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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Received Her Check

Dear Aunt Laurie:
received your letter and check, for
which I thank you very much.
| enjoy reading the letters in The
Herald Junior. I think if we persevere
it will help US in our school work
Your niece, EDNA MURPHY
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

When Tillie brings her tea-set out
Her lovely set of blue
And lays the dishes all about
The table, two by two.
The little dollhouse people all
Begin to wonder who will call.
For tbs signal, beyond doubt,
That visitors are due,
When Tillie brings her tea-set out
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
The Weeks Roll OF Honor
WRITER'S CONTEST

Los AngeesFirst prize, 81, Maude Edwards West
Tenth Honorable mention Hazel Lambert Vermont
avenue Fawn Vear, 2514 South Main
Out Of own-Frst prize 81, Vera Murphy r. F. D. D.
Box 2A Long Beach Honorable MENTION Bery Upson
Park; Scottie Partin, FL Monte
LIMERICK CONTEST
Los Angees-First prize book Ruric Beauchamp Rock
wood Honorable mention, Louise Dormody, go
Twentyfrst street; Ruth E. Wing, 1913 Council
Out of ownFrst prize book, Lena Ttch Lompoc. Hon
orabe MENTION Perry Byery 1910 West Seventh
side; Hoister Tarne San Pedro
UNFINISH STORY CONTEST
First prize Carrie Blain Duarte Honorable men
ton Maude Edwards 1927 West Tenth street. Rurc Beauchap
1857 lockwood
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

Most attractive blankets for the couch
in Il summer bedroom are made of silk
lined only with one thickness of cotton
wadding. These can be made any size de-
sired, band of lace being placed over
the joining of the silk. Three widths of
a narrow silk makes good sized square,
and it is not necessary for this quilt to be
as large as winter blanket. Instead of
lace a band of Dresden ribbon may be
used, and if colors are selected that 90
in well together, the ribbon being used
also to bind the silk all around, an eX-
ceptionaly pretty blanket can be made.
Quilting is not hard to do in these thin
blankets, aud little bowknots of ribbon
add considerably to the effect.
In one blanket of dainty lowered
silk bound with Il delicate shade of pale
pink ribbon, tiny clusters of rosebuds
were used in place of the ribbon bow
knot and the effect was most charming.
For a baby's crib or carriage one width
Of silk with its border Of ribbon will be
sufficiently large, and in the plain pink or
blue or white lined with one of these
shades. clusters of the tiny ribbon work
or artificial flowers placed at each corner
will make an adorably pretty cover and
most acceptable gift.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

chord if she does not choose one already
finished Genuine antiquities are rare,
and where special instructions as to color
and style of case are not to be consid-
cred, a regulation style is offered. one
that will harmonic in almost any room,
and one that is specially suited to the
study hall or school music room. PLAIN
enamel, not too dark, with gold trim
mings, is the most satisfactory for gen.
eral purposes, but where one presides
over French sitting room and music
room combined, then the decorations or
the musical instrument should, by all
means, follow along the lines of the
French Instruments.
The harpsichord is somewhat more
difficulty to master than the clavichord
or the spinet on account of the double
keyboard and the different tones. But
girl who starts with fair knowledge
of piano music and good technique can
soon learn to play the harpsichord. The
clavichord is simpler. 1t has very
short keyboard and this is single, thus
obviating the confusion provided by the
double one, There are no pedals and,
while the tones are extremely soft and
low, the instrument does not get out
of tune so quickly as the harpsichord
The size of the clavichord appealsvat
once to the young girl. 1t is about as
long as an upright piano and not over
eighteen or twenty inches deep. The
rectangular body stands on four slender
legs. The top lifts and is held in
slanting position by slim wooden music
rest
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

