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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
HOW NOT TO INVEST

In the Woman's Home Companion
for March Alexander Dana Noyes,
financial editor of the New York Even
ing Post, gives some sound advice to
women regarding investments. Among
other things he says:
"First, never invest in anything on
the basis of an advertising prospectus,
and especially avoid such propositions
when they are announced in glaring
and sensati tional form, with a liberal
use of capital letters to attract atten-
tion. Second, never invest in anything
which makes the promise of very large
profits with no risk; if the profits are
real and sure, the fact that the IN
vestment is offered to you at low
and apparently attractive price meas
ures the largeness of the risk. Thlrd,
never invest in a mining scheme or in
any Joint stock enterprise of which
you know nothing, on the representa-
tions of a promoter or friend VINO
knows no more about 1t than you do.
Fourth never invest in private buSl-
ness enterprise unless its soundness
and profit earning capacity are demon
strated to your satisfaction and to
that of conservative men to whom you
submit the data. Fifth. never invest
in security because somebody has
heard that it's price is going up; the
story may have been circulated by
some one who knows something wrong
about the investment and is anxious to
sell what he holds himself. Sixth.
never invest in anything-minlng
stock, railway stock or manufacturing
stock-siinply because it's price is low
1t may possibly be d bargain, but it's
price may also be low because it is
worthless or because it is doubtful
whether the stock will ever pay any
return whatever on the investment"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
MIDDLE AGE AND COLDS

Many aged patients regularly de-
velop a cough with the onset or WIN
ter. which lasts until the next warm
season, says DR.. Kate Lindsay in the
Housekeeper They often shut them
selves in with the onset of winter ana
do not look out of doors for fear OF
taking cold until May weather comes
again. Nevertheless, they have one
cold on the lungs after another, ana
when winter weather comes they grow
thin of flesh and become pale, weak ana
anemic and often their friends accuse
them of going into a decline ana eA-
pect them to die each winter, OF con-
sumption, but with the onset of warm
weather and a more active out-of-door
life they pick up again, and pass the
summer months with comparative
comfort. Much can be done to modify
the severity of these disorders ana I'M
prove the health and prolong life. Inc
quantity and quality of the food should
be strictly regulated so as 10 aVol9
overeating and overtaXing the liver ana
kidneys and impeding the action OF the
heart and lungs.
All alcoholic drinks should be avoid
ed and flesh meats never eaten more
than once a day and in very moderate
quantities. Good milk and eggs, bread
and butter and cereals, with ripe fruit
and a moderate amount of fresh vege-
tables and salads is the ideal diet for
these patients
Well ventilated sleeping rooms and as
much out of-door exercise daily as Will
make them moderately tired without
extreme fatigue should be taken sum-
mer and winter. Two or three times a
week the patient should take warm
bath of some form to induce free per-
spiration and then a cold sponge after
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
STARTING TO SCHOOL TOO
YOUNG

The street and the country are ma
lures school where she stores the mind
with facts and ideas that fill up the
vacant souls of children faster than the
school room has yet learned to do, de-
clares q. Stanley Hall in the House,
keeper. Think of the natural fascina-
ton of the child for the fields, birds,
animals, trees, flowers, plants, trults'
water in the country, and for tne
sbops, store windows, vehicles, Incl
dents of street life and so forth in the
city! Truancy for young people so far
from being the heinous Offense that our
bepedagogued age deems it, is often so
instructive that some of the most IN
sightful minds now suggest that II be
III a sense adopted ana that ambulato-
~ classes, excursions, walks and talks,
plays and games be made the basal
features of education for the first year
or two or more.
When the child is shut up in school,
breathing impure air, sitting on unhy-
gienic seats, with eyes zigzagging along
the printed page and chubby hahds
preCociously learning to WELD the pen,
not only health but morals are threat
ened.
This breezier and more active train
ing would give the mind a store of m
formation. or in schoolmasterly par
lance, would bulld up many appercep-
tive organs so that the curricula could
be assimilated without mental dyspep-
sia. IT is remarkable how near chill
dren in half time schools and classes
come to keeping up with whole time
pupils II more time were allowed for
the acquisition of crude information OF
the environment and practical and
more or less Occupational and industri-
al pursuits and plays were more en-
couraged and the motor elements in
creased and sedentary life less stressed
there would be Wondrous gain. Were
this done too we could prolong the
school year from the present average
of $50 days a year out of 365 (while in
Germany schools keep forty-four to
forty eight weeks) so as to economic
the mental and moral relapse of the
long vacation without jeopardy TO the
health of the teacher or pupil.
II YOU want to go east. c. Haydock. Agent
ulinoig Central r. r., 11S w. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
BY EILEN STAN

