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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
ConRrea.naGn Granger bead.

Washington. Feb t1t.-congressm Daniel L a. Granger of Providence, R. l., who represented the First Dis inr inc ssth, S9th and e0th Congreasss. died here at 7:fB e'elock chic evening Of heart failure. He was s7 years ola
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

given me new life.
 I suffered for ten years with serious female troubles, in- fammation, ulcer ation, indigestion, nervousness, and could not sleep. Doctors gave me up, as they said my tr Oubles were chronic. l was in despair, and did not .xe,~.S. ww,fs s.A kNAT 1A~afF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
Yunq's Restaurant
 2s North Court Street The Place SOr EUay Delicdtv Of Lana and Sea
roo LATE TO cLAslFY

WANTED-Experisnce street railway con ductor with small capital who would be above expenses. Address Conductor care of Advertiser. g
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
AFTERNOON MEETING

Dr. Torreys sermon yesterday after noon was on the Most Effective Meth
 od of Soul Winning" His text was from John |, 41-42, "Ke first findeth his own brother simon. And he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
Ienren for RIchmon.l.

Mrs. A. l.. Bayne left last night for Richmond. Va. where she was called to the bedside of here mother, who Is seriously i'll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
AFTER
 SUFFERING
 TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
 hams Vegetable Compound

MARLToN, N.J.-I feel that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
Dr. IloutnaAn ln TsensacoIm,

course In twenty-five aud twenty seven minutes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
prsvate Car Here.

vice-President Russell of the Mobile ana Ohio Railroad passed through the citv yesterday in his private car.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
Emergency Salads with Fruit

of all vegetables had for dinner the
night before Where there has been u
sauce on the vegetable it should be
washed off before putting away.
Remnants of fruit that are not
enough to serve as a fruit course make
a delicious salad. Either cherries or
pineapples, singly or together. are eX-
cellent on a hot day. Though as a
rule fruit takes French dressing both
cherries and pineapples.
Leftover watermelon or cantaloupe
both made good salads for the next
meal. Cut the former into cubes,
sprinkle with cinnamon, paprica. salt
and a few drops of lemon juice. Put
in a tightly covered dish on the ice to
chill for an hour or more.
Serve on hearts of lettuce, with
whipped cream heaped on top and
mayonnaise to form a border.
Watermelon can be treated in the
same way, omitting the whipped cream,
but is better if served with sections
of grapefruit or with tiny crab ap-
pies boiled until slightly tender, then
chilled.
Cherries, apricots, plums, green
cages though usually served with
French dressing, are better with may
onnaise. They are further improved
by filing with cream cheese. Serve on
hearts Of lettuce
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
Cuts SIIhouetteS as Summer Task

I received so cents each. AS there
were fifty guests to supply you can
make your own calculation as to the
amount earned.
My third order was for a child )
party also. but the experience was
quite different from the first. The
subject was a little girl. She was
giving an afternoon party to twenty
five friends of her own age and their
dolls She wanted her silhouette cut
showing her rolling her doll in its car
riage
II cut silhouettes until 1 got one
to suit, and at the appointed time
sent up the twenty-five as ordered,
with an extra size copy for the
mother. The morning after the party
l received all the silhouettes back
again except the large copy. The
servant who brought them explained
that Mrs. Blank had given the little
girls a choice between the silhouettes
and doll parasols and that they had
taken the parasols. AS I had sent
the large copy as a present she had
kept that and thanked me for it.
what did l do? The only thing
there was for me to do. l held my
tongue and waited for time that 1
didn't believe would ever come.
"A few days later the tide began to
turn my way. The leader of the col
ony. the woman who gave the most
noticeable entertainments, gave me
an order not only to make silhouettes
of her guest of honor for place cards,
but also to cut lilienesses of her other
guests as they sat at the table. To do
this 1 had to get another woman in
the sketch class to come with me and
put the silhouettes on the cards while
1 cut them.
This dinner of ten covers brought
me 500 and gave my work a certain
sort of vogue. During the remainder
of the season 1 had as many orders as
I cared to take and one order that [
refused. That order was from the
woman who had returned her little
daughters silhouettes.
Learning how to cut silhouettes
is a simple matter to any person who
has even a slight talent for portrait
painting The only thing is to learn
to use the scissors with sufficient skill
to give expression to what the eye
sees.
IF I hadn't made a hit with my
silhouettes I was going to try paint
ing fans and parasols as souvenirs
of the summer resort. A student in
our art school two summers ago sold
twenty odd fans with scenes in New
port painted on them.
Though painting fans and cutting
silhouettes cannot be called very
high grade of art, each is a means Of
earning money that requires some
artistic talent and skill. AS our
sketch class goes to another resort
this summer I shall try cutting sill
houettes again. One woman who
takes an interest in the church at
the resort has engaged me to have q
silhouette booth at church fair which
she is getting up. I am to receive $40
for the two afternoons that the fair is
open and so per cent of all 1 make,
not only on the silhouettes 1 cut there,
but also on all orders received for fu-
ture work.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

