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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

MO CORNERS, the sink in the mid
die of the room, marble walls
~ and copper utensils, each marked
with milady's monogram, are the chief
features of what is perhaps the nearest
approach to model kitchen. 1t is in
Mrs. Oscar Johnson's palatial home in
Portland place, St. Louis.
On entering it the first impression is
one of absolute simplicity-and CLEAN
of FURNISHED copper. In the middle of
the room Is a great copper sink, with
three tall spickets of the same metal
for hot, cold and filtered water. Be-
meath the copper deal board are shelves
of marble for the soap, brushes and
other necessary articles.
The walls are wainscoted with palest
brown marble and finished with a
curved sanitary base, having no cor
ners, the bane of housewives exist
ence. Above the wainscot the walls
and ceiling are painted in a still more
delicate shade than the marble,
The windows and doors are bordered
with the marble, and the floor is COW
cred with rubber tiling, so silent and
clean-in which the copper and drab
tones are carried out.
The woodwork of the doors and
Kitchen dresser" are done in queer
shade of blue seen in the copper
matrix
Between two windows that look into
the garden Is a table-like shelf of mar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
Los ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1909
Women i'm the Business World

"This girl. plain or pretty gets
speedily into the routine of office
work. She learns that the woman
with the table of troubles, misfor-
tunes and better days plays a silly
and losing game. She feels a repul-
sion for her that is almost masculine.
She learns that cheeriness, good
health, punctuality, willingness and
painstaking work wonders where err
ratio brilliancy fails. She learns to
Justly rate these qualities in both men
and women.
"Perhaps the greatest thing a wo-
man learns in business is that delicacy
of physique and ill-health are not syn
onymous and, further, that the
charm of femininity is not in the least
lessened by the elimination of whims
and vagaries."
Yes, Harriet Brunkhurst is right
there is new era-the era of the
working woman. This woman has
changed the whole social face of our
country; she has brought up the aver
age intelligence of her sex, she has
compelled woman to think clearly and
sensibly. She has discovered that
man is far from a perfect creature
she has seen him in both the home
and among men. Thus she has formed
a more correct estimate of his real
nature than has ever before been the
lot of woman to know.
1t is a mistake to look at anything
through a mist. 1t is a mistake to
chinaerically picture either creature
or an object; we are doomed to dis
appointment and sorrow. and distrust
if we do. So the business woman,
with her compelled quickness, her
necessary insight, her discernment of
the world at large, is surely clearing
away some of the most unhappy
thorns and briars from the path of
her sisterhood.
AS soon as women understand that
men are not infallible, as soon as they
quit putting their heroes upon pedes-
tails and worshiping their imagined
good qualities, as soon as they know
their brothers and fathers and sweet
hearts for their true worth-then will
the world be much happier place
then will there be a mighty lessening
of the unhappy home and the crushed
feminine heart. These are the things
that the working woman is rapidly
learning.
All, it is doing q woman a wonder
full amount of good to get out in the
world Of business. 1t is widening her
view of everything. 1t is making her
no longer a creature of circumstances,
or narrow environment, of bigotry and
unsophistication. 1t is developing her
mind, her heart, her soul. 1t is max
ing her a most companionable mate
for man, a more powerful force in the
home.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

nID you ever visit in a house where
your hostess fused over you to
~ such an extent that you wished
to goodness you had never come?
There are we'll meaning hostesses of
that type, and they wear their guest to
frazzles before she has been twenty
four hours in the house.
They ask every few minutes what
they can do; they fear you are not
comfortable, and they make you mis-
erably conscious that your arrival has
upset the whole house.
Also-and this is the height of bad
taste-they keep apologizing for the en-
tertainment offered.
In the first place, never invite a
guest to your house unless you gen.
uinely want her. Forced hospitality is
no compliment.
When the guest arrives, make her
heartily welcome, and do not think
that you must sit and entertain her
every minute.
Remember that while she is with you
her bedroom belongs to her not to you;
so never enter it without knocking
first.
Don't apologize for your table nor
for anything in the house; give her the
best you can, and that is all anyone
can do.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
Some Tips Regarding Your Shoes

