty customers.
Now" interposcl the comedy matron
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GATHERING CHILDREN.

~ o children need more "fatherfng'
q Xand less 'mothering"? That was a
~ question debated on In one of Amer
ica's leading clubs sometime ago and 1t
was decided that the children needed the
.Tafhering
1t was shown that in most cases the
father stands for protecSion-large, he
role aud aggressive protection-an.i tina (
1t takes more than a mother TO make a
man Of II child. Ii Is claimed that the
ideals OF the man are in greater synipa-
thy with the child. especially the boy.
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yTB OMEN who are Interested in char
a. ity often find occasions to propose
&% a summer festival or sale for the
benefit of some good organization or So
ciety ana the installation of flower
booth Is nearly always a wise selection.
One of the best paying departments at
festival is the flower booth in charge OF
a dozen pretty girls and a popular young
matron. one of the best plans is to avoid
regular cage. the usual affair, but sub
stitute little flower garden, with green
hedge and symmetrical beds, the hedge
being made of stout cord hung between
posts, and covered with ropes Of laurel
leaves which are sprinkIed and kept greer
all the time. Clean white sand can be
arranged in the various beds, leaving
space between each bed. This space,
which is for the paths. is then laid with
green grass, and each he'd is filled with
flowers, some of them artificial and others
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the winter for sickness. What
ever the reason may be. they are not
looking forward to this enforced stay at
home with pleasure, They seem to think
that the only way to enjoy the hot sum
mer months Is in some six by nine room
of seaside mountain resort living in
ones trunk, and having to be on dress
parade three times a day no matter
whether the sun shines In the netghbor
hood of 100 degrees in the shade or not
If these same people would spend as
much time planning their stay-at-home
period as they do in bemoaning the fact
that they must stay at home. n great
many of the discomforts could be avoided
In The first place arrange yonr house or
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lions embroidered on each side, with YER
tical designs running through them. The
edges OF the casing and nedallions are
worked in narrow button hole stitch and
then come out. the latter thus making
slides which come over the betting. The
flowers are worked in tn stitch. The
clover design is very pretty, worked in
with a green belt. white a brown one
with chestnut leaves shows Off well.