TF one is sure to keep on hand a
mayonnaise dressing of some sort
Il either the regular mayonnalse or
the boiled dressing described recently
there is no reason for ever getting INTO
a pinch for a summer lunch. Nothing
is nicer more healthful nor more cool
ing to the blood in summer than a
salad served ice cold and de-lcately
garnished. .
Even when there is no mayonnaisc
ready il is but the work of few min
utes TO mix up a French dressing. The
secret of this dressing is not to use
too much vinegar. One-fourth the pro-
portion of vinegar to oil Is enough.
Heat until a thick emulsion is formed,
While many persons use only OIL,
vinegar. salt and pepper in French
dressing is improved by rubbing the
howl with chives, cheveil or onions. A
verv little mustard is also liked.
Though French dressing made on
tbe table is rather popular with GER
tain hostesses who like to show their
skill. it is far better to make 1t long
enough before using to allow the salad
to soak in it. Marlnate, 1t is called,
This is especially necessary for toma-
toes or fruit salads.
The ingredients of salads need cause
no trouble if one makes point or
keeping in a cold place the left-overs
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
Cleaning old Straw Hats

the solution, which must be allowed to
dry. After this treatment the hat will
look like new.
Hats of white erin may be sponged
with soap and water without injury.
The crown should be filled with soft
tissue paper or anything handy, while
the drying is going on, in order to pre-
serve its shape. The brim should be
allowed to lie fiat and might be weight
ed with anything heavy. If the brim
of the hat is fiat, then it may dry in
this position. If not, when almost dry
curve into the desired lines, or allow to
dry and then sew a fine wire into the
edge.
Soiled black erin hats will respond to
a sponging with a cloth Wrung out or
hot water to which a teaspoonful of
ammonia has been added. A thorough
wetting is unnecessary, but there
should be sufficient moisture on the
rag to take the dust from the hat. 1t
may be we'll to fill the crown with pa
per while sponging. Wiring dry.
White chip hats, if only slightly
soiled, may be cleaned by rubbing with
French chalk until the dirt disappears.
I have heard of good results from
painting chip hats with the preparation
that comes for restoring white canvas
shoes, but have never tried it.
should think, however, that the pow
der that comes Tor cleaning WHITE
suede slippers might answer such a
purpose.
Black chip hats that have a gray ap-
pearance may be made to look almost
new by wiping with a rag sprinkled
with a few drops of sweet oil,
This should be done carefully so that
the oiled rag does not touch the trim
ming. When the oil is absorbed the
hat should be wiped with clean, dry
rag.
White straw hats may be dyed any
color. also black. Light straw win take
any darker shade, and of course black
Navy blue and black may be redyed
the same shade and will look like new
again. ELIZABETH LEE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