TN SPITE of the popularity of the
long, loose kimono, many women
u prefer a seni-fitted garment such
as the one offered, and there is no
question but that such a design has
many advantages over the loose flow
ing robe. Made from some pretty silk
or wooden goods. or, for that matter,
one may use tub material, the gar
ment is really quite dressy. A wrapper
made in this style was of china silk,
a front of plain silk was inserted and
the sides of the wrapper arranged
to overlap it in a deep tuck on either
side. The collar, cuffs and belt We're
of the plain silk, the edges of which
were feather-stitched. If the garment
is intended for general utility, ging-
ham or percale may be satisfactorily
used, and it should not be forgotten
that stripes are more becoming to the
short, stout figure than plaids. The
wrapper is very simple and easy to
make. For stout figures it will be
preferable to use the lining front.
which can be cut from ordinary lining
or from material itself. They fit sung
ly and keep the front of the wrapper
in shape. 1t is unnecessary to line the
sleeves unless one prefers to do SO for
warmth. When tub goods of delicate
color is selected, it would be we'll to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
HER BEST

Have YOU ever noticed the change it sometimes
makes
In a woman's face
Passive it may be. and dull and cold,
Neutral tinted and commonplace
When the sun falls on II? How swift II taxes
Meaning and color and soft outlines?
How strange new lights from the eyes VIII
slip
And new tints blossom cheek and lip?
The whole face softens and warns and SHINES
And the hair, a miser grown overbold,
Shows forth of a sudden undreamed OF gold
Oh there's many a woman east and west
Must be in the sunshine to look her bestl
Have you ever noticed the change it makes
In a woman's face
And her heart and her life that were cold and
dull
And slightly inclined to commonplace
When love shines on them? How there breaks
Over her nature a wave of gold,
Bringing out beauty unknown before,
Mellowing, widening more and more,
Lifting her up til her eyes behold
Ever new blooms for her hands TO Gull,
SO she and her life grow beautiful?
Oh there's never woman east or west
But must live in loves sunshine TO live heI
best! Clara w. Bronson
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
LENTEN THOUGHTS

! If the old sweet, earnest mean :
= ing of sacrifice and devotion ?
\ could return to fashionable Lent :
\ as the people make it, how great
J. would be the baptism of strength :.
!. and manliness, of purity and :.
X power over this benighted nation. ;.
:. We should grow again into :
!. men and women of grace and
4 goodness, into men and women J
;. our ancestors could take pride in. :
:. 1t is good for man to search d:
\ himself
X 1t is good for man to sacrifice, !
X to wear the sackcloth of repent :
!. ance, of self-abnegation. =
= In this hurrying, busy life of ::
!. struggle and endeavor the souls :
!. sanctuary gets often overlooked :
= with weeds and moss. Spiders !
X build their webs across the door :
4 and man becomes of the flesh :
i only.
i Let us clear that sanctuary of !
= the soul.
\ Take this Lent, one and all of ::
= us to do ii.
i Then Life like a dome of ;
y many-colored glass" shall no ::
i more stain the white radiance :.
:. of Eternity but the crystalline :
:. transparence of the temple shall :
:. be almost indistinguishable from :.
!. the Infinite around it.
d !. \ \ ]. J. i 4 < < \ ! : : = y =
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

shrink them and at the same time
set the color before they are made up.
This may be satisfactorily done oy
placing them in a bath tub or basin
of cold water to which has been added
a few tablespoonsful of turpentine.
After they have remained for a couple
of hours they may be taken out and
dried. 1t is not necessary to iron them
before making up, if they have been
left in the folds while shrinking.
A black china silk wrapper made
after this model was trimmed with
bands of dark red. A Copenhagen blue
had bands of white. The bands were
arranged down either side of the front,
so as to form a panel extending around
the lower edge of the skirt; also mar
row bands on the cuffs and collar. II
preferred the neck may be cut slight
ly low and trimmed with frill OF
lace.
3O19. This pattern is cut in seven
sizes, from 80 to A inches bust meas
ure. If copied for the average person
it required liz yards of material 27
inches wide. or 712 yards A inches wide,
with 3 yards of ribbon for ties. ANY
person desiring to procure this pattern
may do so by sending 10 cents to this
paper, giving No. 3019 and the size de-
sired
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Society

