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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

If for any reason you have not
sprinkled your clothes the night
before you wish to iron them, try
sprinkling them with boiling hot
water. Use a clean whisk broom,
as it sprinkles them much finer
and evener than by dipping the
water in your hand.
AS soon as your clothes are
sprinkled and tightly rolled up,
put on your irons to heat. By the
time they are hot your clothes will
be ready to iron as nicely as IL they
had lain over night. Always iron
the linens last, as they require
more dampness.
A first and indeed almost the
only rule needed for conduct in q
public place is to strive constant.
ly to efface yourself. Avoid any
word or action that will call at.
ltention to you. This for conduct
and for conversation with a com.
panion, remember always to speak
in low tone, to omit the mention
of your friends name, and, above
all, to suppress the names OF
persons of whom you may be
speaking. This last caution may
save you bitter humiliation or en-
lbarrassment, for intimate friends
relatives even, of those upon whom
your words may carelessly or UNI
kindly dwell, may be close beside
Iyou.
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nent danger of losing it." Then
she walked away.
"She's from Boston," grinned
windy" and he strolled back to
the smoky office and told senti-
mental yarns until far in the even
ing.
WINDY" was hard hit, and, ar
raging himself in medley shad-
ing from rich canary to olive
green, he strolled forth again on
the chance of encountering the
beautiful maid. This time he
found her at the end of the long
veranda, reading the plant of
Omar Khayyam. windy" did not
proffer any gifts of gum; also his
hat sat upon his reddish head so
straight that a spirit level would
not have Quivered.
"That song and dance of old
Omar is nifty literature" he ven
Itured. "Once when / was a boy
wrote a poem"
when I was girl my mother
had a crazy quilt that had more
shades and tints than a sample
card from dye factory" said No
10, without raising her eyes.
"Your shirt revives the memory"
Windy" grinned and started
away, abashed for the first time in
life. On the way to the office he
sighed three times.
But Windy" Devlin took good
, care that his clothes should offend
no more. He attired his big body
in black and gray, and sought out
again the beautiful waitress who
read Omar in the twilight and cal
culated geometrical angle offhand
Windy" had a way of going after
things that he desired. Now he
|, passed by the lounging, blase dain-
ties in the hammocks, the romping
, clear-eyed athletic girls at the ten
mis- courts, the wide-eyed, specta.
cled blue-stockings in the deep
porch chairs, and sought out, day
, after day, the waitress from Bos-
ton. She rebuffed him constant
!, ly. She told him his language was
unworthy Of the tongue of Shakes
peare; she suggested that he was
descended from Baron Munchau-
sen, and limited at Ananias. But
Windy accepted the rebuffs, cor
rected his delinquencies and per-
SISTED. And persistence accom-
plishes much. At last came the
day when he managed to hold her
long enough to ask a fateful ques-
ton.
First, ! want to explain" an
swered the girl. blushing glor-
iously. "At home / am a school
teacher"
81 don't care II you're the
queen of Sheba." interrupted
Windy"
II came out her to study the
geological formations"
cit doesn't make any difference
IL you came out to locate the south
lpole," broke In Windy" Devlin.
| II don't believe in hasty en-
Igagements--"
I'm convert you." promised
l"Windy."
T-I-I--" faltered the girl
Love me-" finished Windy
9TH give you six weeks to get
, READY"
Ten minutes later one of the
urchins, sneaking up, found them
land slipping down to the offics
,, broke up Jackpot with the won.
derfuI story.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Betty's nome was near the en-
chanted wood, and 1t was there
that the little girl loved to walk
and gather violets and spring
beauties.
That morning while Betty was
gathering violets she found an
unusually large white one, and
upon brushing away the leaves to
see il there were any more like it
she found a whole row of the tiny
white blossoms. AS she kept
gathering them she saw that they
formed a long path. She kept
plucking them till she had both
hands filled, and then she follow
ed the tiny white blossom-strewn
pathway till she came to a queer
tree. 1t was ever and ever Sc
high, and had such big branches
and all over the tree were little
round open doors, with one large
door down by the roots. All about
pretty birds were flying and sing
ing.
| AS Betty stood looking and
wondering what in the world
could live in such strange tree
the big door opened and out
stepped the quaintest little man
you ever saw, dressed in conf
cal yellow and green velvet suit
and high cooked hat, which he
took off with a great flourish as
he bowed to Betty. She was hall
afraid, but he smiled so cheerily
and hoped about so quickly to
bring her little three-legged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

