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The Washington herald., 1909-06-13
How Great Men Eat.

~ ORMER President Arthur was q
peculiar eater. At one time be
y stopped at a famous hotel IN
the Catskills. but before arriving
there he held the party for some
time while be caught several trout from
a mountain stream. President Arthur
insisted on going to the kitchen Of the
hotel, where he looked after the cooking
of his trout He ordered the amount Of
butter to be placed Ia the pan for the
fish and remained with the cook during
the entire process. President Arthur al
ways looked after the cooking Of his fish
when IN a resort where he had never been
before.
II IS claimed that President Harrison
was the plainest eater Of all the presl-
dents. He often ate scrambled eggs and
ham and sometimes called for nothing
but bread and milk. Marshall Field was
another very plain eater. John D. Rocke-
feller enjoys oyster soup and is not a
lover Of expensive dishes. He eats era.
ham bread "A hours old and is very fond
Of vegetables.
One OF those who kept the owners OF
hotels busy when he wished to dine was
Pierre Lorillard, who was a great lover
Of diamond-back terrapln. He always
wanted the finest IN the market and often
went himself to pick out bis victim. He
IS known 70 have paid 500 for q single
diamond hack terrapin.
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TO stand on the platform. and It doesn't
matter whether It is raining or not.
Say, BO, II they are going to put on
a tax let them put it on the pampered.
Detted. overinduIged, usually ungratefuI
married man. They get the love and let
them also get the tax-thaps me!
Now l have a plan that have been
working on for some time and an going
to try and get the congressman from
my district to introduce It at the next
session. This new law will put the
kibosh on the bachelor tax, but every
man who gets married between the age
Of p and 80 IS TO pay a certain tax
each year. When he gets to be 30 he
can be let down easy and taken Of the
pay list, for he has suffered enough. II
a man gets married the second time be
pays double. II he takes a third trial
at the game he IS 10 be tried before a
lunacy court and all his property Is 20
be taken from him and turned over TO
the Bachelors Association for Women's
Exclusion The new law makes a man
turn over all his property 10 the asso-
ciation when he 'shufies or the mortal
mo, never talk mushy love TO me Of
the stone heart. Gimme the old song
Of the dishes the lisp OF the red-haired
girl who waits on my table al the board
ing-house- It's me back to that dear
hall bedroom-say, wonder why that
blamed waiter don't bring that ham an
eggs l ordered about an hour ago. By
the way, old man, call around at tie
meeting Of the Bachelors Association for
the Exclusion OF Women tomorrow night"
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Cupid IN the Summertime

the couple who are atwosinq. rve,
then the girl should remember that tbsre
IS many heart won IN the sumner and
discarded as soon as the leaves turn
brown It Is al very vel to choose the
very handsomest man on the scene oDa
put your own individual label on hin
Il makes the other girls envious ana
gives you a certain feeling OF eiation-
Dut II often proves q boomerang that -
bounds 70 your own discredit and unhap-
piness.
proposal on a sumner night under
ieafy bough Is often the moon taking
not the man. u IS very embarrassing IA
have man as your devoted attendant AZ
the sumner resort and then, IN the en-
suing winter when someone else Tou met
az the resort happens 20 call upon you
and Inquire suggestiTely as to the health
q that particular man. 70 be compelled
II admit that yo7 have not seer him re-
Gently or % employ some quite appsr-
eHt subterfuge % avoid the unpleasant
question. Somehow. almost any nan
seems 70 give promise OF sterling mari
tai qualities on a summers night. though
II considered in that light on a winters
evening be Is not eligible OF desirable
In any way.
Besides, as soon as Z girl fairly throws
herself az man. as many are inclined
70 do Ia the sumner, the other men lose
interest and the other girls become catty.
On the other hand. il Is anything but
good taste for a girl 20 really put her
self out In trying 70 impress the eligible
masculine element present with the fact
that she Is fairly besieged with beaux
at home who are fairly starving Tor a
sight Of her. Do not write your love let
ters on the Teranda fer the especial
benefit OF the half-dozea or 50 men who
anziously and JealOUsiy watch you do 50.
IL Is al very dattering and uice for
ones vanity, but Il IS frightfuly bad
form and FAR beyond the pale OF good
taste The foolish, unthinking chap nay
be spurred on 10 a sudden unhasty act
OF proposal By such q display. but the
man really worth while IS sensible
enough 20 take Il az its real value. II
be and the rest OF the fellows are told
exactly what chap y0u are writing 10.
and how many letters he has written
you IN the past week without receiving
an answer. etc, be VIII quickly see that
his Own letters might be q subject for
general discussion we're he IN the other
fellows shoes
Keep your Own Affairs OF this sort %
yourself and with the men az the resort
10 be a good companion ever ready for q
lark that does not exceed the bounds OF
sensible couventiOnality-unle you are
really n love with one OF the chaps. and
then there Is no use giving you s1y sd-
vice az all
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linz c)USTNEDS GOkFI5HING'