succession, and don't think your feet
can get along with any kind of old
treatment. If you want your feet to
look small, buy shoes very carefully.
Shoes i'll bought will look big and ugly,
no matter how small they may be.
In selecting shoes, do not ask the
number, but have the clerk measure
your foot and bring you shoes accord
ingly. Many a woman is shocked into
getting a shoe too small for her by be-
ing told the shoe she thought comfort
able is a size larger than the one she
has been wearing.
Remember that every make of shoe
differs; so that if you get into the habit
of replying, II want a shoe that fitsi"
when your number is asked, you will
save your pride and your feet, also the
time and temper of the clerk. What
you do not know cannot disturb you.
Shoes that are too pointed for your
foot compress the toes, giving all sorts
of trouble, such as ingrowing toe nails
and corns, and permanently deform the
shape of your foot. If pointed shoes
are worn, they should be bought half
size larger than usual.
1t is a mistake to think that an overly
pointed shoe makes the foot seem more
slender. 1t emphasizes the necessary
breadth, and never gives a graceful
long line.
Do not buy shoes In quantity because
they are cheap and attractive, that is,
provided they are not returnable. Not
only do styles in shoes change, but
ones feet as well, and the job lot shoes
may be unwearable long before they
are worn out,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

TN one of our weekly magazines
Harriet Brunkhurst writes most
4 interesting article upon the work
ing woman, indeed so full of informa-
tien is it that, for fear very few OF
my readers have seen it, intend quot
ing quite freely.
"Six millions of our countrywomen
here in the United States work for a
living-that Is, they work outside their
homes. They are in 29e of the S03 in
dustries tabulated at the last census.
OF these six million women workers,
at least one million are daily thrown
into intimate business relations with
men, a contingency that is rapidly
changing the entire web Of our social
life, for in consequence the mystical
reserve long maintained as necessary
between the sexes is broken.
"There may be something Of abb
surdity in placing the credit for even
share of this greatest of social revo-
lutions upon the shoulders of the
bright-faced little miss of 16, who
more or less qualified for work, finds
her place in an office. If she is bright
she will qualify quickly-with amaz-
ing rapidity in fact. Suppose she
does not hold her first position, she
will have learned something, and the
next position she is likely to keep.
in a relation more or less close She
may be but the telephone girl; per-
haps she will do clerical work and
she may not even have occasion to
speak to the men who constitute the
moving forces of the organization, yet
she is in the business; she sees, she
hears and profits by it. She may even
remain in a clerical position and still
absorb enough of the new atmosphere
to give her a really remarkable grasp
on the why's and Wherefores of busi-
ness and the fallibility of men.
Whatever her position chances to
be, the business girl penetrates mans
armor. She learns that he is but a
man and but human (she likes him
better and more intelligently for it);
that there are few exalted places
where she may not follow him; she
learns that almost any business is
simple when you get the inner side of
it-and that the bigger and better the
system, the simpler in most cases.
This girl may not feel a profound
respect for the ability of the man
she serves; she may be proud of work.
ing for him, but he wears no halo for
her-or wears it not for long.
There is an infinite number of
other things a girl learns in business.
She quickly discovers that she can
make her personality offset her lack
of experience-and it does her no
harm if she is clever enough to grasp
the fact that exactly the same thing
is true with man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

N0RN pudding-One and a half pints
of prepared corn, two tablespoon
~ fuls of butter, one and a half
pints of milk, two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, four eggs, half teaspoonful
of salt and a pinch OF nutmeg. Pre-
pare the corn by scoring the ears down
each row of grain and scrape suf-
ficient of the latter from the cob to
make a pint and a half; cream the
butter and sugar and add the salt, nut
meg and the yolks of the eggs, mix
well and add the corn and milk alter
nately; lastly fold in the stiffly beaten
whites of eggs. Pour the mixture into
buttered pudding dish, set 1t in a
pan of hot water and bake in mod
crate oven until set.
Corn griddle cakes-Half a pint of
sweet corn. fresh or canned, chopped
fine and run through a vegetable press,
half a pint of hot milk, one table,
| spoonful of butter, one Tablespoonful
of sugar, half a pint of flour, one
| heaping teaspoonful of baking powder,
half a teaspoonful of salt and two
eggs; mix and cook in spoonfuls on
hot creased griddle.
! Corn croquettes-Grate the corn
from twelve ears, or drain the liquor
from can of corn and chop the
kernels fine; cook together two table,
! spoonfuls of butter and two of flour,
and when these are blended add slow
| ly a pint of milk into which has been
stirred a pinch of baking soda. Cook
| this mixture, stirring oil the time, un-
| til it becomes a thick white sauce,
add to it the chopped corn with half
a teaspoonful of sugar, salt and pep
per to taste; set aside to cool When
cold form into croquettes with little
flour, and dip each croquette into
! beaten egg and fine bread crumbs;
chill for half an hour, then fry in
plenty of smoking hot fat drain and
serve hot.
Scalloped corn-Scalloped corn is
nice for lunch. To prepare it boil six
ears of young corn, cut it from the
cobs and put it in a buttered baking
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
Delicious Corn DeHcaCieS

