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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
DRINKING WATER
CLEARS COMPLEXION

To say that drinking at least three
pints of water day would make a girl
beautiful would be grossest eXaggera-
ton, but it is perfectly true that such
an amount of liquid, taken judiciously
every day, will be a wonderful aid in
acquiring or increasing good looks,
and it is such a cheap way of improv-
ing ones appearance that to ignore 1t
is a pity.
Water. properly taken, fiushes the
system as a pipe is cleansed by putting
down it a large quantity of pure cleans
ing liquid at once. And, as with the
pipe, impurities are carried out, leaving
only that which is beneficial.
In order that the good effect shall be
gained two facts are important: One
is that the liquid shall not be taken
with meals. and the other that it shall
not be of icy temperature. In the former
case it dilutes the gastric juices, some
times causing indigestion, and certainly
neutralizing some OF the nourishing
properties of food; in the latter it stays
digestion and may be the cause of
severe pain.
Many dietitians now agree that water
should not be taken with meals, and
that many cases of indigestion may be
traced directly to the fact that this
theory is unheeded. To derive benefit a
glassful should be taken at a time, sip
ping 1t slowly and not gulping in large
quantities. Ten minutes for each glass
is none too long. The temperature may
be cool. but not sufficiently so to chill
the stomach.
sooner than an hour after a meal and
water is not to be put into the stomach
later than half an hour before meal.
The matter of not taking water with
food is one that contains more reason
than may appear at first. Many per-
sons do not masticate their food prop
erly, but wash it down in pieces that
test the strength of the digestive organs
to asslmilate. In other words, the
stomach is made to do the work of the
teeth. When unable to do so acute in
digestion follows, and in any event the
unnecessary labor strains the organ.
If liquid is avoided when eating, eX-
treme mastication becomes necessary,
or food will choke the person. Failing
artificial means to send it into the
stomach, 1t must 60 If at all, in such
condition that the digestive organs
have none but their own work to do
and are therefore more likely to be kept
strong and healthy.
The exclamations I have heard some
business girls make-that they get no
opportunity to drink water through the
day-is a mistake. 1t is always pos
sble to place a glass on a desk
where it can be easily reached. A
stenographer I know keeps a glass on
her desk all day, refilling as soon as she
drinks all the water. Another girl, who
works behind a counter, keeps her glass
of water out of sight, but within reach
Both of these girls have clear complex
ions that are the envy of many of their
friends, and neither has enough out-of-
door exercise to be responsible for it,
The truth lies in the fact that their
systems are kept in healthy condition
by the constant washing away of i'm
nurities
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
A LESSON IN FINANCE

mo" said the rich old banker, a frown up
his brow
'T haven't a hundred dollars right in my
pocket now;
But even II I had it-and twice that many,
too
I can tell you wouldn't lend it, my innocent
boy to you,
But I'll give you a piece of counsel worth
fifty times the sum
When you have to come a-borrowing, learn
the proper way to come"
"And what" said the trembling borrower
may be the proper way?
II I'd known a more successful style, I'd
have come in that style today"
why, look. you" said the banker. you're
a well dressed, nice young man
Don't come like a tattered and timerous
tramp with empty tomato can.
Stick out your chest and cock your eye,
and look quite at your ease,
And demand the cash In a confidential voice,
and don't say If you please;
Look as II you were doing a favor to the
who lends the gold;
Stick it carelessly in your pocket and walk
out brash and bold,
And never ask for a hundred while you
have the clothes you wear
Say that you want thousand, and you'll
fine the thousand there,
You only want a hundred? You talk like a
child at play
It's easier to borrow thousand than a hun
dred any day"
Thanks" said the would-be borrower; I'm
sure you're very kind:
And 1 shall make endeavor to bear your
advice in mind"
That afternoon the banker was going along
the street,
When he and the would-be borrower
chanced on the pave to meet
But you'd never have known the borrower
he held his head so high;
He stuck out his chest so proudly, and
flashed so bright eye;
He walked in a proud, proud manner as
though he owned the town,
And in his lofty. winsome way, nearly ran
the old man down.
"Aha" said the old man, grimly you've
got your hundred, l think"
"You mean I have got my thousand" said
the young man. with a wink.
'I find you've told me correctly just how the
trick was done;
And I'VE borrowed the thousand dollars, and
borrowed them of your SON."
That night at the end of a long, long talk
the banker said to his SON.
"When Pm asked for a thousand dollars,
offer the beggar one PUCK.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
Suggests a Congress of Parents