III HIS is the time of year when hats
of straw, braid, etc, begin to
- show signs of shabbiness, for us
ually dust has accumulated between
the rows of braid, refusing to be dis
lodged by the average means.
Usually white and other light colors
have become soiled, while the hat is
otherwise in excellent condition.
In the case of a plain band straw
sailor the problem of renovation is
comparatively easy one, for all that is
necessary is to remove the ribbon
band, turn the sweatband outside of
the crown, and then go over it with a
stiff brush to remove the dust.
If much soiled, the straw may be
scrubbed with hot water and soap,
using an ordinary nail crush, for the
scrubbing. Then the hat should be
thoroughly dried. If the straw is white
it will probably look yellow. To re-
store it to its original Whiteness brush
it with a solution of oxelic acid. Five
cents worth of the crystals will be am
pie. 1t should be dissolved in water.
If desired to dye the hat, then one
can buy one of the many preparations
that come for the purpose, or may
make a dye by dissolving a tube of oil
paint in gasoline, using sufficient to
get the right shade. This is put on
with brush, ana OF course requires
care in applying in order to obtain an
even color throughout.
Sometimes the brim becomes limp
during the soap and water process and
when this is so, after the hat is dry, a
cloth wrung out of hot water should be
laid on the brim and pressed with
hot iron. Supposing the gloss of the
straw has also disappeared in the
cleaning, it can be restored by painting
,icl, m I'D
shellac and one part of alcohol.
This solution is also useful to fresh
en- colored glossy straws that may
have become dusty and shabby To
cleanse them, after brushing off the
dust the hat should be painted with
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
SHRINKING COTTON

Many times it seems a pity to shrink
the cloth before making it up, but
growing girls get too big for their
clothes so soon that it is wise to avoid
the shrinking of the first washing. Put
them in hot water and allow them to
remain until the water is practically
cold. Then hang them up and dry
them, repeating the process and IRON
ing while damp.
Colors may be set by using saltpeter
for blue, alum for blue and green.
Black pepper is used for bluffs or grays.
The proportions are one ounce Of either
saltpeter or alum to twelve quarts of
boiling water, and one tablespoon of
black pepper, if that be used. In all
cases use hot water and leave the goods
in till cold rinsing thoroughly if salt
peter or alum is used.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
HONEY eoop For CHILD

If your child has a gerat fondness for
sweet things, and ordinary candies and
cakes disagree with him, you can sub
stitute honey for them.
1t is an excellent food for children, is
nutritious, and when taken with bread
may be eaten with impunity
1t is also valuable as an aid to diges-
tion.
Most people find it as delicious as it
is healthful when they are fortunate
enough to obtain it in its pure state.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

KIT Asst summer I not only kept up
with the work of our out-of-
"a door sketch class. but l paid
all my expenses and saved sos besides
by cutting silhouettes," a young wom-
an who is taking an advanced course
in art in Boston told a New York
Sun reporter you see the situation
was like this:
Il had money enough to take me
through the summer by the strictest
economy if l went with the sketch
class, but / would have had less than
So at the beginning of winter to tide
me over until | could sell the sketches
made during the summer. Other stu
dents who were working their way
were taking employment in hotels and
various places for the summer. or
course they would have to give up
their art work for the time being and
would have nothing to sell next au-
tumn. On the other hand they were
sure of making a certain amount or
money, enough to pay expenses dur
ing the next term.
The question with me was to stop
work and become a waitress in II
summer hotel or go with the sketch
class and depend on selling my
sketches in the autumn. Having de-
cided to stick to my work and take
the risk, my first thought was to save
my little hoard of money and add TO
it in every way possible.
My first effort was directed to-
ward the mistress of the cottage
nearest where our class had taken up
quarters. l called one morning with
q handful of my work and asked for
orders to supply favors for some or
the entertainments which l under
stood she gave each season.
"When | learned that the first en-
tertainment was a birthday party for
the son of the house, boy of e, and
that it was to take place the next day
[ at once suggested silhouettes of the
little fellow as appropriate favors.
The mother was undecided. She said
she was sure it was too late for me
to give her anything really worth
while, but she consented to have the
boy brought in and let me see what
could be done.
"He wasn't a particularly pretty
child, but his features were large,
which made it easy to get a likeness
in a silhouette. l spent about half
an hour cutting silhouettes of him
in different positions and at the end
received an order for as many as there
had been invitations accepted.
ut is easy enough to cut the sill
houettes, but getting them properly
mounted on time was the rub. l sat
up that night until my eyes refused
to stay open. and got up the next
morning as soon as it was light
enough to see to work. l managed
not only to finish the number ordered,
but also to cut one silhouette of extra
large size. This, 1 explained in my
note to the mother, l thought she
might want to keep for herself.
"When my check came there was
an order for one dozen more of the
large sized silhouette. The child's
grandmother had taken fancy to
give them to various friends and rela-
tives of her own. For the silhouettes
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
POOR LITTLE GIRL