Aren't you going 10 let me hshT'
"Oh, " exclaimed Mr.. J., do you want
to hshT'
Mrs. J. did. so Homer straightway
pulled in HIS own line and rigged up
another for Blossom. making a haif-hour
journey back into the woods to fnd
pole for her. Then she insisted on using
a piece Of bread as bait. disregarding
entirely her husbands protest
Just as Mr. J. had gotten bis line over
board again she was astonished 70 nnd
that the bait was completely gone from
her hook. Though Mr.. J. explained that
the water had dissolved the bread, Ms
J. insisted that some big hsh-maybe a
small whale-had nibbled II OF. This
time she essayed a small piece Of beef
from n sandwich-reassured By Mr. Us
comment 10 the effect that she might
land something. perhaps. And Homer re-
turned 70 bis rod and line.
Twenty minutes passed. fairly com
fOrtable though somewhat diStrHcting. 20
minutes-for Mrs. ]. persisted In pulling
up her line every other second to see II
the bait was still on the hook. Suddenly
Mr.. ]. was fairly lifted of bis feet BY g
scream.
Homer, Homer. Help. Help"
And H0mers anxious eyes fell upon
Mrs. j.. terrified with the suddenness Of
the vision, desperately ciutching her fish
ing pole and gazing in absolute horror
upon a wriggling. ugly, squirming catfish
on her hook. tie was landed and the
hook extricated-and Mrs. J. decided that
she had had quite enough fishing for one
day. at least
Mr. Justwed breathed a sigh Of relief
as she settled herself comfortably upon
the cushions and opened a magazine.
For a solid hour Homer tried % catch
fish and answer Mrs. Us insistent small
talk and not totally ignore her questions.
And IN that hour be landed but two small
bass and lost several-all Of which be
laid TO Mrs is excited suggestions while
playing them
Finally he told her attend 10 her maya
zines and stop talking. Thereupon Mrs
J. became pathetically indignant and pre-
served a desperate. impressive, significant
silence, not deigning an answer when
Mr. ]. asked her quite casually II she
were hungry.
Luncheon was eaten with relations de-
cidedly strained. though Mr.. J. did bis
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Cretonne Furnishings.

y HERE Is nothing 10 the way Of fur
nishings that gives the summery
- touch quite 50 well as cretonne-
and especially when II can be obtained
in such varied and bright-hued patterns
as are shown this season Cretonnes OF
soft cOlorings that suggest antioue
tapestries or chene silks VIII make COW
erings for furniture OF the Louis XVI
style. The designs are pretentious in
deed this season, one Of the newest for
decorative motifs being the Bird OF Para-
disc IN cretonne. Floral patterns OF pur-
pie hue. wistaria and lnacs. on both
light sud dark backgrounds are beiag
shown The gorgeous poinsette and
roses. OF pink. blue and yellow. are ef-
fective on groundwork Of tau or cream
ivory.
Various fruits also appear IN the pat
terms. apples or grapes. or both con-
blned. the former purple in hue and the
latter green, being placed on groundwork
OF a soft tan color. AS drapery, Gre
tonne is used this season for a border
Cream-c0l0red curtains OF heavy net
with a rose pattern cretonne border are
appropriate for a creronne-furntshed room.
Chairs. tables. screens. bookcases. etc.
may be attractively covered with, GRE
tonne A cretonne perriere seen recent
Is was Of q soft green color with q pat
tern Of strawberries and sprays OF foliage
IN their natural coiOrs-
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Reducing Living Expenses.

