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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Mayer Will
leave this week for Mexico City, where
they viii make their home. Mr. Mayer
has accepted position there as min
ing engineer for large company. Mrs.
Mayer, who is an accomplished pianist.
former home in California, before go.
ing to Mexico
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
WHERE WOMAN RFIONS

her father, who has been very i'll, but
is now much improved.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Friends will be glad to hear that
Mrs. p A. SImpkin is much improved
and has returned to her home from the
hospital.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Alma Katz of Portland, Or.
will be here early in the new year t'
visit her sister, Miss Shearman.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. J.. Savage Of Medas,
New, viii be here TO spend the holidays
with Mrs. Savage S parents, Judge and
Mrs G.. C.. Goodwin.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. w. S. Mccormick will en-
tortain Mt a luncheon at her home
Monday in honor of Mrs. o. j..
Salisbury
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

was served during the evening by the
Misses Naomi Beer and Vedi Spry.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beer also assisted.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The Post Bridge club will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. +,
NJ. Miller and the Rcgimentai
Bridge club at the post will meet
Friday evening, December II,
when the hosts and hostesses will
be Captain and Mrs. I. r. Harker,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Alvah Lee,
Lieutenant c. L. Sampson and
Lieutenant Eugene Santchi.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Thomas D. Dec and Mrs. G. II
Mack. of Ogden were guests here last
week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

George A. Rogers, who has spent the
past year studying abroad, is in Paris
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence and
children are now located in their new
home at $40 Eleventh East street.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Miss Katherine Adams, prominent
member Of the younger set, who is
spending the winter at Fort Porter,
near Buffalo, NJ, Y, guest of Captain
and Mrs. Perry, who were formerly
stationed at Fort Douglas and later
spent two years in Logan.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs n. +. Calaghan will leave after
Christmas for visit in Denver, Colo.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

DR.. and Mrs r. G. Gibson are at
home TO their friends for the winter
at the Keith apartments.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The Ladies Reading club will r...
Monday evening. December iS ~ist w;sf
Mrs. Elliott at 677 Fourth ayenma "un
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. John G. Cutler will enter
tain at a luncheon at the Alta
club Tuesday, to be followed by
4 box party ut the Orpheum.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Friends will be glad to hear that
Mrs. J. II. Jones is much improved
after her serious illness.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Miss Emma Cummings and Mrs; =.
o. Letherwood entertained the members
of the Wasatch Literary circle at an
open meeting in the parlors OF the
Ciunton Memorial chapel last Tuesday
evening. Mrs. F. d. Blckford told OF
through Belgium. describing the places
Of interest in the principal cities. The
musical numbers of the programme
were vocal solos by Miss lrma Judd,
Mrs. Liter and Miss Zimmerman, and
a violin solo by Mrs, B. f. Anderson.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. James a. Miner will leave the
last of this week for California, where
she will spend the remainder Of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The music section of tho LADIES
wednesday. December 10, at the club
house. Mrs. W. S. Giesy win talk OF,
sFFhe Growth of Opera in Frances -
Mrs. NJ. l.. Oglesby will give sketch
from Gounod and his opera Faust,
Musical numbers will be given by Mrs.
Daley. Mrs. Cook. Mrs. CAM, Mrs,
Kerr. Mrs Peabody and Mrs. J. 6.
Hanchett Club members are cordially
invited.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The p. E. o. society will mec. G..
urday. December is, with Mrs + 'at M
Christy, at the Bransford apartms.. NJ
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
] SOCIETY AND CLUBS

Z, Readings from Longfellow,n NJ.
Carr. ana
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

A large dance viii be given at
the Odeon Friday evening, Decem-
Der II, by the l.. D, S. college.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Bishop f. s. s'palding and his sister,
Miss Spalding, will accompany their
mother to her bone In Denver, Colo,
where they will AL spend the holidays.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs Henry Welsh spent
Wednesday i'll Park City.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Miss Elsie Parsons. who has spent
several weeks in Nevada. will be home
TO spend Christmas with her father
NJ K. Parsonss
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

for the winter. where he is studying un.
der King Clark. Mr. Rogers has had
number of fine offers, but doesn Z
expect to appear until year from
January, when he viii enter grand
opera.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The current event and current H.
aturc section of the Ladies' fits,..st' .st'
club will meet at the club house s.Y s
day. December II, at 2:30. "E..lr Esl
Enolish Christmas Carolsn will ba aly say
by Miss Emily Jessup; a pane,
''Toy Shops Of NurSburg. Germanv y y
written by Mr.. Int. who is Tu5.i
States consul there, will be read bv Viz Z,
sister-in.law. Mrs. II X. Klinoe,Saaas as
Readings from the ''Bride OF the NE NE
tletoc" viii be given by Mrs, q
COX; a vocal solo Will be gwen bv Mis. T.
Ada Ferguson. a full attendance :
desired. as it will be the last me,r' =
ing this year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Charles Shi clds has returned
from week spent in Park City with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Col. ann Mrs. +. A. Wall and family
left Wed.Q esday for New York, where
they will spend the holidays and sail
early in January for n six-months trip
abroad.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

