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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
WHITE BEDsTEADs

The cheapest Of white enamel bed
steads may be made attractive with
dainty and at the same time inexpen-
sive trappings. If one is only wise
enough to select bedstead with sim
pie, graceful lines and one in which
the expense lies in the quality OF the
enamel used, instead of in brass or
naments, the reward will be great.
The plain, graceful white enamel
bedsteads minus brass knobs and
scrolls, minus scrolls OF all kinds, just
heavy enough to be firm and practi-
cable without being clumsy, are both
sanitary and pretty in a dainty, light
bedroom. Combined with white en-
amel furniture nothing could be pref
tier II one wishes TO have the rest
of the furniture painted light, deli
cate gray. lavender, pale green, ETC.,
and artistically stencilled, the bea
may be made to match. Unless some
definite color scheme Of this kind is
to be carried out throughout the
room, however, It is better to have
a plain white bedstead than a coll
ored one.-Harpers Bazaar.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TESTS
OF NAVAL ORDNANCE TO BE SECRET
important Experiments Costing 100000 Planned to De-
termine Relative Efficiency Of Various Elements
~ Of Offence and Defence.

ance OF exterior armor to the attack
Of twenty-one-inch torpedoes. II may
develop that the armor now used will
not exclude torpedoes. In which event
the disclosure would be disconcert-
ing, to say the least. 1t would have
its value, however, in showing to
what extent and in what direction
improvements must be installed to
give exterior armor its necessary
power to resist such a form OF naval
attack.
It is also proposed to ascertain
whether the turrets as now con-
structed and equipped on battleships
will Withstand the impact OF heavy
projectiles at battle ranges. 1t is
question whether there will not be
under such an attack material dam
age to the structure itself, to the
sights, the electric and other gun
gear contained in the turrets. 1t is
important in this connection to as
certain whether the sights now In
stalled on the twelve-inch turret
would be permanently disabled by
six-inch gun fire, which demonstra-
ton would show whether 1t Is neces-
sary to design a turret that can be
disabled only by heavy gun fire.
One Of the important experiments
will be with movable water planes IN
stalled on the sides of a battleship,
operated automatically, so as to d.
minlsh the roll of vessel, and so Inn
prove the accuracy Of gun fire in time
of battle. The record target practice
of the Atlantic feet this summer will
be with the vessels rolling, so as to
| ascertain II the target could be hit
under the most adverse conditions at
/ sea in time Of war. II is also desir-
able TO ascertain II under such unfav-
orable conditions II would be posi-
BILE to onset the influence OF the sea
and contribute to the stability OF the
ship as gun platform. It is appTe-
ciated that anything, which improves
Workmanship on beard ship is d.
rect and vital contribution to the
lighting power Of the navy.
These are only a few Of the sub
iects which will be taken up by the
naval ordnance officers during this
fiscal year. No previous announce
ment will be made Of the expert
ments, most Of which are likely to be
conducted at the naval proving
ground at Indian Head, Maryland
The tests will be made solely will
the view Of obtaining information fol
the Navy Department and no an
nouncement OF the results will bC
made.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
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The coming season is heralded as
a season of color.
Some of the new parasols have long
Directoire handles.
Jet chains are popular with lockets
Of the same material.
Many corduroy walking suits are
seen in the new shades.
There are waists OF colored linen
to match the cloth skirt,
Many of the attractive trimmings
show a touch Of gold or silver.
The black satin slipper is becoming
very popular for evening wear.
Some Of the new lingerie has slight
touches of colored embroidery
Fringe of every description is to
be worn a great deal upon the new
hats.
Blouses for day wear are being
made in fine, soft material, woven
with silk stripes.
For dressy frocks chiffon cloth is
very nice. 1t washes and wears much
better than chiffon.
The sleeves Of new blouses are gem
orally gathered leg-o'-mutton, made
to At close to the arm.
Coarse cotton nets that showed
signs OF popularity last season are
largely in evidence again.
Hair ornaments which are strongly
suggestive OF conch shells are among
the novelties. They are worn over
either ear.
In the dainty tints there comes
flannel weave of silk and wool blend
that makes up the loveliest waists
and negligees.
For evening dresses there is
sparkling fringe. 1t is carried out in
crystals and silver, in rhinestones and
mother-of-pearl.
It is decreed that lines must be
straight up and down, and that neith-
or skirt nor jacket shall show the
slightest coquetry.
Colored sash ribbons and gauze
and tinsel ribbons are to be reckoned
with as an important and not mex
pensive item Of the wardrobe.
The revival Of ribbon trimming has
brought out many new and attractive
ways OF using the garnitures, but
none more popular than the sashes
and girdles --S --------- -
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN.

