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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
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Modern Girl With Manual Training
Makes Useful Household Articles

In this age Of high schools and col
leges a giri has the sane advantages
as her brother. and n Anual training is
quite as popular with the gentle sex as
it is with the sterner element.
The day OF helpless femininity Is past.
The deftness Of a girls fingers is not
utilized alone in embroidery, but in the
making Of many useful and artistic ar
ticIes, at one time considered well be-
yond her reach.
Any unused room that is light and
well ventilated will make a capital
workshop. and It is much better 10 have
a few weIl-chosen tools TO begin with
and add TO them as your needs Increase
than to invest in a cheap toolehest.
A saw. a hatchet, a hammer. sharp
knife, a gimlet, a screwdriver, and a
rule are the first things needed
These should all be kept each in its
place Hooks. nails. screws. and tacks
may be bought as required A plain
kitchen table with one or two drawers
Will make a good work bench.
A 5 o'clock tea table for the veranda
NAV be made OF an Oblong box with
square ends and of a convenient height
when placed on end. The box may be
covered with burlap, cretonne IN plain
color. or with mating Put the mate
rial on carefully and secure Il with
brass-headed tacks.
Make four little shelves long enough
TO reach across the sides of the box
and from six to nine inches wide The
Screw the braces TO shelves, and paint
to match covering of box. Rest the
back edge of shelves on cleatss and
fasten braces to the box and the shelves
to the cleats
be no danger of the shelves tipping
over
corners OF these should be rounded of,
and a brace made for each shelf. Two
narrow strips of wood or ciests should
be fastened two inches apart TO the
sides of the box at varying heights
These will make firm supports for the
shelves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
GOWN IN SEMI-PRINCESSE STYLE
Daily Fashion Talks

The woman who is on the outlook pretty dainty,
yet overeaborae complete her wsrd-
robe, Will glad this design Skirt and blouse are
separately. joined landings of in
sertion TO form semi-prncess gown and any pretty
muslin would make appropriate material Mercerized
trimmed with insertion. shown in the
illustration there lawns lowered and figured mus
would make most fasens ting gowns for afternoon
being made in lingerie style this
Marqpsette is novel and is always dainty
charming there figured French novelty
very attractive The skirt and
the hounce straight the skirt cut in batements at its
lower edge upper where the two join
3D. and the exceedingly simple lines
laundered easily and success
uIIy Just gown is dainty yet by no
means elaborate, could be made still simpler by
oitting banding thu blouse and embroderng
pretty design below the shorter of
medium will be required, for the blouse AZ
yards material p a. "a yards 30 ~ yards inches
the skirt yards - yards 80 or 5 yards "A
inches with AK yards Of banding for the entire
gown May pattern Of the blouse No $780, sizes
50 of the skirt No. 5s42 sizes p to 30
inches These patterns obtained at Colder
berg's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

There is no more credit due the win
ner of the first prize than to those who
receive honorable mention. since the
answers Of the latter were correct. The
only difference is that Mrs. Merreli's
solution was the first to reach me. Miss
Margaret Doerrs came second TO my
desk, and Mrs. Grays third
Miss Mannakee joins me IN hearty
congratulations OF the five contestants
who solved her puzzle Each solution
bore the earmarks OF having been faith
fully worked out, and contained the as
surance that the contestants had no
foreknowledge of the solution
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

Mrs A. Merrell, e23 \ street north
west, submitted the first entirely correct
solution to the Mystic WARDROBE IN last
week prize contest, which ended at d
O'Clock on Friday afternoon
The second correct solution received
came from Miss Margaret Doerr' OF
Hyattsviile. Nd.
Mrs. ". H Gray. 81 seaton place
northwest. is the winner of the third
prize.
There were two other contestants who
sent in entirely correct solutions 10 the
Mystic Wardrobe, Miss Janette stewart,
the Rochanbeau, and Miss Jeanette
Wagner, u Ninth street southeast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

I am always much pseased to hear from
contestants. and do not consider II a
trespass upon nay time. I like to know
what you think OF the contest each
week. / am grateful for the expressions
Of appreciation which come 10 me
daily. and 7 do not object to your argu-
ments, since it IS often interesting to
know how you reached your solution
You need not hesitate to send your let
ter when the inclination moves you to
do 50.
I wish YOU much success with the
Jumbled Flowers
VIRGINIA TEMPLE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
BUTTERNUT BREAD

Take one and half quarts of -four;
to this add one cup of your bread
sponge in the morning. Mix this with
two Dints OF lUkewarm milk and add
the chopped meats of the butternuts.
Set in a warm place TO raise; then
knead it into loaves and bake in an
even oven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
BROILED TOMATOES.