sense of duty, and the child was in the
atmosphere of work even in his limited
times of recreation.
Now, parents do not give the sub
ject much thought and the situation
is a serious one. New methods must
be considered thoughtfully, to take the
place of the old rigid ones which fail
in this new regime. 1t is problem
which / am not able to help solve, but
which ought to be considered by par
ents who should counsel together.
They, the parents, should go to a
school of adjustment and learn how
they may meet the needs of their chill
dren under existing conditions. I'm
fortunately, they begin by turning the
baby over to the nurse-maid. A little
later the child is sent to the kinder
garten to learn-and to get him out of
the way. At 6 he is ready for school,
and the poor teachers go on, with
anguish of mind, with the education
of children who have had so many
teachers already that they care for
none.
It is infinitely more difficult today
to train our children, surrounded as
they are with all that tends to help
in their education. because modern ap-
pliances for making work easy, more
money to hire work done, more money
coming IN, even dIuOIS IllOuCl dLClJ
poor families, all tend to a certain
shiftlessness in parents in regard to this
matter. There are no daily chores
to be done. There are no interesting
and helpful small responsibilities for
the growing child to assume,
All this calls for great study on the
part of parents. How may they best
meet this situation? A congress of
mothers is a farce. A congress of par
ents is what we need. We women know
a heap, but we do need the male point
of view In this matter which so vitally
concerns the future citizens. How may
we best cultivate honor and integrity
in our children, for only through a
sense of honor may they become OF
the best.
The stern disciplinarian fails because
this is an age of freedom. The self
sacrificing parents fail because all
children are naturally little egotists.
How may the proper balance be found
Instead of all this talk and considera-
tion of the education of the children.
put part of 1t upon the education OF
the parents. Not until the home edu-
cation is improved may we hope for
the best in our outside avenues OF
learning
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
FLATS

Shortly we may expect to see adver-
tisements like the following in the
newspapers: "You pay your rent ana
we live your life for you" The man
who tells us to get the girl and that
he will do the rest is falling behind in
the march of progress. few years
ago he thought he was the seventh
wonder, because, literally, If a man
could get the girl pay one month $
rent for fiat and have remaining 81
with which to settle the first install
ment on a purchase of furniture, ne
might Immediately have a completely
furnished home at his disposal. But,
now. even the time-payment furniture
dealer has been outdone. Furniture IS
no longer a matter to worry the pros
pective home-maker. Today, the only
requirement Is that he get the girl ana
put himself on good terms with the nat
manager, who "does the rest, saving
the bridegroom all annoyance and re-
lieving him of the danger of losing on
his investment because of illness or
death or any of the other little uneX-
pected events of modern life. For know
you, the latest fiat, conditional only
upon the payment of rent virtually
lives mems lives for them. We have
been accustomed to apartments that
have half of the necessary furniture
built into them and so arranged that
il folds up against the wall when not
in use We have also been familiarized,
despite the high price of print paper
with the fiat where the services of
housemaids and footmen were thrown
in with the receipt for the rent. Lut
we are taken a little by surprise on
reading the announcement of the up
to-the- minute fiat owner that he has
added to the other virtues of his place
nursery completely equipped with
nurses, a kindergarten furnished with
teachers and a large communal sewing
room supplied with a small army of
dressmakers and milliners. And all
this and more is free to the tenants
for the asking. Meals? We had almost
forgotten them! OF course, they are
supplied; that goes without saying.
Laundresses, heat, light, hot and cold
water, furniture. janitor service. foot
men, housemaids and so many other
things, too that about all that remains
for the tenant to do is to draw his
breath and his salary and pay part of
the latter over to the landlord. What
now is the Incentive for dying?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07