II any proof we're needed that
queens, like their subjects, have sub
mitted to the laws Of evolution, It
would be in the curious exhibition OF
work by reigning queens which Brus-
sells has been holding. Time was
when an embroidery frame was con-
sidered the only suitable occupation
for royalty's fingers. but Queen Will
helmina is occupying her leisure IL
Illustrating THE Arabian Nights
Queen Victoria of Spain has gone in
for painting bird and flower pieces
and Queen Helena Of Italy has made
a specially Of sea pieces. The Dow
ager Queen OF Italy, Margherita' Is
clever with the pencil, while the
Queen Of Portugal paints landscapes
and Queen Carmen Sylvia In her
spare minutes makes ivory statuettes'
in which she has successfully repro
duced the limeaments Of men ike
Ibsen, Maeterlinck, Lott ami Bourger.
New York Tribune.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

Washington, d. C.-The expert
ments in naval ordnance, for which
the last naval appropriation act con-
tains an appropriation Of 100000,
now available, will be conducted in
secret. For some time the naval ord
nance officers have been anxious to
conduct certain tests which require
much expense, and which could not
be made out Of the usual allotment
for the naval bureau of ordnance. II
was not expected that Congress would
make provision for such a purpose
LARGELY for the reason that objection
prevailed in some quarters to the eE-
penditure Of public funds in direc-
lions which did not always show tang
ible results. 1t was pointed out,
however, that the beneficial effect OF
the tests would be no less real mere
IL because new material was not be-
ing acquired. There was much IN
the way of theory which II was de-
sired to supplant by actual knowledge
obtainable only by tests. So many
questions have arisen among the eX-
perts as to the relative efficiency OF
various elements OF offence and de-
fence that they are highly grained
to have an opportunity to settle them.
One of the most important tests is
that which will show whether the
armor now being placed on American
battleships will resist the projectiles
of high power guns at battle ranges.
Guns are now fred in tests at snort
range with velocitles which are esu-
mated to equal that which would
exist II the distance we're what is
known as a battle range. 1t Is as,
serted by many that the armor VIII
not serve its purpose. Actual expert,
ments in firing at such ranges against
armor supported In the same manner
as on a battleship have never been
carried out and no one knows whal
the actual effect will be.
Another question is whether high
explosive shells will have the ehec'
claimed for them and whether the
pressure of the gases of such a vio'
lent explosion will blow in the armoi
side OF a battleship. Then, too, 1t Il
desired to know what will be the ma
teriaI effect of such explosives on the
personnel and whether the structure
OF the ship will stand 1t. Connected
With such an experiment Is the DE
Termination of the maximum deptf
10 which a twelve-inch she'll Will pen
citrate the water at battle ranges ant
the effect OF the explosions on TN
underwater body. Tests will also b
conducted TO determine the resist
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
TO CLEAN FEATHERS.

II one desires TO have feathers rem
ovated and does not wish to be robbed
by feather renovators, they may be
easily cleaned at home. There are
reliable firms who clean feathers, but
the men who drive through the coun-
try protesting to do such work are
apt to be frauds.
The great objection to doing this
work at home is handling a heavy
tick. Another objection is the trouble
of drying the feathers. but both of
these may be easily overcome.
Though many people consider feath-
err beds unhealthy and out OF STYLE
they are used in many country homes
and are very comfortable for winter
nights. OF course the feathers should
be clean and in clean ticks, or they
are unhealthy.
When making a feather bed, first
put the feathers into a thin muslin
slip Just the size OF the tick and slip
the tick over this. When the tick be-
comes soiled It can be washed with.
out the trouble of dealing with loose
feathers. The feathers in the thin
tick can be washed without taking
out, by putting in tub of warm vat
er and washing on board as ordin-
airy clothes. Make the water soapy
before putting in the feathers. Rinse
in clean water and hang on the line.
on a warm windy day they Will be
dry in a few hours and be as light and
fluffy as ever.
After the feathers are clean and
dry it is easy to put the clean heavy
ticks over them. Pillows may be
treated in the same fashion as they
really become soiled sooner than
feather beds. If your feather beds
are made in the old style 1t will pay
you to get the feathers into thin slips
the first time the ticks are washed
Margaret Whitney, in the Indiana
Farmer.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
SPANISH oLpFAsHIoNED.