~ the history OF every generation &
time comes either TO the individual or
, the family collectively when expenses
must be cut and a period OF retrenchmeht
entered upon. Even so august and pow
erful a family as the German Emperor's
couldn't get away from the retrenchment
necessity. In this country while busi-
ness Is reported 70 be prosperous and IN
dustrial conditions good. there IS an IN
settled murmur In the air. The average
man is more interested than he ever was
in conserving and adding 10 his little
competency. II is hard 10 give up the
little things that we have allowed our
selves in the riot Of great prosperity.
II the period OF retrenchment IS en-
tered into in the proper spirit. the re-
ducing Of living expenses viii by no
means be burdensOme, but Will become
really fascinating problem.
Is IL wiser to buy Tcotsie one pair OF
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hight. summery creations. Or perhaps
Il is the almost universal letting oown
Of the bars OF conventionahty and the
az times indiscrimiuatiRg reception of
acknowledges az ones sumner resort
into the circle Of acQuaintaneeship, az
least. Whatever the cause, however, the
fact remains that vacation time needs
only the man and the maid 20 aford
plentiful supply OF Cupid's victims
And right here Il may not be amiss %
pause for a moment and consider that
acQuaintanceship between man and maid.
for a girl cannot be too discreet in her
actions toward the male members of the
little colony IN which she e spending
the sumner. The average giri wants tC
be popular. for there IS no place where
lack Of popularity VIII be more keenly
felt than az the sumner resort
A large portion q the vacatiOnists, II
rot all OF them. are fairly argus-eyed in
discovering who's who when hearts are
trumps among the young folks And the
girl who wants 10 have a good tine.
without being talked about. has a decid-
edly straight and narrow road 20 travel
Somehow the very atmosphere seems ere
OF diFtatious c0ntagi0n. and unless she
minds her sentimental P's and Q's most
carefully the old gossips. who sit In
their armchairs on the yeranda and tear
and rend the regulations OF those around
them 20 pieces VIII make her visit any
thing but pleasant
Blessed and happy Is the girl. indeed,
who does everything IN crowds and IS
just as willing 10 TAX 20 any and every
one Of the male bosrders. without prefer
ence-even though she IS not apt 70 gain
q husband By doing 50. "Twosing~ IS a
bad business-unless Il IS for keeps-and
tnen Il isn't anybOdy's business except
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best to patch Up the difference. when
the remnants had been cleared away Mrs.
j. returned 10 her magazines and spent
restless half-hour in turning their pages.
Homer. she said. az last. I'm tired;
! want 10 go home"
What" cried Mr.. J.. -you want TO
90 home. Why. Blossom. it's only .
O'Clock IN the afternoon and I haven't
caught but four hass-little ones at that,
But yOu told me you would bring me
nome the minute ! became tired" insist
ca MIS- J.. "and I an tired. dreadfuIly
tired can't fish. and I've read even
tne advertisements IN these old maya
Eines-and-and I can't get comfortable
On these old rOcks-and I don't see what
yos as-- see IN fishing. anyway
Now, Blossom" pleaded kr. l. wait
little while longer, won't your The
best part OF the Gay is stin 10 come.
Fish. you know. bite best early IN the
morning OF after O'Clock IN the even
six o'clock" gasped Mrs. J., do you
think I'm going 10 stay out here on this
rock until Q. / won't. / simply won'ti'
But I've only caught four small
bass" began Mr. J.
VERY weIi." retorted Mrs. J.. you
stay bere-and III 90 back aloner'
And there was nothing else TO r.
80 Mr. J. packed up his kit, assembled
the four wee bass on a string and start
ed for the trolley, but not before telling
MS angry Blossom exactly what he
thought Of her as a fisherman.
i feel Ike a fool carrying these four
little minnows home, stormed Mr.. J.,
IN no gentle voice. and x you'd only
Kept quiet and let me alone. Il wouldn't
have been a day wasted What do YOU
suppose Tom Jones and Bill Price win
say when they come over tonight 10 look
az our cateht They'll Kid the life out Of
me-four little minncws.f
"Humph. snapped back Mrs. J.. 'If
that's all that's worrying you. you can
set your mind at rest at once. Do Ike
you always dO-go 10 a store on your
way home and buy q dozen big ouesf"
And, sad 70 relate, II was two DAYS
before Mr.. ]. would so much as speak
10 Mrs J.. though she, for the love OF
her, couldn't understand why the insult
should be considered such a vicious one.
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the other down on the table. and vowing
and declaring that this or that or the
other thing absolutely and positively shall
not be. so help him Bob. Were II not so
hOpelessly bourgeois, the poker. the fat
iron or the rolling pin would be the best
remedy for him. But such a course Is
out Of the question. except IN the land OF
the Amazons or IN a suffragette Utopia.
Equally strong and determined measures
should be used, however. and such
lord and master should be shown decisive
ly exactly where he gets on" II such
a course does not bring him TO his senses,
his wife is better OF without him.
The lot OF the submissive woman Is
negatively and passively happy. She pre-
fers not to manage her husband-or she
would not be a patient. submissive. long
suffering woman. As long as she Is con
tent she is willing 10 oaly crave real
happiness, real friendship and real con-
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Money for Baseball Brains