Little Helen who is a great talker
and aged just 8, was annoying her
father one day by her almost endless
chatter. He was endeavoring to finish
some important writing, so said. Run
away, dear; daddy is very busy"
Helen toddled off and, after the space
of about five minutes returned and,
standing beside her fathers chair, laid
an appealing fat hand on his arm and
looking up into his face with a most
grieved air. said: Daddy, Use very
lonely-I tan't find any one to leave
myself wifi. The Delineator.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
PREvENTIvEs AGAINST MOTHS

Take one-fourth of an ounce each of
ground cloves and caraway seed. one
ounce of dried common salt, one-half
pound of lavender flowers free from
the stalk and one-half ounce each of
dried thyme and mint. Mix well to-
gether and put in cambria or silk bags.
These scent bags, If placed among
clothes, will preserve them from
moths and give a pleasant odor, says
the Woman's Home Companion.
If you are troubled with moths in the
house, try putting blotting paper well
saturated with turpentine in the draw
ers, among the furs and bedclothes, Or
wherever there is any danger of IL
moths working their depredations; +
can even be put along the edges Of
carpets. Turpentine is the best pre-
ventive of moths l have discovered.
The Angelus grill has excellent serv-
1 LIT II
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
A sooIetv Comnosition

The professor seated himself airlly
at the piano and announced in a far
away voice "Song mitoudt vordts'
He rendered a few dreamy chords,
and then BERTHE Flippe told Mrs. Dash
leigh a screaming story and a bunch
OF debutantes in the corner quarreled
about the handsome william at the
Mimic.
The professor reused "Song nit
vordts-lots of vordts." he corrected
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
Taft,s Game

do you know anything about golf?"
"A little"
whats the proper club to land
puck
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
Society
All rERlENns WlrHLlFE

Give me green rafters and the quiet hills.
Where peace will mix philter of my Ills
Rafters of cedar and of aycamore,
Where I can stretch out the fragrant
noor
And see them peer-the softly stepping
shapes
BY the stlll pool where hang the tart wild
grapes.
There on the hills OF summer let me lie
On the cool grass, in friendship with the
sky;
Let me lie there in love with earth and sum
And wonder up at the lightfoot winds that
run,
Stirring the delicate edges OF the trees
And shaking down a music Of the seas
Bring some old book--the "Romaunt Of the
Rose"
A song through which the wind of morn
ing blows.
Let me stretch out, at friends with life at
last,
Forgetting all the clamors OF the past
The broken dream, the flying words unjust
The failure, and the friendship gone to
dust
EDWIN MARKHAM.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
philadelphia Inquirer

But when few more years have Sped
And youths his aid are crying,
Their route will be the clouds o'erhead;
In airships they'll be flying.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

II you want to go east, C. Haydock. Agt.
Illinois Central r. r., 11S w. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

The Angelus grill has excellent serv-
ice and better focd. Fourth and Spring
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stansbury of
South Alvarado street, who are home
from an extended trip, entertained Fri
day evening with dinner in compli-
ment to Mr.. Stansbury's sisters, Miss
May and Miss Minnie, who yesterday
continued their trip to Seattle and
Alaska.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Birney Donnell will leave early next
week for Plattsburg, n. Y, where
August Is he will plight his troth to
Miss Agnes Cotter, sister of Thomas b.
Cotter. at whose home the ceremony
will be soemnized by another brother,
Rev. r. J. Cotter of Hollywood.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Mrs. Harry Fryman will entertain
few friends informally tomorrow as a
farewell courtesy to Mrs. A. J. Prosser,
who will leave Wednesday for visit
with Mrs A. p. Lee of San Rafael
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Prosser will make
trips to san Francisco and other points
of interest, and Mrs. Prosser will be
away from Los Angeles a month.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