r HE art of pearl stringjng is by no
means difficult one to acquire, yet
1t is astonishing how many women
there are who possessing costly necklaces
and dog collars of pearls are absolutely
Ignorant of their care, and in the course
of the year spend very considerable sum
of money in having their jewels restrung
at some establishment where the very re-
liability of the firm renders their work
dOubly expensive. And here is Il chance
for the daughter of the house to add II
nice, large penny to her allowance. win
few lessons from professional IN the
art she can quickly become an adept, ana
once she knows her work thoroughly she
has much to recommend her above the
clerk at even the most reliable OF Jew
ery firms, where there is always n FISK
incurred of the necklace falling into ul-
scrupulous hands land imitation beads
being substituted fer the originals Oh
priceless worth.
Naturally where the monetary value
represented is so large the greatest OF
carefulness and thOroughness is obliga-
tory, but, apart from this, the stringlns
of pearl collars and necklaces is rather
pleasurablc than otherwise. The delights
OF the nursery games arc never wholly
outgrown, and this art is but bead string
ing on large and more important scale
The ordinary stringing of the beads on
WaXed thread is simple enough, knowl-
edge of an exact way to do it being called
in play only at the ends, where the string
is to be ended off in IA jewel clasp or bar.
When the length must be definitely regu-
lated for the throat of the wearer 1t is
more difficult. however, while to string
an entire dog collar that is slightly
shaped for the throat requires an expert
hand But expert work can soon be done
by the girl who is sufficiently interested
and DESTROYS of acquiring this accom-
plishmcnt to be willing to give up the
necessary amount of time to the actual
labor of learning the art.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR p
THE SCHOOL GIRL vi

GOOD manners spring from the heart,
but the manifestation of them is a
matter of externals, and the face plays
a most important part in the sum total of
ones attractiveness.
Beauty, of course, wins its own way,
even though it may not prove a lasting
way. But though all may not be en-
dowed with beauty of face or of coioring,
both of which are accidents of birth, every
one may have beauty of expression.
The girl who wishes to be charming
and what girl does not?-shouid give
considerable amount of attention to the
expression of her mouth. At the begin
ming of things our mouths are merely lit
tie slashes-straight or curving little,
perhaps, but without definition, and OF all
our features it is the slowest in forming
How it is formed lies wholly with ones
self Is not that an interesting idea and
something Of responsibility?
Whether your mouth be petulant, or
sweet, or merry, or set" us our grand
mothers used TO say, depends entirely on
your disposition and the control you have
over it.
Learn first of all to smile. Realize the
importance Of training your lips into
strong, sweet curves, and teach them to
respond to your intention to make them
expressive. If your mouth smiles, the rest
of your face will unconsciousy do SO aud
thus you become pleasing TO look at.
In young girls these days there is too
much of a tendency to go about frowning
and wrinkling up the forehead. Even
in very young girls it has grown to be
such a habit that their foreheads are
fine network of lines, while some Of them
between the eyes have ridges which make
them look as cross as the proyerbial two
sticks"
They seem 10 think it intcnsifes their
expression and makes them look more
Interesting" to wrinkle up their faces
In this way and they do not mind the
lines and creases in the least, but they will
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
DAINTY BLANKETS FOR THE COUCH

OW many girls have started to knit
or crochet a delicate colored blanket
for the foot of the couch or for some
friends baby carriage and been so long
in the making that by the time the
last row of stitches was finished the per-
ishable color had become faded or per-
haps slightly soiled, 1t is a most dis
couraging thing to have occur, for that
blanket represents hours and hours of
hard, patient work, and now it will never
look quite right, for once cleaned or
washed Worsted is never quite as nice and
soft again. If not really soiled only per-
haps somewhat discolored or a trihe
changed in color, the blanket can be made
to look just as good as new and perhaps
even prettier than it would otherwise
have been by laying over it IL cover of
chiffon, chiffon cloth or sheerest habutui
silk and binding it all around with satin.
Tiny boWknots of rosettes of ribbon
sewed on here and there or tied right
through the blanket will add greatly to
the effect also.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
Gold TOYS as Souvenirs.