English women have recently been
agitating for the right to vote and
ali that that entails. Spanish women,
on the other hand, will have none OF
1t. A literary countrywoman OF King
Alfonso not long ago organized a
referendum OF her sisters on the sub
iect. with this result-that by $500
votes to 922 the women declared that
they did not want a vote. This VIII
surprise only those who do not know
the English woman and the woman
of the Latin countries. The diher-
ence between them is fundamental.
The French woman and the Spanish
woman especially take little interest
in politics, and they will certainly
give themselves no trouble to under
stand It. Those who by their merit
or their beauty have succeeded in
gaining a position of comfort are gen
orally quite willing to leave TO theii
husbands al the worries and the
cares of life. To leave their COO
villas in summer or their warm apar.
ments in winter, dress in hurry ana
run out to deposit a piece OF paper
With a name scrubbed on It in bal
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

Victoria, B. ca recent remark
able phenomenon in Alaska IS tae
drifting away of icebergs from the
front OF Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay
10 that for the first time in nine years
this famous river OF Ice, the most
noted on this continent, has been Wis
ited. In 1889 a subterranean earth-
quake occurred at Yakutat and ever
since the approach Of this glacier mas
been so choked with ice that boats
have t|rned away with their passen-
gers disappointed. Now through some
peculiar drifting of theice steamboats,
can enter the channel and go near the
right wing of the glacier, and atter
cautiously pushing their way get a
glimpse of the left face.
In the nine years that II has been
inaccessible the glacier has under
gone remarkable changes. When
Professor John Muir. after whom y
was named. visited It II had a solid
face two miles long and rising about
ESQ feet above the water line. IL was
2 live glacier. and great masses OF ice
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
vIoLETs NOT POPULAR.

Violets are by no means so popu-
lar with New York women as they
formerly were. For many years every
woman who could rake, scrape or
otherwise gather together the where
withal sported a big bunch of violets,
but now they are conspicuous by their
absence. A single orchid, II one car I
afford more, or a cluster, II the peck
etbook is gold lined, is the most
fashionable floral decoration for any
function, either public or private
New York Sun.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

The FIRST postal card was sped on
Its way In 1870. - - $500 --- -'.-
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
EVERYTHING OLD.

with the rage for everything old 1t
would not be surprising II another
season brought forth the old fash
toned work boxes in vogue during our
grandmothers' time, when II was con-
sidered quite as important for every
we'll regulated young girl to own her
work box as to make a sampler. The
shops are showing a near approach
TO the old fashioned sewing kit in the
shape Of boxes of leather, partitioned
and arranged with a tray filled with
spools Of silk and thread, and be-
meath It SCISSORS, bodkin and all the
other accessories for doing fine work.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
REFORE SHE DIED.

Mamma, how long are you going
to live?" very sweetly inquired a four
year-old of her mother the other day.
"How long am l going to live? "
echoed her mother. why, my child.
why do you ask such a question as
that"
We'll, cause you said when you
died l might have that little brass
tea kettle, and l want It now" re-
turned the child.
She got 1t without further delay
New York Sun.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
fauIR GLACIER FREE OF BERcs.
STRANGE Changes Wrought by Suberranean Earthquake
in the Famous Alaska Ice River