into one pint of hot milk; when melted
pour it Slowly over two well beaten
eggs and mix it with the corn, sprin-
l1le we'll -buttered bread crumbs over
the top and bake in quick oven;
serve hot.
Corn omelet-Grate the corn from
six good-sized ears of green corn; beat
separately to a stiff froth the whites
and yolks of eight eggs, then beat
them together and add the grated corn,
season with little salt, stir all well
together, then turn the mixture into
an omelet pan over the fire with
enough hot butter to keep it from
sticking. When the edges of the ONE
let begin to set fold 1t quickly and
serve it on a hot plate with some strips
of broiled bacon round the edge Of the
omelet: serve Immediately.
Corn in tomatoes-Three ears Of
boiled corn, six large tomatoes, one
gill of milk, one tablespoonful or out-
ter, half teaspoonful of salt ana one
saltspoonful of pepper. Cut off the
stem end of the tomatoes and scoop
out the seeds and the core; sprinkle
little salt and paper over the to-
matoes, one gill of milk, one table,
spoonful of butter, half cut the corn
from the cob, put 1t into saucepan,
add the milk, butter, salt and pepper
and allow 1t all to become hot. When
the tomatoes are almost ready take
them from the oven, fill them with the
hot corn and return them to the oven
for ten minutes; serve hot.
Fried corn-Two pints of prepared
corn, one tablespoonful of flour, six
slices of bacon, one tablespoonful of
sugar, one gill of cream, one teaspoon
full of salt. Prepare the corn the same
as for the corn pudding and mix with
it the salt, sugar and flour. Put the
bacon in a frying pan and fry out the
fat; remove the bacon and add the
corn mixture to the fat in the frying
pan; fry for fifteen minutes, stirring
constantly; then add the cream. re-
duce the heat, cover closely until the
cream is nearly absorbed. When serv-
ing earnish the dish with the bacon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

~ HOES that are too tight at the tops
interfere with the action of the
~ calf muscles and spoil the shape
of the ankles.
Listen not to the too persuasive
salesman who whispers of newness,
stiffness and a happier by-and-by. If
a shoe does not feel comfortable in the
store, it will feel more uncomfortable
at home, and let nothing make you for
get it.
good cooling powder for perspir1ng
feet is composed of four parts of talcum
powder and one part of boracic acid
thoroughly mixed.
The shoes, above all things, should be
comfortable, for a marching man IS
only as strong as his feet" Feet will
not grow larger from wearing proper
shoes. Pinching and distorting them
make them grow not only large but un-
slightly. A proper, natural use of all
the muscles makes them compact and
attractive.
Don't settle down to state of big
feet, even if you happen to be large.
Select shoes with low vamps, wear your
heels high and broad, and don't forget
that pointed toes make the foot appear
smaller. Good looking feet are we'll feet
Sick, tired feet can never look natty
They have an aching, crippled look
which shows right through the shoes
And feet that hurt injure the constitu-
ton. They bring wrinkles and ruin
ones beauty; they make one walk bad
ly, and ruin ones gracefulness. Don't
wear the same pair of shoes two days in
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
HER ENDORSEMENT

ST want to get this check cashed,'
said the young matron, appearing al
the window of the paying teller.
Eyes, madam. You must indorse it
though" explained the teller.
"Why. my husband sent it to me. He
is away on business" she said.
''Yes, madam. Just indorse it; sign
it on the back, so we will know and
your husband will know we paid it to
you"
She went to the desk against the wall
and in a few moments presented the
check, having written on it's back;
Your loving wife. Edith" h."-Bellman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
PRoDIeAL

