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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

HyHH "round up of summer pleas
ure seekers comes in August, for
- bv September most wage earners
must be in their places, ready for the
busy fall season.
From seashore and country side,
from mountain and lake they arrive
in gay, excited groups, brown skinned
and red. checked, with bodies strong
and brains clear, fit for the winters
work.
"Helgho," sighs Busy Girl, 'tomor-
row 1 must go back to drudgery."
Most of us feel that way, don't we?
We dread the monotony Of the grind.
We wish we might frivol through the
weary winter as we have friVoed
through the two weeks of blfssful va
cation. We sigh for the leisure Of the
girl who doesn't have to earn her liv-
ing, and life looks anything but rose
colored on the morning that we go
back to our office or store.
Now there is a man who has called
drudgery blessed" and L am going
to pass his thought on to you, and L
want you to read it carefully and copy
it, if you will, and hang 1t where you
can look at it every morning, because
if we can believe that our daily work
makes for contentment and fulfllment
we have the secret Of happiness
'It is because we have to 60 and go,
morning after morning, through RAIN,
through shine, through tootnacne,
heartache, to the appointed spot, and
do the appointed work: because, and
only because, we have to stick to that
work through eight or ten hours, long
after rest would be so sweet; because
the schoolboy's lesson must be learned
at q o'clock and learned without
slip: because the accounts on the ledger
must square to a cent; because goous
must tally exactly with the inVolce;
because good temper must pc KEPT
with children, customers, neighbors, not
seven but seventy times; because the
besetting sin must be watched TO-DAY,
tomorrow. and the next day; in snort,
without much matter what your work
be. whether this or that, 1t is because
and only because, of the rut, plod,
grind. humdrum in the work, that we
at last get those self-foundatlons lalu
attention, promptness, accuraGy' .i
flrmness, patience, selt-oenlal una 'ile
rest. . =, A..
"Mv daily task, whatever 1t Is, that
10 what mainly educates me. All other
culture is merely luxury compared
with what that gives. This gives the
indispensables. Yet, fool that l am
this pressure of my daily task Is the
very thing that SO growl at as my
Does that sound hard? And yet
dear Urls. It is very true. The restless,
unhappv. discontented women are not
tha busy ones. There are more oright
faces behind the counter than there are Ts
IN front of it. Do you know that II
Won do not, watch the women WHO
Sorne You 70 buv and then watch the faces
90 o3iitT tbe ~ women who sell. The face be-
hind hi T the counter may be a bit weary,
h,,+ +ha face in front of 1t is apt TO De
hard or worried or lifeless. mon,+
ii1Th Tbere ~ are some of you who won't
"How, can any girl be happy you U
will ask. "who spends all on -e- nSL G@5
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
CANNED SWEET RED PEPPERS

wash one peck Of red peppers, cut a
thin slice from the stem end of each
and remove the seeds. Cut around and
around the peppers, using a pair of
scissors, making strips as long as pos
sible and about one-eighth of an inch
wide. Cover the peppers thus prepared
with boiling water, drain and repeat, If
tne peppers are liHeu neta very si,1 naiio' ,oroe
quantity of ice. Drain and pack solidly
in pint canning jars. Boil one quart of
vinegar and two cupfuls of sugar to
the consistency of syrup. Fill the
jars with boiling syrup, put on the
covers, and store in a cool place. This
recipe fills four jars. Peppers thus pre-
pared retain their bright red color and
will keep throughout the winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
ARE YOUR
Are you a lady?

Are you a lady?
According to the ultimatum of the
best "finishing' schools you are if:
Your manner is always quiet.
Your person always well groomed.
Your hair always neatly arranged
and highly FURNISHED by much brush
ing.
Your clothes put on compactly and
to stay, requiring neither thought nor
attention once outside of the dressing
raom.
Your manner is self-possessed, but
never assertive,
Your voice low, but distinct and well
modulated.
Your feet or knees never crossed.
Your elbows never on the table.
Your handkerchief always white and
sheer.
Your respect and consideration for
your elders always apparent.
Your respect and consideration for
ways by the grace of courtesy and the
distinction of that old-fashioned kind
ness which is, after all, the root of
good breeding.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
HOUSEWIVES WATCHDOG