toppled into the sea from time 10 Time
with reverberations like thunder.
Water splashed fifty feet high at each
fall and the sight was fascinating
To-day the glacier assumes diner
emit aspect. Erosion has worked out
a new bay, which WILSON be charted'
and the glacier itself seems to have
two parts, the live part, from which
icebergs break and fall with tremen,,
dous noise, and dead arm, with land
forming between 1t and the sea,
This change Is due to a hill when
protected through the top OF the Ice
when Professor Muir was there. Now
that hilltop is a large mountain d.
yiding the Ice fields The Ice has also
receded four miles in the nine years.
The captain Of the first steamboat
inflated IN front Of this glacier In re-
cent wears was presented with sill
ver service marked in large letters
amir Glacier" This is without
doubt the most remarkable known
Glacier on this continent. 1t has So4
square miles Of ice. .----
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.lot box-that does not suit the taste
of our women. And as for attending
public meetings, that is worse still.
There Is too much Of crowd, one IS
pushed about and ones clothes are
crushed and torn. It is impossible to
remain ever 30 little "coquette."
And what an odor-tobacco and alco-
hol! Our women are too refined, too
"spirltuel" not to feel that in such
company gallantry loses its rights,
and that they have little chance OK
shining by the side of masculine ora
tors.
Parliamentary assemblies are not a
salon where one engages in CONVEX
sation. You must have lungs like
forge and a certain manner, only ac-
ouired after much practice. The
Latin woman, in a word, knows her
ascendency over man; and she un-
derstands, without requiring a vote
for herself, how to get him to vote as
she wishes. Why, then, should she
take the trouble of going to the poll
ing booth in person? The Anglo
Saxon woman, on the other hand, mas
none of these motives Of coquetry, OF
Incidence and OF influence over men
for abstaining from her civic duties.
She wraps herself in an umbrella
cover, walks about all day, taking
strides like a grenadier, and, II called
upon, knows how to use her fists. AS
to her influence over the men, one
fact will suffice to establish its ma
ture: II by any chance a woman OF
the Anglo-saxon race happens to be
left the only one of her sex in rail-
way carriage, all the men take TO
their heels lest one Of them should be
seized, hailed before clergyman and
compelled to marry her. 1t is there
fore easy to understand why they
should desire to make their own laws
Gil Bias.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

Dried Pumpkin For Ples-Cut
pumpkin into slices an inch thick
pare of the rind, string the pieces
on Irvine and hang up to dry. In the
winter stew and serve as fresh pump
kin.
Dish For Luncheon-Take any
kind of boiled fish and mix 1t with the
following sauce: Two tablespoonfuls
of butter, two tablespoonfuls. Of flour.
Melt together, add one pint of milk
and stir until It thickens, and add
little salt and pepper. Cover win
bread crumbs and bake.
Chocolate Sauce-This is usually
served hot as the sauce for ice cream.
Put four ounces of grated chocolate,
one cupful OF sugar, and half a cup OF
milk over the FIRE. Stir until the sug-
ar is dissolved, and boil until the
mixture forms a soft ball when drop
ned in water. Serve at once.
Sliced Lemon Pie-Grate the yell
low rind Of lemon, tear on every
atom of the white and throw away
also the pits, slice OF chip lemon very
sne Three lemons make two large
MES. Cook until soft, sugar to taste
add cornstarch or -four to form thin
paste. If you want frosting take two
eggs beat whites for frosting, add
the yolks to the lemon while boiling
using less thlckening, OF course.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

Some Of the old boxes were Of fine
cabinet work, constructed frequently
of mahogany and inlald with woods
Of a different color Usually they
were velvet lined AS to their advan-
tages from the point of convenience
over the modern basket there is very
little to be said in their fayor.-New
York Sun,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29

Fruit Bran Cookes.-My family did not care for plain
bran cookies The the plain cookies calls TOT
oneha cup creamed with cup OF brown sugar.
two tablespoons Cor milk, two webeaten eggs
and two oneha OF bran two teaspoons OF paks
powder sifted enough to roll out To this mixture
add one cup or Of coarsey chopped figs and now
find that my family the cookies with enjoyment WINE
the beneficial results are increased than otherwise
Also instead of sprnkng tops with nutmeg Gas sug
nixtnre sprnkng the tops with white and adding
raisln TO make them slightly. Dried prunes, soaked
overnight ptted and chopped are also good whie aas OF
raisIns might substutedM. H. in Good Housekeeping
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
Household Affairs
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AN ECONOMICAL BLUEING,