What tearing of hair and kicking up of dust
there is now because Jim Hill is carrying out his
long 2O-year program of diverting business from
Tacoma to Seattle by "readjustng" the N. P. head
quarters for this division which will the trans
fer OF some Tacoma people to Seattle.
And the same fellows and the same papers who are
ranting and paving the air are the ones who few
weeks ago were belaboring the council and demand
ing that the N p franchise be granted at once that
this delaying of public improvements must stop,
that the company should be given what it wants to
waterfront so that it could carry out it's grand
scheme of development for Tacoma.
And the camor prevailed.
After the subsidized newspapers, three in num-
Der, and the so-called business men" had all in
sisted the council finally wilted and the franchise
practically as drawn by the n p. attorneys, was
granted.
1t worth at conservative estimate cou-
pie OF million dollars, and the city got for it-wel
they got little 2x6 depot promised for Old Town
and another for the Wilton water way, something
the company would have had to build for it's own
business anyway.
The city might have enforced contract to lower
switching charges in Tacoma to the Seattle basis
Seattle has it in of her franchises. The city
might have put in clause that would have forever
compelled the retention of the division headquar-
tiers here The city might have put in lot of
things that would have indicated to Jim Hill that
the people here up to snuff and not to be spat
upon longer, but the bowls of the business men"
and "organs" against delaying improvements
deceived the councimen and the franchise went
through
Now, having all the franchises he wants just now
Jim Hill is proceedings pay the city for being so
easy. And these aitorous papers W i C h
shouted against delaying improvements are now
sputtering and frothng at the mouth in a great
grandstand play the removal of the division
headquarters to Seattle
The rank and file of the people beginning to
get onto the game
At the time this franchise up the Times in
sisted that the occasion ripe for the city to tie
up Jim Hill so the city would have something, but
the grandstand clamor about delaying improvements
dimmed the vision of the council and nothing was
DONE
Now these same shouters are making great ado
when there is no opportunity to do anything
Their shouts won't cost the N. p. anything now
But wait until another million dollar franchise is
asked for by any one of the public service concerns
then notice where these crooked sheets stand and
don't be deceived when hey attempt to disguise
their traitorous actions der the cloak Of boosting
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
BY stuart n. Stone

At the big. green-painted, pine
smelling hotel on the mountain
side. Mr.. Windy Devlin un-
doubtedly stood best with the
younger ladies. Decked In gor-
geously impossible raiment. Wig
orously chewing gum or emitting
volcanic discharge OF black cigar
smoke. no stroiled about the
grounds spreading chaff and good
cheer. Il Was on one Of these
frlumphal progresses that he sn-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21


A 50, Sister
Afore us-then he in go ahead:
II know passed
Nor with tn with
Nor live tn patient sacrifice,
Which make tn mem'ry sacred-ike o. her paradise
But barrn all them blessed
Ter be a o. solace simply No. e.
i make bones, jones' sayin 1 don't
How frank be eff frank makes relations
Il that still up best love tn
Who heaved his dyin while holdin' of han;
An though he tn heart fer him
Because he fit tn uphill
But all aside
Ter smoother remanin' days merely No. 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

glue 1t to the back of the mirror
1t serves to protect the mirror
and also to cover the raw seams
of the bag. The interior of the
bag is now complete, and the
only remaining touch is the little
edge of narrow gilt lace framing
the face of the mirror. Place in
the bag chamois skin and a tiny
ivory or celluloid box of powder
and your dainty Christmas gift IL
complete.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
HOW TO INCREASE VITALITY
OF THE HUMAN MACHINE