A pair of scales is necessity IN
kitchen, enabling the housewife 10
a,,erd against short weights. With
the marked increase in the cost of so
many food supplies. short weight and
scant measure cause 6 serious leak
age in the family purse. So many
food products come in packages and
pals. unmarked, that the housekeep-
er does not realize that she is being
mulcted of her riGhtful possessions.
A fiye-pound pail of lard, for in
stance, may not contsin five pounds,
and the packages of raisins may con-
tain several ounces less than 16. cans
are often but partially filled, and the
consumer is often deceived as to the
quantity he is buying in pals. pack
ages or bottles. Baking powders,
teas, coffees, borax, salt, rice, starch
and soda are put up in paper pack
ages on which the net contents are
stated. Paper packages absorb mois-
ture and therefore are subject to
variation on account of climatic con-
ditionS
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
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Back to Drudgery, or Joy of Labor

/ shut out from sunshine and color ana
life and brightness?"
| wonder If you realize that there are
girls of leisure, girls with plenty OF
money, who don't spend their DAYS III
the sunshine but who fritter away
their lives in wandering about the
aisles of the stores in which you serve?
"I love the shops a certain almless
girl told me. 81 go down town in the
mornings and stay all day. If L nave
engagements l sandwich them H.
Sometimes l make as many as three
trips a day in my electric from my
house to the stores | go down Tor
yard of ribbon, or a glass of SODA or
to look at the new hats or to nave
lunch and gossip with the girls
Think of the monotony of such an
existence I should have more respect
for that girl If she took her pleasures
seriously, if she played some game OF
skill better than her companions. But
devotion to millinery openings, 70
laces and lingerie, to gowns and gossip
that brings her down down every day
and three times day, the barrenness
of mind that finds excitement in travel
ing miles for a glass of soda, is ap-
palling.
But because that girl doesn't know
how to spend her time, Is no reason
why l would not" says Busy Girl
That is very true. But did you ever
stop and think just how you would
spend your time If you had plenty or
it? Take a pencil and put down list
of things you would like to do, and
after a few items. you'll begin to won
der how YOU could fill up the hours. If
you had the leisure given you tomor-
row, you would find it hard to use.
1 know a girl, who, because of her
fathers i'll health, worked for years in
his office. She would not hurt him by
openly expressed dissatisfaction, but
she rebelled secretly. She wanted to 90
the things that the girls of her set did:
She wanted time for bridge and
dancing and shopping and matinees.
After her fathers death came the op-
portunlty for such things. Did she en-
joy them? Not a bit. She told me the
other day, frankly, that she Is bored to
death. :,
IT am going to get something to do"
she said "if 1 have to take up settle
ment work or domestic science. I wake
in the morning, and the day stretches
out-a blank of ineffectiveness. have
been too useful all my life to put up
with It, 1 like to feel that l have
place. that my life means something TO
those about me-"
There are many rich girls who are as
busy as you are, who have willingly
fled themselves to drudgery because
thew believe 1t "blessed." One famous
and rich woman writer denies herself
all the common pleasures and delights
because of her devotion to her pen, and
to a cause which she has made hers
the cause of humanity. She could have
"fun" for the rest of her days, If she
wished, but it would not be fun" for
her. She tolls from early until late,
and her face is beautiful with the ear
nestness of one who is getting joy from
her work.
I wish that, as we go back to our
toll. this year, each of us might
try to hold in her mind the thought of
the joy Of labor, not of the drudgery.
Only thus will our, hearts be light, our
days bright.-Exchanges
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

OUR wants are many and various,
writes a farm woman in Good
" Housekeeping. We want better
roads; we want a parcels post; we want
better schools. But what we need more
than any of the above is labor saving
machinery for the farm women.
1 live in rich farming section, where
almost every farmer has all the most
up-to-date machinery and TOOLS OF al
for the women. OF all the lovely
homes in our section only one has
heating plant but 1t has no bath room;
not one has lighting plant; not one
woman has an oil stove. Some of them
have sewing machines, but they do not
have the help of gasoline engine to
run the washer, churn, etc. If the
farm women had labor saving ma
chinery IN proportion to the farm men
there would not be so many discouraged
farmers wives.
isn't the farm, with it's pure air, fresh
fruit and gardens and dairy products,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE

The entrance to your country house
should be as modest and inconspicuous
as possible. People of good taste are
never anxious to bid for notoriety by
building an ornate entrance. A few
steps up to broad cement step at the
door, with a few more steps inside of
the house, are always preferable to a
long line of outside steps, which re-
quire much care during the SHOWS Of
winter and sweeping and scrubbing
during the summer months. Inside of
the little entrance way you must sure
ly provide for the hanging of coats,
and not have them askew on tho that
tree" 1t is we'll, also, to provide seat
for visitors whom you do not care to
bring into the house itself.-Suburban
Life for August.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

NOOSEBERRY Tartlets-Stew goose
NT berries tender. then sweeten to
W taste. Line pattypans with rich
pastry and bake empty. Fill each
shape with the gooseberries and cap
with whipped cream. Garnish with
bits of currant jelly.
Blackberry Sponge-Soak oRe-half
box of gelatine in one-half cup of cold
water one hour. then add one pint of
boiling water and one cup of sugar,
and stir until sugar and gelatine are
dissolved. When cold add one pint OF
blackberry juice, strain and set on Ice.
When 1t begins to thicken, beat into
It the whipped whites of three eggs.
Turn into a mold that has been rinsed
In cold water and stand on Ice to har-
den. Serve with sweetened cream. Or
turn out the mold and garnish with
border of whipped cream.
Peach Trife-Boil one cup of sugar
in one cup OF water until 1t thickens
Pare and quarter ripe peaches; drop
them into the syrup and stew gently
until tender. Then stand aside till cold
Line a glass dish with lady-flngers or
slices of stale sponge cake saturated
with orange Juice or sherry FIN up
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
pANpELloNs

I know not how it happened
But whNn I looked out at dawn,
A merry group of goldenheads
Were playing the lawn;
And, laughing with the summer breeze
Who chanced to linger there,
Were begging him for strings Of dew
To bind upon their hair.
1 know not how It happens
But youth must surely pass,
As certainly and silently
AS wind across the grass;
And now, where golden locks were seen
Beyond the garden beds,
A gentle group of grandams sit
With ~placid, silver heads,
Youths Companion
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE

Senator La FoIIetle' cTItIcIsIHs "
trust, said 44
"Its dignity under abuse and attack
is somehow funny 1t reminds me
of a little Sioux City girl. One morn
ing she hung about the Kitchen con-
tinuaIIv. bothering the busy cook to
death. The cook lost patience finally.
clear out f here, We sassy little
bratl" she shouted, humping the
table with a rolling pin.
"The little girl gave the cook
naughty look.
"I never allow anyone but my
mother to speak to me like that she
said"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26


Brush the teeth gently with rotary
motion so the bristles will penetrate be-
tween the teeth. Do not scrub the teeth
and gums, as much harm is done IN
this way. Never neglect to brush the
edge of the teeth, also on the inner
surface When not using rotary mo-
tion brush downward on the upper teeth
and upward on the lower.
When people learn that the pineapple
is one of the most healthful fruits
that is grown the demand for 1t Will
be greater than the output. If the dys-
peptic would eat from one to two pine
apples each day his dyspepsia would
soon disappear, as the pineapple con-
tains a large amount of vegetable pep
sin, says a writer. If you have any
trouble with your stomach try the eX-
periment and you will become a con-
flrmed pineapple eater.
A homemade specific for tan and sun
burn consists of a paste made from
magnesia and lemon juice. Apply to
the neck and arms by means of linen
bandage or directly to the skin, cover
ing it with cheesecloth. Allow to re-
main for several minutes and wash
off in tepid water, with a dash OF witch
hazel in it. Apply twice day, II
necessary. A soothing and whitening
cream, a general beautifier, Is com
posed of almond oil ounces; Wnlte
wax. g drains; lanolin, 1 ounce; elder
Aower water, 3 ounces; witch hazel, l
ounce. This preparation is called elder
flower cream.
To stop bleeding-a handful of flour
bound on the cut.
Don't let the dog lick your hand or
face. or you may be infected with a
kind of worm that "forms cysts in the
brain, liver and other parts of the
body" says a writer,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
Pretendlna

"See the boys
"Pretending to be soldiers, eh?"
eyes; kids get lots of fun pretend
ing"
"And grown-ups, too. put in my
vacation pretending was rich"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
Knowing