TO their friends at 76l Hawthorne
avenue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Esther Freed Filler and daugh-
ter are at home for the winter at the
Brausford
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The members of the Bay View
club are making arrangements to
entertain at a tea in honor OF
Mrs Lafayette Hanchett, an hon
orary member of the club, who
will leave the latter part of Jan
uary for a trip around the world.
The date and place will be an
nounced later.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Wyche will leave
the first of the new year for San Fran
cisco, Cal, where they will make their
homo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Margaret Blaine Salisbury
has issued invitations for a tea TO
be given at her homo Thursday,
December Is, from 3 TO 6, in honor
of Mrs. o, ]. Salisbury.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The Daughters of the American Rev
olution, Spirit of Liberty chapter. met
Thursday afternoon at the homo Of
Mrs. L. c. Miller, with Miss Mudre.t
as chairman. Two fine harp solos were
given by Mrs. w. G, Tuttle. followed BY
a debate on Heredity." given by Mrs.
Continued on Page Thirteen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

The Monday Night club will nes,
Monday, December 13, at the home ~
Mrs, 4. G.. Andrews, lS4 Q street M ~
?. n. Cook will read a paper on 1Hs-.
redity" and Mrs &. NJ Bacon on CEN,
vironment. "
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Miss Minnie Abrams entertained tbs
members of the Interalia club al =
Japanese card party Tuesday evening.
The Japaucse idea was most ATTRACTIVE
lv carried out in the decorations viii
lanterns. parasols, fans and various
other Japanese ornaments. The diuins
room was effectively decorated in tbs
colors of the club, green and gold. An
immense Japanese parasol hung from
the chandelier, with festoons of prssn
and gold ribbons TO the four coYuers
Of the table, which was lighted with
lanterns. \ large cluster of yellow
chrysanthemums in a Japanese vas
on a Japanese dolly formed the tabIe
ceuterpiece, while the place cards were
in japanese girls, with a yellow chrys
anthemum at each place. In the game
of $500" the prizes were won by Miss
Hannah w. Hill, Miss Essie Landau
aud Miss Madeline Hix. The nc1t
meeting of the club will be with Miss
Pauline Lewis.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

known to the writer a six months
Airedale puppy that was given up as an
impossibility became, when two years
old, an apt pupil. He had lost his
freshness, but retained all his spirit,
and gave closest attention to. every
command, as if trying to understand
the meaning of the words spoken to
him.
Patience and perseverance are
necessary on the part of the teacher
Whipping ought never to be neces-
sary. The man who will whip dog
because he does not instantly obey
doesn't deserve to own one Invariably
the dog wants to learn, but he must
be taught, kindly and patiently, with
never firing repetition on the teach
ers part until the trick is accom-
plished. Whipping will take the heart
out of the best bred dog that ever
lived.
Dogs are not all able to learn the
same things. Some dogs that are
not clever are lightly built and good
at jumping. A dog of this sort may
be taught to jump through a hoop or
over a bar held at a considerable
height-a little higher each time of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
A Rat Exterminator.

Rigdon Johnson, a farmer living
near New Harmony, has rat extermi-
nator which he says beats a whole
pack of rat dogs. Mr.. Johnson's rat
exterminator is a chicken snake about
six feet long, and it has taken refuge
in the barn and granaries on the farm.
All the year it wages incessant war
on the rats and mice about the place
and as a result of the snakes strict
attention to business Mr.. Johnson says
he hasn't rat or mouse on his 260
acres of land. He says he never has
any corn eaten by the rats. He has
given instructions to members of his
family not to injure or modest the
snake in any way, and intends to al
low it to make it's home on his farm
as long as it cares to remain A
chicken snake is not think of beauty
and appears to be a vicious reptile. It
is a black snake with white spots COW
ering the back.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
How Sammy Trapped the Lion.

He had visited his friend, the show.
man, long enough, thought Sammy
But he had grown so fond of the ami
mails, which, you remember he had
trained so cleverly, that he decided to
go where he would still be brought
into contact with beasts and birds.
1t so happened that a party of the
lads friends were starting on a voy-
age to Africa.
That's the place for mel" cried
Sammy
During the trip the boy amused his
friends by telling of his many ingeni-
Gus inventions and how, while all
were successful, none of them had
been adopted. Now, some of the folks
went so far as to say that Sammy
couldn't invent anything.
The boy resolved to prove to them
that he really could Therefore. when
the party landed, he attached himself
to man who was going to hunt lions.
After many vain attempts to kill
his prey, the hunter became dis
couraged.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
VARIOUS USES OF FLOWERS.
Made Into Medicine to Cure
Numerous Ills.