~ NE of the latest fancies of the girls
who like to make collections is for
little gold or silver trinkets which
look very much like miniature toys ana
are hung on n large split ring. Some OF the
girls wear these rings on the end OF long
chain. as their mothers would lorgnette
or fan.
The little trinkets can be bought IN
wonderful variety of shapes and IN some
cases may have a real meaning ana con-
nection with some good time or some I'M
portant event in their owners life.
A girl who is making one OF these COZ
Iections will. il she let's the fact be known,
have many pretty little trinkets brought
to her by travelling friends, each one get-
orally emblematic of some particular
place. And if young person travels 4 ~
always interesting to collect these little
reminders of ones good times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

prove because you will wish your face to
reflect only what is lovely.
The sweet faced girl is winner, and
every girl in the world has within herself
the power to become one. If you are
sweet in face, you are sweet in manners
thoughtful, considerate, attentive, toler-
ant, kind and all sorts of people like you
and seek your society. Is not this worth
cultivating ?-since cultivated it surely
can be.
One does not wish to suggest complete
imitation of the Cheshire cat, yet if the
many cross, peevish mouthed girls one
sees went about sweetly smiling instead,
how radiant the atmosphere would be-
comet
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

mind them woefully by and by, for once
they are started they keep growing deeper
and deeper until, in her early twenties
such girl looks years older than she
really is and has an expression of counte-
nance that is anything but pleasing.
If you have this bad trick 90 and look
at yourself in the glass and when you
see the lines you are so thoughtlessly
forming, make up your mind you will not
let them get printed into your face but
that you will have there instead only what
is sweet and charming. Then you will
stop wrinkling your forehead and screw
ng up your mouth, and otherwise INDUCING
in facial contortions, and your disposition
and your manners will enormously i'm
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
How to Learn the Art of Pearl Stringing.

or can do this Office for her mother or
sister will many a day be thankful to
have learned this art, or if she be not
herself overblessed in this worlds goods
and is anxious to help out as best she
can the money upon which she must
gown herself she can perhaps add to her
small store by literally making pro-
fession of pearl stringing, and once, she
has proven her ability and her trust
worthiness can surely ger many a com
mission among her friends and her
friends friends that will enable her to
obtain many small luxury for herself
otherwise unobtainable.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

structed and carved furniture, spinets or
harpsichords. with damask draperies,
family portraits and quaint old mirrors
adorPjng the walls, and with mantels
bordering the freplaccs. The host in
knee breeches. silk stockings and rufiied
shirt and the hostess in loose flowing
gown and powdered hair. are dancing
the minuet TO the music of one of their
quaint old instruments-doe it not pre-
sent a picture both artistic and beauti-
full?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

The girl so fortunate as TO know that
when she is old enough to wear them she
will be given a string of real pearls of
her own could not do better than to
learn now the care of such necklace.
Pearls require restringing Mt least every
six months, and should really be exam
ined far oftener than that, so quickly is
the silken thread bound TO cut. Every
visit to the jeweller means just so many
dollars and the giving up of the pearls for
some days perhaps just at a time when
it is especially desired that they may be
worn. The girl who can restring her
own necklace thus in few hours time
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
A Sixteenth Century Double Spinct Made
by Hans Fuckers, of Antwerp

modern than antique, and it is produced
by the mechanism installed in all modern
pianos. The old style harpsichord is an
extremely delicate instrument In fact,
it requires tuning each time that it is
used and when an instrument of modern
make is transferred from college lecture
hall to college lecture hall it must be ac-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

y 9TH the old and the modern harpsi-
chord are being made now by more
than one piano manufactures. The
modern one is practically grand piano,
possessing the outlines and dimensions
of harpsichord but with a longer key
board, and this a single instead of
double one, such as many of the old in
struments had. The tone also is more
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
Clavichord Made by Schiedmayer
in Neustadt an der Aisch, 1889

fetal mandolin-like scratch of the spinets
and harpsichords, beautifully decorated
as they often were. Would it not have
been a startl..s revelation of musicg
Colonial houses are being built and
furnished every day. Is it not inconsru-
Gus, then, to have the usual piano of to-
day, with its massive form and rather
severe lines. placed in one Of these deli
cately refined and artistic Colonial rooms?
Is there not something lacking which
spinets and harpsichords generally pos
sessed, such as a lightness and grace IF
form which was heightened by the
slender wooden legs. carved with great
refinement. and by the cases which were
beautifully decorated with oil paintings
or chaste inlays? Why are these early
instruments sought by persons of culture
and admirers of the antique? Is it not
for their beauty of construction, for their
picturesqueness and well balanced lines 2"
This is the secret of the revival. This
century can borrow from previous ones,
from the sixteenth, seventeenth and
eighteenth, and borrow to advantage,
and it does. And where it is impossible
to get hold of really old harpsichord
for present day purposes, it is almost
the same thing to reproduce antiquity
faithfully where desired, or improved
upon where improvement can be made.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