Iavished on each light love what should have
graced the right love;
sought the lips Of Pleasure, and met the
mouth of Shame;
true love;
could not hold the real love, the one love-
when 1t camel
Marie c. Oemler in Smart Set.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
Shees HALF Price and Less

over two hundred big disDiAy 0ArsAin
tables ars displaying snoes for mgns womsn
and children. on sale in many instances foa
half price and lssA convinoa yeuFnslf ano
aemo TO the
MAMMOTH SHOE HOUSE.
g1e South BEoadWag. 4-- M
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
TO CLEAN RIBBONS

If one is to keep supplied with clean
ribbons all the time, it either means
the outlay of considerable money or a
great amount Of care in preserving and
renovating them when they are soiled.
Here is process by which many of the
ribbons can be washed. They should
be placed in a salt water bath, and
while they are in this water the other
preparation should be made. This calls
for soap jelly, made from dissolved,
shredded white soap in boiling water.
Sufficient jelly should be added to
warm water to make a nice suds, and
to this can be added a pinch of borax.
The ribbon should be squeezed through
the hands, rubbing the soiled places,
and the soap should not be used
directly on the ribbons, as it will fade
delicate color. When the ribbons are
clean remove to warm and clear rinsing
water, and then to cold To dry the
ribbons in the open air would fade
them, SO the best manner to do this Is
to lay them fiat and smooth on clean
towel and then roll tightly. They
should stay rolled for about two hours,
when they will be in just about the
proper condition for ironing.
II you want to go east. O; Haydock. Agt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

"Did your wife bring many souvenirs
back from Europe"
At should say she did. Sixteen spoons,
a silver sugar and creamer, dessert
different hotels, too."-Detroit Free
Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
WISE AND OTHERWISE

"Say, Jones, that stenographer of
yours is a healthy looking girl. Don't
look as though she'd ever been i'll a
day.
;That shows how easy it is to be mis-
taken, Brown. She has number of
bad spells every day."-Kansas City
Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Nothing can be great which is not
right.-Dr. Johnson.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Unity is a. precious diamond-Holy
days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.

- QUICKLY dDsOrDeu'
Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brAne resulting from
Catarrh and drives
awny a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses of
Taste and Smell. FL
gists or by mail. In
Ely Brothers. 56 Wa,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Hank Stubbs-They say business is
pickin' up all around.
Bige Miller-That amt no idle talk
neither we got two more aigs yester-
day than we did the day before
Boston Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Men prize a thing ungained more
than it is.-Shakespeare.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Land on the west coast Of Mexico. Sonora
sinaloa-H. A. Smith, $40 Byrne bldg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

II you want to go east. @. Haydock. Agt
Illinois Central r r.. lis W. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

CJ HOES that are too tight at the tops
p interfere with the action of the
~ calf muscles and spoil the shape
of the ankles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Rollins-Do you know that there ar
two full moons this August?
Rounder-Sure! Saw 'em both las
night.-Boston Transcript.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Mrs. Ethel Bennett Of Burlington
avenue is leaving tomorrow morning
for Grinnell, Iowa, where she VIII re-
main until after the holidays, the guesI
Of Miss Alma. Christian. Miss Chris
tian was Mrs. Benefits guest last
winter and was widely entertained.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Wiles and their
daughter, Miss Wiles, are leaving 70
in Texas, where Mr.. Wiles Is called
by business.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

''Why do descriptive writers speak sc
often of the angry flames"
'I suppose because the flames are
usually put out."-Baltimor American
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

The wise too jealous are, fools to
secure.-Congreve.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Mrs. Mathilde Gieske and Miss
blanche Gieske, who sailed on the
Manchuria the latter part of June for
a three months tour of Japan ana
China, arrived in San Francisco Fri
day,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

"What disposition is made of the
children of the coupler"
"They will spend six months with
the servants of each parent.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Two Pullman car porters meet out-
side the Grand hotel after a nights S
run.
where's Ike Stevens, Bill? He
hasn't been on the Job for two nights"
mo He had a birth up to his house" A"
Girl or boy?"
Twins"
"Huh! I don't call that a birth; I
call that a section. New York Tele-
graph.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Many are the Affections of the righ
eous.--Bible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Bella Mahon, daughter
of John L. Mahon of Ashland, ORE
and Joseph A. Clark, the ceremony taKr
inos Mace September % at the home of
the officiating clergyman, Rev. Hugh
K. Walker on South Flower street
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11