Thursday for Alaska. They expect 10
be gone a month or six weeks ana on
their way will visit Seattle, SkagWay
and Nome.
Mrs. C. w. Pierce and daughter, MISS
Iona, left yesterday for an EXTENDED
visit in the east, the greater part Oh
their stay to be in Boston.
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton e. Green of Ell
lendale place left yesterday for ocean
Park. where they will spend the sum-
mer.
Mr. and Mrs George A. Ralphs 2t
Arapahoe street, accompanied by thelr
children, are expecting to leave soon
for a trip to Seattle.
-
Colonel William Shriber of Llncoiil
street will leave the latter part or July
with the National Guard for TWO
weeks stay at Bay City.
The marriage of Miss Ella Pinkerton
and Charles Anderson was quietly cele-
brated Yesterday noon at the home OF
the brides sister, Mrs. Frank G. Col
lier. on Lake street, in the presence or
twenty guests, Rev. Lewis j. Adams
assistant pastor of Immanuel Prespy-
terrain church, officiating. The couple
left Immediately for an extended we'd
ding trip.
The groom is a prominent Mason and
has held a responsible position In the
city postoffice for twenty years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
TS0CiG@ Ou$lC. Clubs, ,G&|
DAINTY HANDKERCHIEFS

The special things that girls do not
seem able to keep are handkerchiefs.
No matter how many dozens mothers
may supply there is always hue and
cry for more.
It is all very well when they are COM
mon ones for school, but it is an en-
tirely different matter when it comes
to lace and embroidery, and many a
time a girl slips an elaborate one quiet
ly out of her parents drawer to make
q good impression at dancing school or
the matinee.
Handkerchiefs can easily be made at
very little expense, and though it is
quite a little trouble, it is dainty work
that can be picked up at odd moments.
Cut out a square of fine linen the de-
sired size, hemstitch it on all sides, then
whip narrow lace around it and en-
broider an initial in one corner Very
attractive ones are made on the same
Delicate blue and pink ones to match
the hair ribbon or dress are most
effective.
At French sale not long ago there
We're some very pretty handkerchiefs
made of lilac lawn. hemstiched and
surrounded by lace. All over the sur
face, about an inch and a half apart,
were embroidered violets of a darker
shade, with yellow centers. This can
easily be copied by any girl who is
skilled with the needle. The outline of
the flower can easily be obtained from
an Easter card or cheap print. With
the aid of a piece of tracing paper and
a ruler for measurements one can cover
the materials in a few minutes with as
many violets as wanted.
A very useful article in these days,
when pockets are things of the past. is
the glove handkerchief, which, when
folded. is small enough to slip into the
opening above the buttons. This article
must be but five inches square and
made of the finest goods, so as to take
up the least space possible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07

r SUPPOSE 1t would not be we'll for
children to read what | am going
n to say, but | really think that
most parents need to have a word said
to them. Reams upon reams of paper
have been used telling what to do for
the better education of the children
Incidentally the parents profit by iO,
but seldom do we hear anything about
the training of the parents.
Everything is changing, and the theo-
ries of the past hardly fit the require
ments of the present. Spare the rod
and spoil the child" is declared obso-
lete. We do not think that brute force
is necessary, as our grandparents once
thought. The very eXacting methods
are being set aside. But what methods
are taking the place of the old ones?
These good old ways and means,
while we scorn them, did produce flne
men and women; they did produce
strength of character But they can
not do 1t now.
| know of a family whose children are
being brought up according to the good
old doctrine, and this is the result !:
The children do not conf1de In thelr
mother; they do the modern up-to-date
free-and easy things, but always "on
the quiet" Dancing was not approved
of by the mother. In some mysterious
way their education in that regard was
filled in. other people knew what was
going on, but the mother, so secure IN
her old-fashioned methods, did not.
Young men in the home were discour-
aged. but their society was found out
of the home.
I also knew a boy of a strict Metho-
dist family, his father a clergyman
When / was playing a two-step for the
crowd of children to march by ! FOUND
him dancing in good form. When |
demonstrated and told him that his
father trusted him. and trusted me-
and would be Mortified If he knew his
son was dancing, he gave me very
wicked look and said "All right.
After this | will march in curves over
here" This with an emphasis on the
word march" and with the sympa-
tehtic knowledge that l felt the ao-
surdity of the distinction.
Times have changed, and the OLD
strict measures do not fit the children
of today. Time was when the youngest
child was kept busy helping the gen
eral work of the place. 1t was tnen
that the strict, rigid discipl1narlail
could work to advantage. Few temp
tations of the idling nature were to be
fought, for all was measured from a
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
OCCUPATION EoR WOMEN