companied by an expert tuner. one who
understands the adjustment of the deli
cate mechanism, and each key must be
properly tuned aud adjusted before the
instrument can be played on. This great
delicacy prevents the harpsichord from
being carried about on concert tours as
much as could be wished by those who
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
NEW IDEA FOR FUDGE PARITY

is lust the same as with broken nuts, but
with the whole almonds or English wal
nuts it is different. These nuts must be
dropped into the melted sugar, taken out
with spoon and dropped on slightly
buttered pan to cool, the sugar being
stirred all the time. In fact, this stirring
is very important factor in making a
success Of any maple sugar candy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

n LID time harpsichords have given us
a wealth of ideas in decorations as
well as in lines. Many of these
highly priced instruments were elabo-
rately decorated with japanese pictures
or with French designs, while an inlay
of tortoiseshell or pearl enhanced the
borders, and through study of these
there has gradually come about a decided
revolution in the decoration of modern
pianos and reproductions of antiques A
highly polished ebony or rosewood case ne
longer harmonizes with our present day
surroundings. and so pianos as well oh
modern harpsichords are being built and
decorated to correspond with the rooms
in which they are to be installed. Period
furnishing and the modern idea OF adj
herring closely to that which belongs
strictly to ii particular time is probably
responsible for this revolution i'll the out-
ward form of musical instruments. A
few years ago piano was more often
Il blot in the decorative scheme OF room
than an adornment, and decorators soon
began to find fault with this discordant
note.
A Colonial room, for example-and
there Is hardly one girl out OIL MY WI"
does not love white enamelled WOODWORK
and trim with Colonial striped wall paper
and mahogany furnishings for her sitting
room--is not fitting background for an
upright or grand piano Of dark polished
wood. Such Il piece of furniture simply,
does not belong there. A compromise had
to be made at first by having the piano
case done in white enaInel to nlatch the
trim. but, granting that this is an i'm
does it not leave much to be
desired?
Mr.. ]. Burr Tiffany, head Of the, art
department of one of our largest piano
houses. has had this to say about the
adaptability Of Colonial art to modern
us peep through the key
hole of one of those stately old Colonial
with its broad hall running
straight through the house, opening into
spacious rooms each furnished in accord
with the period, with delicately CON
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
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ri DPTlOu DEGC6ullS luG iufSnl VI
the grand and upright pianos are
w being studied now by The young
girl who is bent on broadeningl
her knowledge of music and herr
powers of approaching the composition
Of great masters. Creators hay .ngI
reached the highest point in the perfection
of the mechanism and tone OF the moderni
musical instrument and artists having
learned how TO understand and enjoy
masterpieces through tbs medium. theI
time seems to have come when real music
lovers revert, and willingly too, to theI
days of the tinkling harpsichord. the
gentle spinet and the we'll tempered CLAW
ichord.
The old fashioned nc played OH old
fashioned instruments has a certain
sweetness and delicacy that : not found
in the modern interpretat ton, as any one
knows who has contrasted the same piece
on the different instruments. Opinions
differ as to the superiority IF Tone butt
for the sake of widening ones music. /,
horizon 1t is an excellent idea to learn
something about the stru.. anI play
ing of these instruments of century or
more ago
Within the last few months a decided
impetus has been given to this branch of
musical instruction by lectures at the
various girls schools The best teachers
and lecturers have been asked TO fall,
about and demonstrate the beauties of
the harpschord and clavich6rd particu-
4arly, while other less familiar instru-
ments have sometimes been included in
the course. Of course, it has not been
possible in many cases to give individual
instruction in the playing of Bach
fugue or a Mozart nocturne on the in
strument for which these composers
wrote the music. There would be disad-
vantages at the outset, for the reason
that the revival is still in its infancy and
there are not enough harpsichords and
clavlchords to go around even among the
schools, much less among the students
But lectures have helped wonderfully TO
place this fascinating old music before
young girls and to interest them in the
different instruments. Heretofore they
have had to depend on museums and pri-
vate collections for more intimate
knowledge of the sounds and tones of
antique instruments, but now they can
hear them as rendered by modern repro
auctions, and the modern reproductions
are well worth possessing, both on ac-
count Of their exquisite tones and their
graceful lines, for, with the discrimina-
ton of the connoisseur. only the most
charming types are copied
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