4 MoNG the delightful affairs Of yes
u terday was the at home with
IL which Mrs. L. c. Crowell enter
tanned about thirty-fve guests at her
Union avenue residence, assisted by
her daughters, Miss Belle and Miss
Ida.
Among the guests was Miss Nellie
Potts, who is leaving soon for SIX
months absence in Europe, and for
whom Miss IDA Potts is entertaining
with a sorority affair Wednesday,
q
Mrs. ]. Ross Clark Of West Adams
street left yesterday for an absence OF
ten days or more with her mother
Mrs. u. e. Evans, in Butte, Mont.
Mrs. James Henry Ballagh was host
ess wednesday at a musicale and tea
given for about fifty friends at her
home on Orange street, Mrs. Frances
Sedgwick of Chicago being special
guest.
The hostess was assisted in receiving
by Mrs. Henry G. Dillon, Mrs. Etnei %
Bennett, Mrs. James Johnson, MRS
Henry Peckham, Mrs. John V. Pea
cock, Mrs. w. H. Fuller and Mrs. Sol
omon Jewett. Mrs. Edward Sherer'
Mrs. Walter Middlecross and Mrs. Will
liam McCammond were at the tea ia
hles. The guests were Mrs. Allen AID
rich. Mrs. Dwight Satterlee, Mrs. j.
H Forbes. Mrs. C. H Warren of Chi
cago, Mrs. A. de B. Mitchell, Mrs. Ju-
liette Hardison, Mrs. Combs, Mrs. w.
It. English, Mrs. S. A. Kendall, Mrs.
Julia A. Barnes, Mrs. Doolittle, MRS.
Hinsdale, Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Henry
J. Martin, Miss Pauline Eastman. Miss
Mrs Brown.
Mrs. J. G. High, Mrs. Belts, Mrs. Ira
Phelps, Mrs. Charles Eastman, Mrs.
Frances Eastman, Mrs. Mary Banning,
Mrs. Theodore Davis, Mrs Mary Hr-
bish, Mrs. Sarah Todd, Mrs. S. Grant
Goucher. Mrs. Monett, Mrs. samuel
Sellover, Mrs. Daggett of Kansas City,
Mrs. c. C. Cottle, Mrs. William Ryan.
Mrs. Harry Purdon and Mrs. ]. H.
Garner.
Miss Emma I. Harvey of Pico street
was hostess yesterday at a bridge OF
six tables. being assisted in entertain
ing her guests by Miss Dent and Miss
Margaret Dent.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Calvin
D. Sinclair of Chicago. Mrs. Fl; Z.
Croscup of Brooklyn and Miss l.. May
Kiddle of Racine, Wis
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. H. Newmark, 9o5
Beacon street, gave dinner of ninety
covers at Hotel Alexandria last night;
Following the dinner, which was served
in the big banquet hall, dancing was
enioyed, the Hungarian orchestra fur
nishing music.
Mrs. H. r. Boynton of South Figue-
roa street entertained with an informal
tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. Bert Estes Howard OF Palo Alto,
who is the guest of Mrs. Hugh Living
stone Macneil of South Figueroa street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
ENTERTAINING

Mrs. ouidder gave party
Borrowed all the neighbors' spoons
Called on Signor Pericardi
To pound out some classic tunes;
Kept the caterer so busy
And the hard-worked florist, too,
That it almost made them dizzy
Thinking what they had to do.
Everything was simply splendid
All the fussy danes were there;
None of them wore garments mended-
Each one had a royal air.
So they "bridged" and ate and chatted'
Still discussing this and that.
Some poor regulations batted
Were until they hit the mat
When the push was somewhat jaded
One by one they rustled out;
Left the hostess looking faded
At the windup of the rout.
Next day all the city papers
Told Of Mrs. Quidder's blow;
Spoke Of sundry gowns and capers
Which, it seemed, were all for show.
Mrs Quidder grew quite snpny
When she saw herself in print;
Mr.. Q WAS driven dippy
BY the way he had TO stint
-Birmiusham Age Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Her Quarter Notes

Among the odd practices employed
by teachers of singing is one requiring
the student to place a quarter OF dol
lar between his or her teeth and sing
ing numerous long drawn out Abs
while the coin is so kept in place. In
a New York studio this method was
being used the other day on come
ly young woman with operate asplra,
tions. BY a mishap the quarter slipped
and was swallowed. A physician was
called and upon examining her throat
said: :,
'I see small change in your voice
"But then, doctor" inquired tn!
patient, don't you think my quarter
notes are better?"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
10 SLEEP