"Does he know much?"
"Well, he not only knows that he
doesn't know much, but he knows
enough to keep others from knowing
it."-Judge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
Shoes Half Price and Less

over two hundred big display bargain
tables are displaying snoes for mon. women
and children. on sale in many instances fer
half price and Less Convince yourself ana
come TO the
MAMMOTH SHOE HOUSE.
s1O South Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

IT'S as easy to secure a bargain in a used
automobile, through want advertising, as 1t
used to be-and still is-to secure horse
and carriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
BEAUTY TIPS

A sunbath Is of more value to health
than much warming by the fire.
Olive oil is an excellent fattener, and
IL one can acquire the habit of taking
a tablespoonful after each meal 1t is an
aid to the digestion, complexion and
general health.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

Eat at the Angelus grill.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

A pretty affair Of Tuesday was the
luncheon given at the Lankershim by
Miss Marguerite Aver, visiting stan
ford student from Washington, VINO
entertained as guests other members Of
her sorority, the Alpha Phi. Miss Aver
leaves today with many other Stan
ford students on the President for San
Francisco.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25
NY Thanksgiving

MVOR SUNSHINE seedife and harvest for
winters snow for the glow Of hope in the
spring and the mellow richness autumn for food
that springs from the earth; for beauty Of the sky and
trees gores OF the changing for to
hear the melodies mother nature sings for these Gyer
of the Good make be truly thankful. Nl
For love and country for friends who meet
gaze and ask no understand for all the tender
ties and haIowed Of the for childhood and its
recoecons comradeshp the aspirations and the Joys
Of youth for manhood womanhood in full futlon for the
blending of the golden light with the shadows of
ing age for such Of fe Gver Of Good make truly
thankful tEe
For knowledge the realm Of matter and the realm
Of sprt power that Thou hast given to think Thy
thoughts for Thy word written In the rocks and In the
stars for the abundant life with It's revelation Of Thy law
for the growing Of Thy human history
for the understanding mind the feeling heart the spirit that
answer when Thy spirit speaks for Thye and the world
that Thou hast made divine possibilities in made Thy
likeness; o Gver of Good make me truly thankful
For fufments; for the possibility OF gain ana
growth arising out and human ncompeeness for
the achievement for the experiences that
weeen Of life and the admonion that hasen
its blessings Of contact with growing and i'm
mortal minds copensaons and the privileges Of aerc
for the clearer and the hold the realities s
the years 60 the faith that life Is continuous and the um
nation of Thy blends the life with the life that B 70
Gomez for Of ie Gver Of Good Thou dos make me
truly thankful JOSEPH q HILL
President Kansas state Normal School
y 4 q III
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25

16D acres on my hands and half Of
II In wheat. l know 1t does not get
the best culture but l do the best |
can. My land is increasing in value
eyary year anyhow and one Of these
days l will sell out and live in ease
on the money" This latter fact
doubtless accounts for some of the
indisposition to spend much money
on new methods, especially when as
anfthrough the wheat belt 1t is diff
cult to get farm help.
This much is encouraging: there
ID more talk among the farmers re-
gafding the best methods Of wheat
raising than ever before and the
farmer who discovers a new method
is quick to follow 1t while his neigh
bots initiate him. That more pro-
gFess is coming and that as the farm
value become settled wheat yields
VIII increase Is reasonable to expect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25
Thanksgiving: It's
Message for Today

have, at the Thanksgiving season,
sat at table groaning beneath the
weight Of good things to eat, In cont
pany with relatives and friends, ard
there have heard the good man who
presided at the head Of the table Of
fer up his prayer of thanksgiving. /
have visions of a white haired man,
strong face, earnest Of conviction,
simple as a child, pure In life, large
hearted, q man Of faith and works. !
would not be without that picture in
my memory, and yet the picture had
and has a slight defect.
Beginning his petition the white
haired man said: 1--WE thank Thee
that It Is as well with US what It
is."
Now, while / knew there was gen.
uine devotion and honest expression
in that part Of the petition It always
chilled me. It was, as a lawyer friend
Of mine would say Of certain testi-
money, Irrelevant, incompetent I'M
material and did not tend to prove
or dIsprove any of the issues in the
case"
Perhaps | ought not to say this
thing but then perhaps should. Aud
Ible prayer, wherever uttered and
wherever heard leaves certain i'm
pressIons. This petition always i'm
pressed me as conveying the idea
that things might be better with Us
IL God 90 wIlled. 50 got the im-
preston that the Lord might not
have done His full part for us IN me
year ending with the Thanksslving
dinner.
/ know now that II was wrong tq
think that way. know the good. man'
aid not mean It that way.'I try %
look At It In the right way, but there
is that early impression
So I make bold To declare that a.
the Thanksgiving season the thanks
We feel and express should be hearty
ana full rounded and. II they are aud
Ibiv expressed, should be crouehed In
M eompromisIng terms. The petition
| have referred to got lodged IN my
miud ss a compromise between com
fort and complaint. The white haired
man meant only TO express comfort
But I got the idea that the Lord Of
All could nave done more for rs Il Hs
lhsd tried. I bsiisTs, aH the Vhits
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25