First of all, what is vitality
IN this subject much nonsense
has been written by uniformed
and loose-thinkihg theorists.
But, as a matter of fact, in the
light of modern science, there need
be no mystery about it.
The human body is a machine
"a machine in principle much
like a steam engine. The steam
engine takes in coal and water
and air and so combines them as
to produce heat and motion. The
human body takes in food and
water and air and so combines
them as to produce heat and mo-
ton. In the steam engine the
product is called horsepower" In
the human body the product is
called vitality. That is alex
cept that both steam engine and
body burn their fuel, the body
slowly, economically and at a low
temperature; the steam engine.
rapidly, wastefully and at a high
pressure.
} steam engine will produce most
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Now the machine called the engine
horsepower when has sufficient
clean water much air. and when it deposits
OF dust dirt and ashes which itself
to accumulate would
And the machine ody produce most
vitality when 1t has sufficient pure plain
food, much clean from
deposits of matters which allow
accumulate disease and
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|SOCIET Y

In the presence of about 40 In
Innate friends and relatives, Miss
Jessie Emily King of Blaine.
Wash, a promising vocalist who
has been studying music in this
city for the past year, and Angus
tus Walker Hawkins, a promin-
ent merchant of Blaine, were unit
ed in marriage at s o'clock last
evening. The wedding, which was
handsomely appointed, occurred
at the home OF the brides cousin.
John 8. King, 1915 North Ander-
son street, the ceremony being
performed by the Rev. George
Aldrich Sheaf of Kent. A recep-
ton followed. DURING which con-
CALCULATIONS were extended to the
bride and groom, and a wedding
supper was served. At 10 o'clock
Mr.. and MIS-. Hawkins left on a
wedding trip to Portland. They
will be at home in Blaine after
November 10.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Dempsey, who have recently re-
turned from their wedding trip.
Mr.. Jack Dempsey will entertain
this evening with dinner at the
Union club. The young couple
have taken up apartments at the
Bonneville for the winter. They
were married i'm Calumet, Mich,
September l at the home of the
bride, who was Miss Mary Gaul.
The Presidents Council, an or
ganization of representatives from
the various ladies' clubs of the
city, held its first meeting of the
season this morning at st. Luke's
parish house. The council was
organized year ago and has been
a very lively organization. The
meetings are held monthly dur
ing the club season. Several re-
visions of the constitution and
and the work of the ensuing year
was discussed.
Mrs. A. M. Baker entertained
this Afternoon with an deliberately
appointed luncheon in honor of a
number of her friends. at the
home of her son. John s. Baker.
An interesting program has
been arranged for the meeting Of
the Altrua Table Round next Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. Maud
Handle as hostess. The subject
to be discussed is the study of art,
music and history of the period of
the Renaissance in England.
The new musical club, which
was organized about a week ago,
met this afternoon with Mrs.
George Libby at her home on
North l street.
Miss Lola Doud left today for a
visit of month with Miss Wood
ruff in Eugene, Ore. Miss Wood
ruff was a guest of Miss Doud
during the summer In Tacoma.
Mrs. George Lewis Cover has
left for New York city where she
will visit with her daughter, Mrs.
w. H. Conroy, who was one Of
the summer visitors in Tacoma.
Mrs. ]. M. Keen entertained at
tea yesterday in honor of Mrs.
Winston OF Minneapolis, who.
with Mr.. Winston, have come TO
Tacoma to make their home. They
will take up the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. George Browne, who are
spending the winter in California.
The T. T. T. Dancing club Of
the High school will give it's sec
ond ball of the season Friday
evening at Sloan's hall. The in
vitations are extended to a large
number of High school boys and
their girl friends.
The women of the Emmanuel
Presbyterian church will give an
oyster supper tomorrow night at
the church parlors, Ninth and q
AS heretofore, the Eilers Music
House Is accepting the latest Issue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

The girls basketball team OF
the State Business college q will
give dance at Fraternity shall
1117h Tacoma avenue, on Fri
day evening, October 20. All
graduates, former students and
their friends cordially invited.
Proceeds are to go to the BASKET
ball team. srII
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

AS heretofore, the Eilers Music
House is accepting the latest issue
of Lucore prize piano bonds at a
premium. zee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Dear Miss Grey: I want to
send wedding present. as I am
unable to attend the wedding.
How shall send it? The groom
is my friend. Shall I send 1t to
his home? Shall / inclose a note +?
x. Y. H.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
Comic and Hu,1or Section