n o you know that II costs as much 20
conduct the baseball season IN this
~ country as It does TO run some large
cities during an entire year7 IN the pres
ent season twenty-five baseball players
aud managers viii receive over 5000
each. Ten OF this number will receive
ST,J00-the annual compensation ot q
member Of the House Of Representatives
Al least two VIII receive SlO,0O0-S2,5O0
more than & United States senator. One
man-Fielder Jones-manager OF the Chi
cago White Sox last year, was offered
$4,000 for his services this year, but be
coldly refused. One OF the men now re-
ceiving the largest salary Is Hans Wag-
ner. OF the Pittsburg team. Il Is claimed
that a blank contract IS sent 10 Wagner
before the season opens and that be Is
allowed the privilege OF filing in the
amount be Is 10 receive for the seasons
work on the diamond.
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KEEP THE CELLAR DRY.

n HOUGH the rest Of the house NAV
be scrupulously clean, not infrequent-
- iy the cellar is overlooked. And
there is no place IN the whole house
where microbes and dust collect more
quickly than in the cellar.
The cellar should be ss carefully
cleaned as any otAer room. An aecumu-
latiOn OF ashes means Dirt Decaying
vegetables mean microbes ard illness. A
window OF n TentilatOr should be open
al OF he time Damp spots should be
examined and the cause OF their mois-
ture removed II Is well 20 whftewash
the walls frequently, and a little carb0lic
acid should be mixed in with the white
wash as an extra precaution. II the
cellar is unsanitary the rest OF the house
will be affected.
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MutiIated Money.

N ROVIDING that three-ffths OF any
- mrtilated note Of legal tender has
B clear face II is redeemable at the re-
demption window of the United
States Treasury In Washington. D. C.
but, II the necessary part is not clear. it
Will not be taken and a new bill given
you in its place.
Even II three-hfths Of the note Is good
you msy have TO submit to several ques-
tions. and II you do not answer them TO
the satisfaction Of the clerk you may not
get your new bill.
II you do not stammer and choke. or
attempt TO make a clean cut Of Il. you
will get the full value OF the mutilated
note. On the other hand. II you have
two-hfths Of a note and you want to get
q new one in its place. you must appear
before an officer Of the law qualified to
administer oaths and make affidavit as to
time, manner and place in which the mu-
tilation was accomplished.
This affidavit viii be attested by the
Official seal OF the officer, who also must
be prepared TO attest In Ike manner the
character Of the afiant. Except in the
above cases, notes are returned 70 the
persons sending them for redemption. Il
Is best to beware OF torn currency IN
general II you tear a note accidentally
you should have it redeemed at one
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shoes at two dollars and a half or two
pair Of shoes az dollar and a half each7
Questions OF that sort VIII come up
every hour in the day and they viii tend
to give you liberal education IN do
nestle economy.
II a man smokes good cigars and the
time FOR retrenchment arrives. he will
naturally figure that pipe time has come
and he VIII find as much pleasure In
choosing the right kind OF a pipe as be
formerly found in choosing the quality
Of his cigar.
II woman likes 70 go 20 the theater,
where problems OF domestic infencity are
presented TO twO-dollar- -per-head audi
ences. she can retrench BY taking in the
% - and 30 cent polite vaudeville shows.
She VIII get as much genuine pleasure
on account OF the retrenchment, and may
have whOlesOmer and more healthfui
view Of the morals OF her neighbors.
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Helnful Hints.