The engagement is announced of Miss
Ida Pierce, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
B. w. Pierce of West Twenty-tirst
street, and Burnie M. Morris, a young
architect of Los Angeles. The wedding
will be solemnized in September
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Among Arizona visitors to Los Ange-
les are Mrs. Fred Brown of Tucson,
her daughter, Miss Pearl, and her son,
Kenneth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Mrs D. M. Riordan and daughter,
Miss Margaret, are in Seattle, en- route
to Alaska. Their trip will last two
months or more.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Woolwine
went over to Catalina yesterday for a
stay of ten days.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-21
Doors In China.

In China doors are often round, leaf
shaped or semicircular. In placing
them the builder usually avoids having
one opposite another lest evil spirits
find their way from the street into the
recesses Of the building. The door
ways separating the courts OF a gar
den are usually of an elaborate kind,
and the Octagonal form Is one OF the
most popular. Religious superstition
asserts itself in Chinese architecture,
and the universal sacredness Of the
numerals and o is shown In the ar
rangement Of temple doors. There is
q triple gateway to each Of the halls
Of the imperial palace. and the same
order prevails at the Ming tombs. The
Temple of Heaven has a triple roof, a
triple marble staircase. and all its mys-
tic symbolism points either to or its
multiples.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-21
Nuras - Nurasrr cemhlned.

A recent visitor to Brittany de-
Rcribes in the New Orleans Times
Democrat the two story closed bed Of
the Breton peasant. in many cases a
richly carved and ornamenfed heir
loom and always highly priEed.
One day the visitor was expressing
her admiration Of a certain ''lit-elos, .
when madam pulled the sliding pan
els apart and revealed the figure Of
her husband aieepily rubbing bis eyes
and wanting to know what was the
matter. She calmly explained to him
that the visitor wanted to see the In
side Of the bed and then explained TO
the visitor that her good man had been
out nshing since dawn and was very
tired. The visitor begged him to close
the panels and 60 to sleep again. which
he Immediately did. but not before she
noticed that be was fully dressed. II
seems that the Breton peasant always
disappears into the 'slit-clOs'' fully
dressed and always emerges therefrom
In the same condition. While her hus-
band slept madam enlarged on the
advantages Of q ''lit-clos'' In bringing
up a family.
Il have had six children" she said.
and when they were little used TO
put three in the top story and three
In the bottom. then close the panels
and leave them with an easy mind"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-21

The Englishmar and His "Bawth."
II had a bachelor apartment at one
time with an Englishman. who was
always talking about his 'bawth, you
know" said a New York banker.
''The first thing Of a morning he said:
I must take my bawth, you know.
Really, now. / must take my bawth-
haw, hawP'
HE did so much talking about his
'bawth' that l stayed one morning to
see him take ito see II 1t was diff
ferent from the bath OF the American.
ut was. This is what he did: First
he spread a soft towel at the bottom
of the bathtub. then turned on the
water until 1t was about two inches
high.
$50 as not to chill my feet, you
know-haw, hawr' he explained to me.
''Then he stood on the soft towel in
the two inches Of water. turned on
the spray. sprang through It. leaped
out and rushed for a towel
"He had taken his 'bawth. you know
-haw. haw!"-Washington Post
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-21
A alnauInr ManI.

One Of the most singular meals ever
eaten was that given to a select few
by an antiquary named Goebel in
Brussels some years ago. The bread
was made from wheat grown before
the children OF Israel passed out OF
Egypt. and 1t was spread with butter
made when Elizabeth ruled England.
For fruit there were apples which
ripened before the Christian era. and
the wine was older than the white
mans knowledge Of the new world.
The bread was made from wheat taken
from chamber in one Of the pyra-
mids. the butter (of which there were
several pounds had been found in an
earthen crock on a stone shelf under
the icy waters Of a well In Scotland.
A pantry in the ruins Of Pompeil had
furnished the Jar of apples (Which
were as sweet and finely Favored as If
only few months old, and the fagon
Of wine had been recovered from an
old vault In Corinth. Six guests en-
Joyed this amazing meal. Chicago
News.