Did you ever think when gathering
wild flowers that nearly all plants
have been used as medicine, or for
some useful purpose? In olden times
most large houses had a room called
still ROOM" in which the various
herbs were prepared, and poorer peo-
pie used to go there for their medi-
cine. as they go to a drug store now.
Among the curious uses for common
plants were these:
Buttercup was used as a cure for
leprosy. This plant is poisonous, and
you may notice that in the meadows
cattle will not touch it.
Marsh marigold was made into a
yellow die. This also is poisonous.
Columbine was considered a cure
for quinsy
made to be bound over broken bones.
A medicine for children was also
| made of the root
Water cress the Romans used as a
cure for insanity.
OF mignonette yellow and green
dye was made. Of anemones drug
called pulsatilla was made, and this
is still used in medicine.
A wash made of ashes of mistletoe
was used by ladies to turn their hair
yellow, while those who wished for
auburn hair used a decoction of the
bark of box bushes.
The common plantain was supposed
to be good for loss of appetite, for
diseases of the eye and for wounds.
1t must have been very useful plant
when people were constantly fighting
Solomon's Seal was a cure for
bruises. In some parts of Europe the
young shoots are cooked and eaten.
OF rushes, wicks for candles were
made. These were called flashlights.
And before carpets became common
these were strewn on the floor, so
that when they wanted to do spring
cleaning in those days they just
threw away their floor coverings and
went out and picked another.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

da and the South Sea iSla uds. The
market for onions includes practically
the entire commercial world, and the
demand for a good article continues
throughout the entire year.
During recent years the production
of the various forms of Spanish and
Bermuda onions in the gulf coast
states has become an industry in
itself. Owing to the great quantity of
this type of onion that can be grown
upon a small area a few thousand
acres will produce all that the market
can handle at profit to the grower.
The onion is exceptional in that it will
thrive under a wide range of climatic
and soil conditions. There is per-
haps no extended area in the United
States, except in the mountainous re-
gions where the onion cannot be sue
cessfully grown.
Certain types and varieties of on
ions, including the "top onions" and
the "multipliers" or potato onions"
are extremely hardy and may remain
in the open ground throughout the
winters of our northern states il given
slight protection. These types are,
however. not adapted to growing for
the market, except as green onions.
'peelers," or 'bunchers." to be sold
during the early spring time.
The period required for the produc-
ton of a crop of onions will depend
upon the season, the methods en-
ployed in growing and the variety. If
grown from seed, period of from
100 to $50 days will be required. If
from sets, the crop may often be ma
tured in 100 days. If grown in the
extreme northern part of the United
States, where the seasons are short,
the crop will mature more rapidly
that to the southwark Onion seed
grown at the north will as a rule pro-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
FOR SECRET LETTER WRITING
There Are Several Kinds of Cryptic
graphs, Some Hard to Under
stand and Puzzle Out.

Who knows what cryptograph is
The word comes from two Greek
words which mean hidden writing"
There are number of different kinds
OF cryptographs. some hard to under
stand and puzzle out, and others sim
pie and easy when once understood
1t is the easy ones that we are inter
ested in now.
Suppose you should receive a let
ter from Cyril, who had been away
from school couple of days, which
read:
"Rm lonz Vtv:
b go hixnbjoi rH njwao. Ytro tgoz
DIT bxiioz. Cztrh. Ymzba."
Unless you knew something about
cryptograph, or ciphers, it would
probably take you till long after sup.
per time to make out the meaning,
and that would be provoking, wouldn't
it?
The simplest way to translate the
cipher like the above is to write the
alphabet out on sheet of paper, put
ting it all on one line to avoid confu-
sion. Some letters can be seen at a
glance; if there is capital standing
alone it must be an a." if a small
letter, "a if a letter at the end of
word is separated from it by an
apostrophe it must be IS" There are
no such letters in the above cryptic
graph, so we must look for the letter
that occurs oftenest, which is almost
sure to be &C." In the cipher given
the ''o,'' which is oftenest quoted, is
really "e." The first words give you
clew, for it is letter and they are
sure to be my dear" Then the third
word ltoks as if it might be a name,
and two letters in it are alike. Puzzle
the rest of it out yourself and
Be nd cszhd MIX ltd hxyyool
Dim, DIM nknbj.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
Color Schemes.