IGk OW, suppose the Colonists could
have had the modern grand piano,
with its perfection of tone, to
furnish the music instead of the super
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

IT HE young girl of to-day studies art
and she learns quite little about
decoration, so that she finds great
deal of pleasure in planning the decora-
tion of her own harpsichord or clavi-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
are interested in its revival.

are interested in its revival
The old harpsichord had compass of
four or five octaves. sometimes six. Each
key had from one to four strings. and
often there was an extra string keyed an
octave or two above the others. Ere
quently there were two keyboards. one
for producing a delicate and soft tone
and the other for loud tones This tone
was produced by plucking or swapping
the strings by leather or quill points,
which were set in jacks connected by
levers with the keys. The tone of the
old harpsichord was rather weak and
had a tinkling quality.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-11
often. and you will make middle
and bottom crops.

Do not fail to burn all dead trees,
decaying legs. stumps and all rub
bish and material In and around the
field where boil weevils are hiberna-
ting. If there are no boil weevils
on your farm 1t will pay to begin TO
get ready for them right now.
Thoroughly pulverize the soil a
little deeper than it has ever been
broken before. A thorough prep
aration of the soil is absolutely .es-
sential to success.
Secure early maturing varieties
of cotton seed. The Mississippi Ex-
pertinent Station recommends
Cleveland's and Cooks.
Make a liberal application of fer
tilizers where the soil responds to
their application. Fertilizers hasten
the maturity of the crop two or
three weeks.
Plant as early as the season will
allow with safety to the crop.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-11
Board Of Aldermen.
Cconcluded rr0m Last week,

Capt. A. K. Jones appeared be.
fore the board and requested the
board TO replace the assessment oi
his real estate to the original assess
ment, which, on motion, was refer
red TO the city attorney. On mo-
tion the city attorney and the w.
w. & E. L. committee and Supt.
ofsthe plant were requested to meet
with Mr.. Young and his attorney
at 10 O'Clock to morrow at the
Mayors Office and see if they can
not agree on the terms for Mr..
Young to continue the boring OF
the well.
The bill of Mrs. Patterson for
damages to her property by the
overflow of the ditch was not al
lowed
On motion, the valuation of the
property of Mary Smith, part
Drake out lot Sub. ST. Mary, was
reduced from $500 to $Ioo.
The w. w. & f L. committee
reported as follows:
The Electric Light and Water
works committee submitted its re.
port in regard to alternating the
engineers at the plant as today and
night work asd decided that the
change was sne6cial and a neces-
sity, and so order that the present
day engineer be required to alter
nate with the night engineer once
a month, beginning Feb. Ist. 1909,
and running TO Feb. /, 1910.
On motion the Reveille was in
structed to publish the ordinances
adopted March 2Ist, May 9TH aud
Aug 5th, 1908.
The following bills were allowed:
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-11

uSOER DIRECTION OF

his products. Said blank will con-
tain detailed information as to kind
of soil and its location, preparation
for planting, details of planting,
cultivation aud fertilization.
8. Contestant will write manu-
script of at least one hundred and
fifty words stating what he has
learned during the year about the
growing of corn.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-11
Administrators Notice

All persons having claims against
the estate of the late B. R. Levy
are hereby notified to have the
same probated and registered ac-
cording to law within one year
from this date. the 2Ist day OF
January, 1909, or the same will be
forever barred. Letters of admin
istration upon said estate were
granted to the undersigned on jan
uary zIst, 1909.
MELVILLE LEVY,
Administrator.