Tomatoes for broilins should be sound
and firm. Drop them for an instant IN
boiling water TO facilitate the skinning.
After skinning them cut them in halves
or thirds. according tc their size, season
with salt and pepper, and cover with
olive oil. Broii on a hinged double
broiier over a slow fire, basting occa-
sionally with the oil. Serve with sprigs
Of parsley on a hot dish
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
PRACTICAL SHOE BAG.

One can easily make a shoe bag OF
blue ticking or linen. bound with black
braid and decorated on the two pockets
ing or linen and feather stitching It on
with lighter shade Of blue rope silk
and little gold thread. The pockets
should be made quite full to hold more
than one pair Of shoes. Two brass rings
are fastened TO the top. so the bag can
be hung on the closet door.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
SLICED CARROTS.

Carrots should be cut in slices instead
OF cubes. because the outside part.
which is the darkest, fs the richest. II
cut In slices II is more equally dis
tributed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
A USEFUL APRON.

A useful apron TO use in the kitchen
while dishwashing or in laundry work Is
made from the white oilcloth II should
come close around the neck and the
long sleeves should be provided with
drawing strings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
FLOWER PUZZLE
FOR THIS WEEK

l-Intramsutu.
2-Kiicpseenhn.
3-Yokclolhh.
4-Yrymnnigorol.
5-Rebaigmuht.
6-Lllrwafwoe.
7-VIrethemnma.
s-Eeipiwknrlr.
9-Utlapcroa.
Io-Mssooiyt.
ll-Eseorhcniemisrp.
I2-Nohoondrrdde.
I3-Ysmredhemai.ht.
14-Spnuieat.
l5-Byaremmmmseeuhnt.
l6-Eignmtntoe.
l7-Sbbttoounheaelr.
1s-Aaaunlcmp.
l9-Mesatiel.
2O-Lliiaaardg.
2l-Dsiigliat.
22-Cccboksmo.
23-Rlksaupr
24-Eltiooherp.
25-Rbeblacnretluy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

iron frame. tray and some pretty Jap
anese tea cups. sugar bowl. and cream
pitcher may be purchased for a small
sum. and the girl is well equipped 10
serve tea to fastidious guests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
SILENCE CLOTH.

A good silence cloth for the dining
table can be made with a double thick
ness OF white flannel laid with the soft
side on the inside and quilted on the
machine edge with a binding of white
fane-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
Jumbled Flowers
The Latest Contest

Things are not always as hard as they
look The new puzzle looks formidable.
In reality it is easy of solution. There
are many points TO it which make Il
easier than former contests. In the
first place you have but TO rearrange
the letters of the JumbIed Flowers and
you win have the correct answer TO
ga N number. In the second place 1t
WI net be a question Of guessing. But
one anewer is possible for each num-
Der, and you can only arrive at that
by working It out. Guessing will avau
you nothing.
Each number is a well known flower.
The letters have merely been 5umbied
Straighten them out and you will have
the answer. Flowers are such delight
to the majority of women that antici-
pate little difficulty for contestants this
week
Like to Work
Out the Solutions
In writing to me about. last weeks
contest one reader said:
THE reason I like the Mystic Ward
robe Is because 1t admits of being
worked out more than guessed, and
that is the way I think they should be. :"
This expression OF favor was general
during the past week. and I am conf
dent the feeling will extend to this con-
test
It will not be necessary to add a post
script. by way Of a pledge. this week,
as I am the author of "Jumbled Flow
ers. and it would be a difTicult task
for any contestant to get any informa-
ton concerning the correct answers.
Please number each one of the puzzles
when sending in your solution; other
wise your answers are very confusing to
me-
Ask Questions
About Answers.
There were several inquiries last
week concerning letters attached to So
lutions-
good many contestants wanted to
know If they were permissible. and
others who wrote expressed a fear that
they we're trespassing upon my time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
Child Exults
Over Own Garden

Where is the child who will rot ezult
over a garden of his or her own Not
lust 10 wouA in the home gsrden-that
is not the idea. he must have a garden
Of lis own. a place where his own spon-
taneity and creative power count for
something, where he feels the weight
of responsibility and the incentive of
results, together with the pleasure OF
profit
The first essential is individual owner
ship, and il Is not necessary that you
have an acre of ground A little back
yard plot will answer and there are still
things that may be planted even so late
8 S this.
To some children a garden along the
fence for Wild flowers. together with the
planting and care Of a fernery in a
shady corner OF the yard. will prove a
source OF great delight and viii supply
good materiaifor nature study.
VIRGINIA TEMPLE. &
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
LOCAL MENTION.
HeaIthfnl and Nntntions