A lucrative occupation, which is not
as yet overcrowded, is that of bank
librarian. There are several young
women in New York who have charge
of the libraries of banks in the vicinity
of Wall street. Miss Florence Spencer,
who has charge of that of the National
City bank, has received a thorough
library training in a western universe
ty. In an interview in the Sun in
regard to her work, she says:
"The work in a library of this kind
brings you every day face to face with
live issues. You are studying the COM
mercial problems that are making his
tory. You see your country forging
ahead, making its mistakes and learn
ing by them, you read the minds of
the greatest financiers of the age, and
columns of figures that to many are
simply columns of figures, are to you
symbols of power, epoch-making lines
and curves. | don't see how anyone
can call them dry.
There is not a book in the library
which has any value to the curiosity
seeker; the bindings are practically
valueless, Just able to hold the contents
together, and, probably judged by a
mere question of market worth, the
newspaper clippings are the crux of
the whole collection, but, judged by its
Importance as a whole, in saving time
and strength, the value of the collec-
ton cannot be overestimated.
"Iike most libraries of this kind in
similar establishments, it consists of
the state reports of legal decisions,
histories and reports of railroads, sta
tistical information of all kinds, and
incidentally we have reports covering
the histories and standing of some 70,
600 corporate tions. While it is a private
library, the bank officials allow the
courtesy of its use to people who come
with proper introduction, just as we
have received similar courtesy from
other downtown houses.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
THE WIND OF ARcApY

A warm sweet breath is on my face
And. redolent with scents of spring
1t seems to follow every place
And sets the throat a-caroling.
While on 1t, borne across the leas,
The sound of music comes to me,
Faint fragrant fairy melodies
1t is the wind of Already
1t blows, and all the grit and CRIME
OF toll of town. of fight and fray
Vanish completely for the time,
BY wanton breezes swept away
Until. in all the world about,
Laughter and love is all | see,
1t banishes despair and doubt
The wind. the wind of Already!
Open your heart and let II in.
This wind OF wonderland and youth,
Where fairy folk and men are kin
And rich romance is simple truth.
We age so fast. we die so soon.
Let us be young while that may be,
And youth trips in with magic shoon
Upon the wind of Already.
-Puc
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
FOR THE GIRL OF SIXTEEN