when in doubt use pink" so said
a successful hostess upon being asked
the best color scheme. Pink bears
both the daylight and the artificial
light equally well, and is always be-
coming. fact not to be overlooked by
n thoughtful hostess.
Blue changes to green at night, but
under certain conditions it is rather
good scheme to use it. Yellow is aot
a satisfactory color to have at night,
as it is apt to look faded from the
but at present is much in favor for
spring luncheons, with corsage bou-
Quets at each place for the guests.
Red is rarely used in warm weather,
but is always delightful in winter time,
carrying with suggestion of warmth
and welcome that is grateful. A North
side hostess invariably uses red the
year round, as it harmonizes with her
furnishings and service, so that the
color has come to be recognized as
her own individually and her red din
nerS are noted.
Green alone and combined with
white is always pleasing and is sum-
mer time favorite
Ferns are always good and may be-
kept fresh a long time if placed one
over the other on a fiat board, then
Immersed in cold water and kept in
cool. dry place. 1t is in good form
to use the flower that is in season,
and the Japanese method of using
lowers is being adopted more and
more, as the flower holders are on sale
now at nearly all of the department
stores.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
ONION CULTURE HOLDS
THIRD PLACE IN CROPS
In of Has in
All Time Of History.
BY w. r.

The onion in one or more of its
several forms has been in use through
out all time of which we have au-
thentic history. From available re-
cords it would appear that the original
home of the onion was in southern
Asia or in the countries surro lnding
or bordering on the Mediterranean
sea. During early times the onion
was highly esteemed as an article Of
food, also as a preventive of thist
while on the march or travelling in the
desert.
The onion belongs to the widely va
riable species Album cepa, which forms
a part of a botanical family of plants
which includes many of the lilies,
the several forms of asparagus and
smilax, and similar plants having a
scaly or fleshy enlarged root. A char
acteristic of this family is that most
OF it's species grow naturally upon
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duce mature bulbs in less time than
that produced in warm climate
Onions require an abundance Of
moisture during the early stages of
their growth, but should be ripened
under comparatively dry conditions.
in most sections the seed is sown at
a time of the year when frequent
spring rains occur. Their period of
greatest growth is during the early
part of the summer, and the crop is
ripened late in the summer when dry
ing conditions may be expected.
The essential requirements of a soil
upon which to grow onions prof1tably
are a high state of fertility, good me-
chanicai condition in order that the
crop may be easily worked, sufficient
drainage, and freedom from weeds.
If a soil has the proper mechanical
properties-tha is, if it contains suffi-
cient sand and humus to be easily
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07


hostess, and her brother in the fol-
lowing words broke the news to the
merry lovers:
AS you, dear friends, are fact and not
fiction, living and not dead; as your love
lead to marriage, and you have lived hap
Ply ever after. we wish tonight to offer
our congratulations and our good wishes
for the future to our hostess and her f.
ance, Mr. John Blank.
1t is needless to say that hearty
congratulations were in order and a
jolly dance followed. The refresh
ments were simply ice cream in the
shape of double hearts, one pink, one
white. and small heart cakes. A fruit
frappe was served from a bowl sur
rounded by a wreath of pink roses,
and each guest was given a rose as a
souvenir.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
Carnival of Merry Lovers.

A young woman who wished to an
nounce her engagement in a unique
manner issued invitations for a fancy
dress party in which the guests were
requested to come dressed as famous
lovers" Husbands and wives, broth
ers and sisters, maids and their IA
vorite SWANS came together and great
was the fun trying to guess who was
who. There were John Alden and Pris-
ella, Hiawatha and Minr ehaha, Paul
and Vidginia, Queen Elizabeth and
Essex, Dante and Beatrice, Napoleon
and Josephine, etc. All characters
were kept secret and the host asked
the following questions:
Are you fact or fiction?
Are you living or dead? Of left alive
n the story they are supposed to be liv-
tng)
Did your love lead to marriage?
Either. What prevented?
Or, Did you live happy ever after:
What Influence had the mans love on
the woman?
What influence had the woman's love
on the man?
What was the most stirring event of
your history?
The young hostess was dressed in
a becoming evening gown, and her
brother, who acted as host, was not
disguised. There was one man whom
no one could guess, as he wore a
masque and black domino. After a
lively time guessing, and when nearly
every one was discovered, the mysteri-
GUS stranger was found beside the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

soil having an abundance of moisture,
many of them being natives of LOVELY
ing areas along the seashore Another
characteristic of plants like the onion
and asparagus is that they will with
stand considerable salt in the soils
on which they grow. The onion is
grown primarily for its bulb; how
ever, the leaves are often employed
for seasoning, and there are several
kinds that are grown for their leaves
only.
The onion holds third place among
the truck crops grown in the United
States. In 1908 about 100000 bush
els, valued at S10,000,000, were pro-
duced, practically all of which were
consumed in this country. In addi-
ton we annually import about 1,4O0,-
900 bushels from Spain, Egypt, Bermu-