Halley's comet Is still In our
vicinity-that is to say, If 10000
600 miles may be considered vi
cinity.
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smith-Premier Typewriter, nov
located at 1107 Commerce st. zee
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A.-Send by mail or express,
with your card. not necessarily a
note, inclosed, to the home of the
bride.
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Wont you step into my parlor?"
Said the spider to the fly.
Your dining room, you'd better
say"
Replied the fly. mot II"
Judge.
II this country really wants a
Chinese minister who can talk a
lot and not say anything, what's
the matter with signing up WI
Ting Fang?
Little Willie: Say, pa, what is
a synonym
Pa: A synonym, my son, is a
word that can be used in place of
another when you don't know how
to spell the other.-The Wasp.
Gentlemen of the jury" said
the prosecuting barrister, 'this
prisoner is an unmitigated scoun-
drel; he acknowledges it. And
yet, thanks to the wisdom of the
common law, he has been given a
fair trial by jury of his peers"
Students Helper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
A TRANSFORMATIONS pRORIENr

Here, you can't ride on a milk ticket.
Well, amt this a milk train7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

In Moo Yoick they have a pie
strike among the bakers. 1t takes
a good hard strike to break the
crust of some pies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
LIKE FATHER. LIKE soN

shaving -" =
Barber: Yes. it's hereditary. father is a lather
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Dear Miss Grey: How can gel
rid of "Grandaddy Long Legs?
Our house is overrun with them.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Al can't help you. i don't
know. Perhaps some reader will
tell us.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Mrs. A. M. Baker entertained
this Afternoon with an deliberately
appointed luncheon in honor of a
number of her friends, at the
home of her son, John s. Baker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21
|CYNTHilA CREYS
LETTERS

| Women are getting out last
years hats these days, thinking
THAT they may be made to do for
lone more season.
Carolyn" asks me how to clean
her light felt hat. and Margaret"
wants to clean her white velvet
one. Fullers earth will clean the
gray felt. Sprinkle 1t on every
portion, then brush off well. Now
cover the hat completely with the
powder, put into an air-tight box
and let stand for three days. Then
shake out and brush off every
particle of the powder.
In order to do anything with her
white velvet hat. Margaret" will
have to rip 1t and clean each
part with gasoline. I am sure,
however. that even professional
cleaners would hesitate to clean
this hat, and / fear Margaret
will not be pleased with results.
&C." asks how to remove rain
spots from her blue velvet hat.
Try smoothing 1t all over with a
damp cloth until every part has
been covered. Be careful to
smooth 1t in one direction, just as
one would do with a mans silk
tile.
l must advise EDNA M. s." to
send her white ostrich feathers to
a dry cleaners.
Dear Miss Grey: Can you tell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

An interesting program has
been arranged for the meeting of
the Altrua Table Round next Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. Maud
HANDLE as hostess. The subject
to be discussed is the study of art.
music and history of the period of
the Renaissance in England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

The new musical club, which
was organized about a week ago,
met this ! afternoon with Mrs.
George Libby at her home on
North I street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Dear Miss Grey: Can you tell
me where l can find some person
who makes lace on a Princess
loom? A FRIEND.
Al cannot give business ad-
dresses in this column.
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Conductor:
Passenger:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

Miss Lola Doud left today for a
visit of a month with Miss Wood
ruff in Eugene, Ore. Miss Wood
ruff was guest of Miss Doud
during the summer in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-21

In honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
Dempsey, who have recently re-
turned from their wedding trip.
Mr.. Jack Dempsey will entertain
this evening with a dinner at the
Union club. The young couple
have taken up apartments at the
Bonneville for the winter. They
were married i'm Calumet. Mich,
September 1 at the home of the
bride, who was Miss Mary Gaul.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
Ola ENGLISH Saying

AS many mince pies as you taste at
Christmas. so many happy months
will you have,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
LONGEST TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT
10 1000 Miles Long, Extending from
London to Teheran, In
Persia.