Berens' Bakery Rye Bread makes an
IDEAL hot weather food. Il IS light and
tasty. just the thing 10 coax backward
appeuteE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

Phone Schneider's, 2se Lincoln, for
fresh Lynn Haven Bay Hard Crabs.
Family trade q speciality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
Sprinr Stock.

csverly'S pIumbins. 1881 c St. N. ".
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

: Club Cocktail Pineapple, 2 I-ac;
TX. Pres. Strawberries, 71zc; Superior
Preserves, 7i4c; JellycOn, 7iac Minute
TapiOca. 7ike; Sifted Peas, nc; y. Y.
Corn. 49,. 1870 9Th St NV. and ]. r. d.
Eyles' other stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27

Spring Stock.
OF Ceoksrs-Cas Ranges Water Heaters
SO ~ g. G. \. AuddimAn & &c. 12oS q Sc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27
Mother Should
Play With Children.

The mother who will ignore a few Of
the household demands many OF the
cool early mornings OF this vacation
season and go with the children in
search of the flowers. viii find her vi
tally so strengthened. and her soul so
uplifted while in close communion with
nature that she viii nave a new
strength for, and a new interest IN, the
work that she has left to be finished
on the morrow while she goes with the
children to the woods today. Of course,
the heat and over-fatigue should be
avoided. particularly for the abnormally
nervous child. Even good things may
be abused, you know.
But the air. the sunlight, the throb
of the eaTth-these are the things that
go farthest In the building of both
physical and spiritual life. and are so
essential 10 the well-being Of the neT-
vous child that no mother can afford
to fail in making oul-of-dOor recreation
and out-of-ooor work attractive to her
Toy or girl
Then there is the garden. What child
does not love a garden2 Where is there
one who wifi not delight in spediug and
hoeing the fresh, frP grant earth, the
after interest Of painting seed. and
again the still later JOY Of WITNESSING
the definite practical result Of his work ?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-27


Teach Them
About 0ut-of-doors.
In the first of ali places. teach them
TO know and love the great out-of-doors.
That is a valuable thing for them 70
learn. Growing things appeal to the
average child. and while he is learning
to know them. the air and the sunshine
viii strengthen him physically and quiet
his too highly strung nerves
When we teach our children TO kuoW
and love the woods we instill a lesson
which Will draw them closer to God,
not alone in childhood. but IN after lifei
we give to their minds and souls a
wealth that no adversely In life may de-
priVe them Of. fund of knowledge that
cannot be gained in school, and that no
man may steal away.
Al interesting way TO quicken the
young mind TO the beauty OF every
small thing that grows is 10 start coli
lection OF pressed flowers. Begin at
Cnce with the summer flowers and con-
tinue the collection from season to sea-
son. The children viii learn the names
Of the blossoms in their respective sea
sons. where and under what conditions
they grow and in the learning they will
find Goth recreation and physica
strength. In the autumn brilliant leaves
may be supplemented, and these may
be vanished. as Well as pressed, 10 lend
diversity TO the occupation. In pressing,
a neavy blotting paper should be used.
the flowers or leaves laid between two
sheets under even and heavy weights.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05
iTCHED FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell,
Peel and Get Raw-Arms Affected,
Too-Gave Up All Hope Of Cure.
Quickly Cured by cutlcura.

II suffered from eczema on my
hands, arms and feet for about twelve
years, my hands and feet would swell,
sweat and itch, then would become
callous and get very dry. then peel
on and get raw. ! tried most every
kind OF salve and ointment without
success. I tried several doctors, but
at last gave up thinking there was q
cure for eczema. A friend of mine
insisted on my trying the Cuticura
Remedies, but I did not give them q
trial until got so bad that had to
do something. secured a set and by
the time they were used could see a
vast Improvement and my hands and
feet were healed up in no time. I have
had no trouble since. Charles T.
Bauer, Volant, Pa, Mar. II, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chom- Corp. Solo Props, Boston.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05

THAT is really hot Yes, It's the
i hottest place In New York where
men go and live afterward to tell the
tale. But few are hardy enough TO
hear 1t.
This hottest place In New York is
in Desbrosses street in a vulcanizing
factory, where telephone wires are in
sulated by being coated with prep
aration of rubber. In the room
where this process takes place the
temperature rises to 212 degrees-10O
degrees hotter than the hottest 1t may
be outside in the sun.
Man can endure no more.
Actually, there are some who can
stand this, however. Only few,
mind you, but still some. They are
only the strongest and hardest of the
workmen, and they can be in the room
but a few brief minutes at a time.
Several times daily 1t is their duty 10
enter the room to see that all goes
well.
To keep from losing their skin and
to protect themselves from the terri
BILE heat. these men wear heavy WOOL
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05