The toilet table of the girl still in
her teens should stand for the pro-
verbal ounce of prevention which Is
mmeasurably more important in the
pursuit of beauty than tons of reme-
dies. If the growing girl employs
preventive measures the grown wom-
an will not require the services Of
beauty specialist, dermatoiogist or
surgeon.
The thoughtful, thrifty mother will
make sure that certain simple imple-
ments and remedies are found on her
daughters toilet table.
For the care of the hands she will
see that the girl has the following
manicuring implements: Thin, curved
sharp scissors, nail file, some orange
sticks and a chamois-coVer polisher.
For treating the hands will be needed
lemon or little peroxide of hydrogen
for removing ink and similar stains
some white vaseline for softening the
thick skin around the nail and little
powder for polishing the nails The
latter can be made at home. If the
daughter is sent several times, to a
first -class manicurist and watches the
latters work carefully she will soon
be able to manicure her own hands
and her mothers.
For the hair and it's care provide
brush with moderately stiff bristles,
never a wire brush, which tears the
hair while it removes tangle5; coarse
bone or celluloid comb, a simple tonic
that will remind the girl to ventilate
and massage her scalp nightly and
shampoo mixture which varies ac-
cording to the texture and character
istics of the hair and scalp.
Insist that the brush and comb be
kept clean. They should be washed
more often than the. hair. Ordinarily
dry hair should be shampooed at least
once a month and singed before it is
washed Fix a certain date, like the
new moon, and see that the daughter
selects a dry, sunshiny day for the
shampooing If the hair is oily 1t
needs shampooing at least every fort
night or ten days.
Never allow young girl to wear a
rat in order to increase the size OF her
pompadour The rat is generally made
of dead hair and is the false >hair
manufacturers best friend
Teach the daughter to take down
her hair, Ventilate or shake 1T and
massage the scalp with a little tonic
every night before retiring as religl-
ously as she washes her face and
brushes her teeth. When all girls
learn to do this we will have hair
health indeed.
For the complexion the most i'm
portant implement on the young girl 8
toilet table is her complexion brush
and this should be renewed frequently
when the bristles begin to flatten.
Scrubbing the. face and the neck with
this brush, hot water and pure, un-
scented soap is the foundation on
which all complexion aids are built.
Nothing can be done to improve the
skin that is not. first of all, clean. The
girl who scrubs her neck well into
the hair in the back and does not for
get her chin in the front will never
have the yellowish, cloudy throat
which the most expensive linen will
not hide.
Complexion lotions should be used
sparingly by the growing girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder. 1t cures painful,
snarting nervous feet, and instantly takes the
sting out of corns and bunions. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t
is a certain cure for sweating, callous, swollen.
tired aching feet Try ii today. Sold by all
druggists BY mail for 25c in stamps. Don't
accept any substitute. For FREE trial pack
age also Free Sample of the FOOT-EASE
Sanitary CORN-PAD, a new invention, address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
Natal Stones. Etc.

January, garnet (constancy and hdeity);
February, amethyst or pearl (sincerity); March,
bloodstone or hyacinth Courage, presence of
mind; April, diamond (innocence) May, emer-
aid Success in love-; June, agate or cats-eye
thealth and long life); July, coral or ruby
(contented mind; August, sardonyx moon
stone (conjugal feicty) September, crysolite
or sapphire (antidote against madness); Octo-
Der, opal (hope); November topaz (fdeity)
December. turquoise lprosperity).
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
Shoes Half Price and Less

over Two hundred big display bargain
taoles are displaying snoes for men, women
and children on sale in many instances for
half price and less Convince yourself and
come the
MAMMOTH SHOE HOUSE.
B19 South Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07
Society
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY

THE kOAD To fEnILNUHh
The world is fair; blue skies oerhead,
My primrose path shows gay;
And yet, betimes look behind
And long with all my heart to find
The road to yesterday.
cirass-grown and faint the path may be;
No sign to point the way
Except a kiss, memory,
A sigh. a sprig OF rosemary
These lead to yesterday.
What means tomorrow's unborn hopes,
The fragrance of today,
When once my hearts desire and need
Is 4or the dim sweet paths that lead
Ale into yesterday?
-Mazle v. Caruthers, in Lippncott's Magazine
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07

n Won want TO go east C Haydock
Agt Illinois Central p. r.. l1s W. Sixth 81
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07

The Angelus grill has excellent serv-
ice and better food Fourth and Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-07

Miss May and Miss Ruby Kimball of
Third avenue left Monday for trip
of several months in Europe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-03-13
Spring is here.

The Mason & Hanson line of fine
Woolens for the Spring and Sum-
mer season, always the best, is here
in endless variety.
The M. & HI. line is again a rec
ord assortment embracing the
choicest coloring and designs of the
finest foreign and domestic manu-
facturers.
Your early, careful inspection
and selections will secure the hest
of results in tailoring art.
Can serve you well right now.
Yours very truly,
JOHN A. WALDEN.