President Perry in introducing the
next speaker said: We all know and
love him-Ex- Governor George H. Ut
ter of We srly.
Governor Utter opened in a humor-
GUS vein and after several pointed an
ecdotes continued:
What we need is that get together
spirit and we need it more than any
thing else, and the Board of Trade is
the organization TO bring this about.
Two communities are represented IN
the Board OF Trade, Westerly and Tire
PaWcatuck section Of the town of St0n-
ington, and it is time for the men of
both towns to become more interested
into the public expenditures, not in a
knocking sense, but rather in the in
terests of good government.
When we get together in financial
town meeting we knowingly make APP
preparations beyond our receipts. At
the next meeting we do likewise and
continue to increase the Indebtedness,
making no provision for future reduc-
ton. It is time the people Of Westerly
and Stonington should call halt. Ii -
proper for the Board of Trade to take
the initiative. A committee should be
appointed to talk the matter over and
have something tangible for presenta-
ton to the meeting. He would not
favor reduction of appropriations for
schools or highways, but believed there
should be an end to increa sing the in
CONTINUED on Page Eigl1t.)
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11

Show up, and when he doas it would DE
good idea to knock MI. Knoclker out.
1t is men of the Knocker family who
actually believe that your magnificent
public library and park should be tax
ed, even if these are endowed for the
public good. If anything in this world
should be free from taxation 1t IS edu-
cation, so a deaf ear should be turned
to the Knocker who is stumbling
block to the growth Of any town.
Mr.. Clair said that in riding about
Westerly in the afternoon he saw a
large mill builGing unoccupied, a thing
that could not happen in Illinois. where
a chance for location of that kind
would be got5bIed 10 Immediately. He
aseertained that IL has been two years
since that building has been occupied
by good live industry, and farther
that no new industry of Importance
has been located in Westerly for five
years. Mr. Clair ss4d that he was of
course unfamiliar with local conditions
but if there are no severe restrictions
there is no good reason why that fine
building should have been vacant thirty
days. This condition suggests the i'm
portaDee of organization and the ne
cessity of concentrated action.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11
January Sale Of Wide Enbroiderips
2SC per yard
(Shetucket Street Store)
Low Prices In
Housekeeping Goods

One lot Table Cloths. Napkins. Tea
Cloths, slightly soiled and slightly
damaged. at HALF PRICE
One lot small Table Covers. hem
stitched or heavy knotted fringe. all
yellow regular $500 quality 49, Sale
price CSC.
1914 Blankets, slightly imperfect,
regular 75c quality - Sale price 4ec
pair.
11-4 Blankets, slightly imperfect,
Sips goods-Sale price s3c pair.
ia Blankets, extra heavy, perfect
goods, regular S1.75 goods-sale price
s1.3e pair.
ia Blankets. extra heavy goods,
regular S1.so goods-SaIe price S14e
pair.
Single Bed Spreads, fringed, cut
corners or square, 1925 quality - Sale
price $3.50 each.
Scanned Bleached Sheets, yards by
212 yards, regular SOC quality-sale
price 3ec each.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11
Men Folks Profit Reductions

EXTRA SPEC1AIl-Boys' and Mems
Scotch Mixture Chore and AStrachan
Back Gloves
soc quality-Sale price 33o
25c quality-Sabe price 21c
Our Coat, Cuff Attached Negligee
Shirts, $3.50 grade-SaIe price CSC.
Mems Black Cashmere Half Hose
slightly imperfect. regularly 200 pair
Sale price 17e,
Mems Six Four-in-hands in the
regular 50c-Sale price 25e.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11
Special Offerings in
Notion Department

COTS Curvette Skirt Braid, triple
edge, 5 yard pieces. 25o quality-sale
price 1oe piece.
Thermalite Hot Water Bags a few
left of the $500 quality-for SOC each
2O0-yard spool Cotton, black and
white-sale price 19c dozen.
Wire Hair Rolls for front ana al
round, Csc qualty-Sale price 17o.
Tooth BRUSHES in assorted styles
tic value-Sale price Toe each.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-11
Special Lot of the date
Wide RuchingS

They come in neck lengths, IA
inches to a length, all Gibson styles
in a variety of color combinations, reg
ular value 25c-SaIe price 19c each.
Accumulation of Ruching Remnants.
all nice white desirable Ruches, nor
less than IA inches in each piece. If
you had them cut from our regular
stock would cost you 1Oc a length -
Sale price Sc.