Persia and its capital, Teheran.
have been very much before the pub
lie lately, but probably few people are
aware that the news which has come
through to London has passed ovef
the longest telegraphic circuit IN the
world, says the London Daily News.
The distance between London and
Teheran by wire is 1000 miles and
the operator In Teheran communi.
Gates direct with the operator at the
London end, automatic repeaters TAX
Ing the place of operators at ten
places along the circuit.
The first repeating station from
London is at Lowestoft where the
wires enter the North sea, beneath
which they run for 200 miles to EN-
dent, Hanover, where the second au.
tomato repeater continues the mes
sage.
Thence 1t is flashed to Berlin, War.
saw, Rouno, Odessa, Kertch, Sukhum,
Kaleh, Tilis and Tauris. from each OF
which stations it is instantaneously
forwarded without human interven'
ton. the t~elegraphist at Teheran, who
receives the message from Tauris, be
ing the first operator to handle IL
since it left London. From Teheran
the line then extends to India, blu,
nowhere else is there a circuit sc
long as that between Teheran and
London.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
PAID FOR HER cARELEssNEsS
Owner Of Costly Opera Glasses
Dropped from Balcony Had to BE
Satisfied with Exchange.

Between the second and third
acts" said the girl who always sits
in the first row in the balcony at the
play, Il dropped my opera glasses
over the railing and they fell kerr
smash right on some woman's head.
She screamed and so did I, not be-
cause she was hurt, but on general
principles. She had on too much
hair to feel the shock. The glasses
balanced for a second on her cushion
of puffs and curls, then slipped off
into her lap. There was a little ex-
element, but pretty soon everybody
Quoted down. l was going down TO
apologize, but the usher in the aisle
said he would attend to that for me.
and be sure to bring my opera
glasses back I said. 'They are an
expensive pair and | can't afford to
lose Them
"Before he came back / noticed
that my victim had moved, but he
brought the glasses. The trouble
was they were not mine. Instead OF
the $22 pair | had dropped he hand
ed me a pair of the kind you can
buy in any department store fol
$S.49. When l told him that he
said he was sorry, but he thought
the lady had gone. She had, ano
my opera glasses had gone with her
Of course, the exchange may have
been unintentional on her part, bu'
the more likely supposition is thai
the woman thought she was justified
in collecting damages for the at
tempted assassination, and | dom
know that / can blame her"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
TWO Pertinent answers.

Lord Brougham, speaking of the
salary attached to a rumored appoint
ment to a new judgeship, said it was
all moonshine. 1T may be 50. my
Lord Harry" Lord Lyndhurst re-
marAed. 1T may be so; but | Eeye a
strong notion that m~oonshine, though
ii be, you would like to see the first
quarter Of it" More severe was the
retort of Dean Swift to a conceited
youth, who prided himself on his abil-
ity to say pert things. You must
know, Mr.. Dean, that / set up for
a wit. DO you. indeed?v the dean
replied. We'll. take my advice ard
sit down again."
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
Origin Of Sounding "Taps."

ut is not generally known" says
John H. Kent, a retired army officer,
'that the custom Of sounding taps
over a soldiers grave originated with
the late Capt. John C. Tidball, U. S. A.
ION the retirement from the PENN
gula in August, 1852, Horse Battery A.
Second Artillery, was serving with
the zeal guard, and on reaching York.
town one Of the cannoneers died and
was buried there. Not wishing to stir
up the enemy by firing three rounds
from the battery guns, as vas Gus
tomary, Capt. Tidball substituted the
sounding of taps, lights out, which i'm
pressive ceremony has since been OBJ
served at all military funerals at the
close of the services.
Letter, in Chicago Examiner.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-17
Why They Leave Home.

All the counting is done by the
ladies of Ukraine, Russia. When a cir
falls in love with a mar she goes to
his house and tells him the state OF
her feelings. If her affections are re.
ci~procated a marriage is arranged. II.
however, BarA,s is not willin', she re
mains in the house, hoping to coax
him into regarding her suit with ia.
vor. The poor fellow cannot treat her
with discourtesy Or turn her out, for
her friends would be sure to ayenge
the insult. II he is really determined
that he won't have her, his best plan
is to leave his home and stay away
as Ions as she remains in 1t. Thus a
man may he turned out of house and
home. Chicago Journal.