A flock of sheep that eisurely pass by
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and
seas
Smooth fields white sheets of water, and pure
sky;
I've thought OF all by turns, and still lie
Seepless; and soon the small birds melodies
Must hear, first utterd from my orchard
trees
And the first ouckoo's melancholy cry.
Even thus last night and two nights more
lay,
And could not win thee, sleep, by any
stealth;
SO do not let me wear tonight away;
Without thee, what is all the mornings
wealth?
Come blessed barrier between day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous
health William Wordsworth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
HAPPINESS

Erstwhile when l was young. and glad
With giylhoods gladness feet ana ifoe,
When all the hills of life were clad
With light and love and mystery,
The grandames gazed and shook the head
And passed with footsteps slant and slow;
"See. she is happy" soft they said;
.It is her future makes her so!
The days move onward 10 the close
The joyous days, the blessed days.
I know the frost is on the rose
Vet Iight and gadness fill the ways.
Now. when the maidsns loiter by
With sweet surprise their faces glow;
''See she is happy" soft they sign;
l"It is the past that makes her so
Ida Whipple Benham.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
His Ancestors Home

Ex-President Roosevelt took away
with him from Washington painting
of his mothers old home in Georgia.
It was presented to him by Mrs. Ella
D. Longstreet, postmistress at Gaines
Vile, Ga, as representative of the dom
ors, thirty eight woman postmistresses
throughout the country.
Mrs. Longstreet is the widow of Gen.
James Longstreet and has been post
mistress at Gainesville since shortly
after the death of her husband, who
lived there during his life. The presi-
dent was pleased with the gift.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
NAM MY

In de mornin' nanny say.
"Heah, you rascals, out de way!
You black little chilluns play!
How's / gwine t sweep de io'
Wild you runnin' roun' in do'?'
Noon time come, an nanny call,
"Good-fo' -nuffln's leave dat ball!
Doan' you let dat baby fall!
Come t. dinnah right away!
Speck Use gwine t wait all day?'
Night time come, an nanny cry,
Leave dat dirty ole mud pie.
Naughty chilluns, come by-by"
Den she rock us sof' and sing
"Neafr de e-Shadder-of- -Dy-W Wing"
New Orleans Picayune
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Thirst for Distinction

The two little boys wax hot in their
argument.
"Huh!" says the one. "My pa has
been a candidate for seventeen differ
ent offices, and has been mentioned for
a whole lot more. My pa Is d pubic
man, tell you!"
"Pshaw!" replies the other my pa
hasn't ever even been called a liar in
a message to congress, let alone being
A candidate Chicago Evening Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Telephone Hour on Her Card

'"relephono 542O-1O to II a. M
"What does that mean?' asked the man
isn't 1t a queer item to be printed on a
woman $ visiting card?'
''It would have been queer once" said his
wife "but it isn't now. Women who have
many engagements have found it necessary TO
limit the time they will spend at the tele-
phone and they state on their cards the hours
when they can he reached by wirc"-New
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Mean Trick to Play on Cat

When your favorite pussy cat needs a dose
of castor oil do not feed it to her from
spoon, getting both your own clothes and her
fur ymessed" with the stuff. Mix teaspoon
full Of 1t with a little tish-scented oil from
can of sardines, and she will lick it every drop
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
She Is IMPROVING

so your daughter is improving in
her piano playing
YES" answered Mrs. CumroX.
"You enjoy it?'
nervous as it used Washington
Star
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
The Batter Plan

Father (angrily)-f my son marrics
that prima donna | shall cut him off
absolutely, and you can tell him so.
Legal Adviser-I know d peter plan
than that-tell the girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
A Hard Question

Modern maid--I wish some advice.
Old lady-Certainly, my dear What is it?
Modern mad-Shall marry man whose
tastes are the opposite of mine and quarrel
with him, or shall marry man whose tastes
are the same as mine and get tired OF him?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
Persons Of Note