haired man believed, In God who
does more for US than we deserve.
The white haired man was mlsunder-
stood because of bad phraseology. Let
me say, however, that while | did not
understand what he meant am sure
God did. We do not read hearts well.
There are few people who do not
feel thankful at Thanksgiving time.
There are few who do not believe in
prayer and petition. l am coming to
think that all men pray. That all give
thanks and that all feel obligation. 1t
is quite true that much prayer, the
most Of prayer, / think is inaudible,
but 1t d sincere. | do not know but
that prayer of thankfulness loses in
power by being expressed audibly.
Sometimes | think I would rather
have people look thanks than say
thanks. Language often covers up as
a garment a very deep and earnest
desire. "Be merciful to me, the sim
ner," was a short prayer with won
derfui weight and with wonderful
realization. There was NO compro-
missing in that petition.
II, at the Thankss;vins time, men
and women shall audlbiy Feturn
thanks to God for all good things and
every blessing let the prayers be
hearty and full, rounded and COM
plete. And II. as they should, men
lift their hearts and not their voices
70 the throne Of grace let The hearts
be those over-filled with the thought
Of blessing beyona deserts.
Here. in this beautiful little. city
where we dwell awhile there VIM be
obseFTapce Of the Thsnkgsiylng Day.
There win bs families about ths fam
lly tablps. There VIII pc. the Fa9pion
of brothers and sisters There viii
be the faces Of dear friends and the
welcoming Of guests. Young men ana
women will be home from schools
ana colleges to see fathers and moth
ers. May all Of Us have overflow
ing hearts Of love and gratitude. Nay
we be ''abuntantly" thankful. May We
not be thankful only because ~ is
as well with us as what Il Is but may
We have the larger vision and the
more exalted feeling that he doeth
al things veil, at is ven With rs.
Nv. Z. blackburn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25

curing seed that would be productive
of greater yields. The farmer Il
willing to raise big crops II he only
knows how.
The same sentiment regards corn
is manifest Going out through the
country you will see round heaps In
the farmers yards. Each is sur
rounded by wire fencing, fastened to
strips Of wood, making an outdoor
granary. Into this is heaped the
corn and many farms are found on
which thousands of bushels are thus
stored, waiting for high prices. One
farmer had the other day $4,000 bu-
shells, last years crop and this years
He might get 65 or 70 cents a bushel
for it but prefers to walt. This is
possible because he has enough
other produce or can borrow money
enough to carry him through to the
middle Of the winter when ne le-
ures he will get his price.
Then he is also estimating the
price Of corn fed to stock which at
the present high prices means q yet
larger income and he Is borrowing
money at the banks to handle this
class Of speculation---for cattle and
hog feeding are a speculation SO far
as the farmer is concerned.
The introduction Of new methods
Of wheat raising have been attended
by good results but 1t has not gone
far enough to bring the larger
yields, especially when 1t means a
more thorough tiIlage. The farmer
has not the help to do more work
than he does on the modern farm.
If he finds the gasoline traction en-
CINE suitable for pIowing and pull
verizing the ground he will have a
decided asset that will give him a
great advantage. The team work
of the farm is a slow process and 1t
takes too much time. II the new
methods Of getting power work out
1t will mean for the farmer a chance
to carry into practice the best the
and the eventful accomplishment II
the acme of yield.
"How can l cultivate the ground
several times and put 1t in perfect
condition." one farmer expressed 1t.
"I have one hired man and he
threatens to leave If he has more to
do. made trip to the city
trying to get another but have failed.
farm-they want to go to school
/ pay good wages but they don't stay.
l cannot get my boys to stay and
and ought to do SO. Here am with