"EHEN you are away this sumner
do not give your Photograph 70
~ every chap who asks Tor Il There
are some men. though you may not be-
lleve L. who actually boast o. the ornate
picture galleries they possess. Frequently
they want your picture merely because Z
means one more for their collection Re
member that g nan does Tot really want
your picture uuti be really loves you and
that be Is not entitled 10 Il until you are
certain he wants IL because he cares for
you
By AL means possess 2 sailor hat IN the
sumner This year the brlms VII be
much wider than before and hence q
greater protection from sunburn and
freckles-
u Is said that this summers shirtwaists
VIII show the o,d-fashiOned frills down
the frout and these rules should be quite
narrow and neatly Gen-stitched-
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He takes delight in rumpIInE his
hair and banging his fist on the
table.
geniality and she would rather bear the
Ills she has than hy 70 others she knows
not Of.
a most difficult husband 70 manage Is
the sungy one II Is hard indeed for a
wife 10 hold her love and respect for a
man who is so penurious that he makes
her feel she IS a financial burden az every
turn A woman In sHch a predicameut
needs the hnesse Of trained diplomat
and her fight TO separate him from bis
dollars IS continual warfare. the man
agement OF which requires the uttermost
strategy and persistence. She must ac-
cept the undeniable implication that be
loves his money more than he does her
and lay her plans from that viewpoint.
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Costly Elevators.

n HERE IS no doubt OF the fact that
elevators and their conductors can
- throw away money for the owners
OF buildings. besides the wear and tear
on machinery. cables and other equip
ment- The expense of running a car
back TO a floor which Il has passed a
few inches has a noticeable effect on the
monthly cost sheet
When an electric elevator starts up or
down, empty or loaded. the first four
seconds after throwing the lever cost as
much money as traversing three floors
after speed Is attained Reducing this 10
figures for e large size passenger eie-
vator IL is safe TO say that Il costs half
a cent TO start Il. IN a 12-story build
ing With Eve elevators, where two trips
are taken, one up and one down. and
owing 70 the faults Of the passengers ard
the conductor two errors are made On
each trip. the cost would be 10 cents
n an oalee building with Eve elevators
running continuously for eight hours al
20 round trips an hour, or l60 round
trips a day each. the added expense
would be SIG per day.
There are more than COO women study
ing medicine az the French universities.
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swinging inward and adding much to the
beauty and comfort Of the home. The
living room is large and ample, extended
across the front OF the house and with
the stairway. leading up out OF same.
Cellar stairs and grade entrance under
meath.
One central chimney accommodates the
house. so that a small heating plant can
be used in the basement. OF the cottage
can be warmed with stoves. The kitchen
Is conveniently provided with cuDboards
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- HE neatness. compactness. economy
ri and general convenience Of this cot
tage will appeal TO many, who de
- sire a small home OF this character
The size is 22x26. The style is
Jaunty. with wide projected caves and
gable cornices A neat and rOomy piazza
across the front With wide windows and
a number Of ornamental easement win
dows In the dining and living room divided
into small diamond lights. with the sash
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and there is china closet for the dining
room
The first floor is finished in hard pine.
with maple floor The second-slory com
prises two good bedrooms with annie
closets and a bathroom, the latter and
the stairway on the opposite side are
lighted By dormer windows on each side
Of the roof This house should be painted
white with a good green roof. The second
story Is finished In pine ard snaDeled
white.
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clergyman while the prominent and az
gressive nose is usually Characteristic of
the man Of action and large responsible
ties
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GHE ITH the coming Of vacation
time Cupid packs his grip and
hies himself TO the seashore, the
mountains and the country,
where gather the hirtati0us
summer girl and her corps OF attendant
swains Throughout the whole vacation
be horers around IN cozy hamm0eks,
under leafy bowers. and IN the shadows
cast by trees intercepting the bright, full
moon. Il IS the season Of the year for
him. and his harvest Of bleeding hearts
Is greatest IN the good old sumner
time.
Il is a fact that more marriages result
from acquaintanceships made IN the va
cation season than at any other time OF
the year. Perhaps u IS because man IS
more ssntimentally inclined then than
at any other time. Or maybe the aver
age woman is able 70 look her best n
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There are more than GOO women study
ing medicine az the French universities.
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n RovIDING that three-hfths OF any
r mrtilated note Of legal tender has a