London will remember that sending
suffragettes to jail enables them 10
share a distinction accorded many of
the most notable people in English hiss
tory
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
THOUGHTS -0LD AND NEW
sELE RELIANCE

nY THINE own souls law learn TO live.
~ And II mon thwart thee, take no heed;
And If men hate thee, have no care.
Sing thou thy song and do thy deed,
Hope thou thy hope, pray thy prayer,
And claim no crown they will not give,
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy hair.
Keen thou thy soul sworn, steadfast oath,
And to thy heart be trus thy heart;
What thy soul teacheth learn 10 know
And play out thine appointed part
And thou shalt reap thou shalt SOW;
Nor helped nor hindered in thy growth,
To thy fun stature thou shalt grow.
Fix on the futures goal thy face.
And let thy feet be lured TO stray
No whittier; but be swift to run
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end Is won,
And thou mayst look back from thy place
And see thy long days journey done.
When you get into tight place and
everything goes against you until 1t
seems you cannot hold on a minute
longer never give up then, for that is
just the place and time the tide will
turn.-Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Before Success can be manifested
effectively it must have first existed in
an ideal state in the mind of the in
dividual. Success Is not a thing of the
outer world, but is primarily an inner
something belonging to the man.
Gaining success is merely the repro
duction on the material plane of the
mental qualities of the individual. 1t
is the developing of the Photographic
plate of mentality.
AS a man thinketh-so goes held
ward E. Beals.
Every mind has a new compass,
new direction of its own, differing in
it's genius and aim from every other
mind. We call this the bias of the in
dividual, and none of us will ever ac-
complish anything excellent or com
manding, except as he listens to this
whisper which is heard by him alone.1
Emerson.
The truth is that really all have un-
told treasures of power locked in their
inner being. In fact all are Million
aires, but their priceless treasures Will
remain useless to them till someone m
forms them of their own possessions
and hands them the key with which to
unlock them.-E. D. Babbitt.
Concentration is not something to be
learned as one learns mathematics. 1t
is a mental habit which is to be ac-
ouired Just as the habit of solving
problems in geometry is to be acquired
by habit.
The key to success in the line of all
mental and spiritual achievement Is
control of the attention.-Henry Harri-
son Brown:
you cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself into one.-Anon.
The soul contains within itself the
fevent that shall befall it.-Goethe.
No man can choose what coming hours may
bring
To hin, of need OF joy, of suffering;
But what his soul shall bring unto each hour
To meet its challenge-that is his power.
Priscilla Leonard.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

You cannot dream yourself into
character; you must hammer ana forge
yourself into one.-Anon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

The truth is that really all have un-
told treasures of power locked in their
inner being. In fact all are million
aires, but their priceless treasures will
remain useless to them till someone in
forms them of their own possessions
and hands them the key with which to
unlock them.-E. D. Babbitt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

Mamma Tin pantry)-"What has been drink
ing the milk, johnny? Tell the truth now!'
Tohnny--'It was me, mamma; | wanted to see
If II was sour" Mamma-"Well, suppose 1t
had been?' Johnny-'Why, 1 wouldn't have
drank it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
ont of N. Mouths of Babes

Small Mabel was very restless the other
night and was unable to go TO sleep. Finally
she said: Papa please sing to me; that
always makes me tired"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

When you get into tight place and
everything goes against you until 1t
seems you cannot hold on a minute
longer never give UP then. for that is
just the place and time the tide will
turn.-Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

The soul contains within itself tn
event that shall befall it.-Goethe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

II you want to go east, C. Haydock. Agent
Illinois Central r. r., 1lS W. Sixth street,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

No man can choose what coming hours may
bring
To him of need of joy, of suffering;
But what his soul shall bring unto each hour
To meet its challenge-that is his power.
Priscilla Leonard.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

Concentration is not something to be
learned as one learns mathematics. 1t
is a mental habit which is to be ac-
quired just as the habit of solving
rrnhlerns in peonnetrY is to be acquired
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12

Mrs. ]. Ross Clark of West Adams
street left yesterday for an absence OF
ten days or more with her mother
Mrs. q. e. Evans, in Butte, Mont.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-03-11
Singing Kettles.


The japanese, who know so well
how to add little. unexpected attract
tons to every day life, manufacture
in great variety of forms, iron tea
kettles. which break into song when
the boiler boils The cong may not
be a very perfect melody, but 1t Is
perhaps as agreeable as the notes pro-
duced by some of the insects which
tina Japanese also treasure for their
music. The harmonious SOUNDS OF the
teakettles are produced by steam bub-
blea escaping from beneath thin
sheets of iron fastened close together
neatly at the bottom of the kettles.
To produce the best effects some skill
is required in regulating the IRE.
The character OF the sounds varies
with the form of the kettle. These
curious singing kettles have been used
by the people for many centuries