Buy at druggists Ave cents worth
OF indigo blue and oxallc acid mixed.
Divide this into three equal parts, put
into three half pint bottles and fill
with water. After 1t has stood for a
day this preparation, which does not
injure the finest Of linen and is very
economical, is ready for use.-Boston
Post,
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
RAILROAD ASSURED

Word comes from Bay City that the
Bay City and Port Huron Railroad Co.
will construct the road according to
the agreement made with the city. 1t
is said that work will be begun in the
near future and that there will be no
more delay until the road is completed.
Should the directors of the company
give positive proof that the road will
be constructed, then the suit instituted
by Charles M. Green a. Son against the
company will probably be discontinued.
In the suit, Green IL Son, who had a
contract to build portion of the road,
asked for $4,000, alleging non-per-
formance of contract.
Business men of Port Huron are
elated over the announcement that the
road will be built. They believe that
the enterprise would serve as a great
boom for the CITY,
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
PUBLICITY IN TREASURY

Lansing, Dec. 30.-State Treasurer
elect, A. L. Sleeper, of Lexington, de-
clares he will inaugurate a policy of
publicity when he assumes Office.
al will furnish the public each month
with a statement of the condition of
the funds of the state and also list of
the state repositories. There will be
no secrecy about how the department
will be conducted in the near future"
Mr.. Sleeper will also demand bond
from repositories equal to the amount
of the deposits.
The new constitution futher safe
guards the states money. Under it's
provision no deposite in any bank may
exceed 80 per cent of the capital and
surplus of the bank, and every bank
acting as state depository must make
a separate item of its state deposit in
its statements.-De Detroit Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

who underwent an operation for kid
ney trouble.
Mrs. Joshua A. Pelton, of Benning-
ton, Ont, and Mrs. McCurdy, of Con
tour, Ont, mother and sister of Mrs.
Chas. Rounds returned to their homes
Saturday after spending the holidays
here.
Leslie j. Menzies, who has been edi-
to-in-chief of the Expositor for the past
year, went to Detroit Thursday morn
ing to accept a position in the Office
department of the MenZies Shoe Co.
The best of good wishes go with him.
Alice Livingston, of Baden, Ont,
Edna Livingston, Mrs. Cooper and
daughter, of Detroit, have returned
after spending the holidays at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. McColl.
Edna Livingston is a student at the
Detroit Conservatory of Music.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Keeps Things Neat and Tidy.

While looking through the school
building last Saturday we were struck
with the neatness and the cleanness of
the building; and it is all due to one
cause-that cause being the janitor,
James Loree. Jim, as he is familiarly
known to every school boy and girl,
takes the greatest pride in keeping each
and every room up in shape, and all
the time works to have everything up
to the mark. No school buildings
around here are in as good a condition
as ours and we may feel proud to have
such person as JAS. Loree in charge.
Jim goes out of his way to do many
things for the children and they all
think the world of him. The teachers
also speak i'm words of highest praise
of his work. Jim has held this posi-
tion for a number of years ana has
seen q great many students pass from
school life into the business life, but
he still has a warm spot in his heart
for all "his boys and girls
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
c. E. BUSINESS MEETING

Although Monday night was a
stormy one, about thirty members of
the Chrittian Endeavor Society of the
First Presbyterian church, of Yale,
gathered at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Cameron and had very pleasant
time. Progressive games of all kinds
were played. A light lunch was served
which all enjoyed.
The newly elected officers had charge
of the business meeting and the names
of the committees were read and each
one given instructions to commence
work Immediately. Six names were
proposed for membership and they
were unanimously accepted by the
society.
The next monthly meeting will he
held on Monday Feb. /, 1909, at the
home of Leslie Menzies.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
A WORK OF ART.

A work of art in the form of cal.
endar has just been issued by the Mich.
igan Agricultural College, showing
many views of the buildings and cam
pus.
This institution has enjoyed a
wonderful growth and development in
the last decade. From total enroll.
ment in 1899 of SIS students, with a
faculty numbering 52 and a fixed in
come of less than 100000, the present
records show an increase in student
enrolment of over 100 per cent, with
over 80 professors and assistants and a
permanent income of S325,000, while
during this period 100000 has been
spent in permanent improvements.