NEW YORK.-The report from Lon
~ don that Eleanor Robson, the act
ress, is to marry August Belmont has
caused no surprise among the friends
OF the two I'm this city. A strong
friendship has been known to exist
between Miss Robson and Mr.. Bel
mont for some time.
No man in New York is better
known than August Belmont. He is
first of all an aristocrat. 1t is claimed
that the blood of the canny Scottish
warrior, William Wallace, flows in his
veins. But the man who can claim
oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the bat.
tie OF Lake Erie, as an ancestor, is
not required to go back to Wallace
for fighting blood.
The young August Belmont was
born in this city in 1853, and is there.
fore almost twice the age of the
young woman he is reported engaged
to marry. He decided to follow in his
fathers footsteps and in 1875, a year
after his graduation from Harvard, he
had taken a desk in his fathers bank.
ing house. For Is years young August
developed along the lines of the
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05
Handle Billions but Never Lose a Cent

OF packing gold for shipment. they
are employed by all the banks that
export the precious yellow metal and
by tie sub-treasury when It wishes
to send some Of its wealth away.
They use three.gallon kegs, which
hold $4,000 each, for gold coin, and
seven-gallon kegs for silver. When
coin is to be shipped to Germany,
which Is seldom. boxes with rope
handles are employed instead Of casks.
Charles j. McManus said the other
day that the most gold they had ever
shipped In any one year was In 1896,
when they packed more than $780,
100000, much of 1t going to Panama.
That year they shipped for ]. p. Nor
gan & Co. alone more than forty. FIVE
million dollars.
The brothers, who have been hand
ling vast sums Of money daily for
many years, have become so accus.
toned to the sight of gold coin that
1t has no more significance to them
than so many potatoes, but they have
found that a new man on the job
often becomes so nervous when hand
ling such great quantities OF wealth
that he Is unable to work.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05
Hotel to Have Luxurious Ocean Yacht

wishes to pass the summer In Europe,
the main difficulty is to obtain proper
accommodations on a steamship In
the rush season. To get these accom-.
modations takes many weeks and DOS.
sibly months and often then they are
not satisfactory and would likely be
disappointing. The hotel yacht, which
is a misnomer, of course, will obviate
all that trouble for the guests.
To get down to cold and hard facts.
which are necessarily uninteresting
but important, the boats length over
all will be $40 feet; tonnage, 5000;
horsepower, about 5000; speed, from
Is to 20 knots. These figures sound
like an ocean racer, and so the boat Is.
Mr.. Skinner declares the rates they
will charge for crossing on the yacht
will be only about Is per cent more
than those charged by flrst.class
steamships.
The enterprising Americans who
are in this deal with Mr.. Sterry will
endeayor to make the yacht in appear.
ance as near like the hotel in question
as possible. 1t will resemble the no,
tel, especially. In regard to the cut
sine.
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Hottest Places in City of New York

en- shirts, buttoned high about their
necks, and wooden masks and gloves
Four or five minutes at the most in
the vulcanizing room is all they can
stand without collapsing, and some
can't even stay that long.
Outside these men, nobody is ever
allowed to endure such frightful
heat. In fact, 1t is hard to convey
the idea of 212 degrees. You can get
the same degree of temperature by
thrusting your finger into boiling wa
ter. Water boils at 212 degrees Fab.
renheit.
No native born American can stand
such heat, and foreigners-Italians
and Sicilians-make the best hands
at such work and make up the stan
of employees in the vulcanizing room
Even these hardy sons of southern
climes often collapse from the terri
fic temperature.
There are plenty Of other hot places
in New York, but none to compare
with this. In some of the big hotels
II gets to 145 degrees In the great
kitchens. Cooks and helpers have 10
work in that temperature for hours
unprotected. There is a great differ.
ence between 145 and 212 degrees
above zero, just the same. Some races
can endure a temperature of $50 de.
grees without protection, but after
the mercury has passed the ITO or
$50 mark it means death for anyone
to remain in 1t for any length Of time.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05

r HAT Fred Sterry, managing direc-
/ tor of a New York hotel. is to
equip a luxurious yacht to carry the
guests at the hotel to Europe, If they
so desire, is the story that has been
circulated there. The difficulty of OBJ
tanning accommodations on the crowd.
ed liners suggested the idea, which
was first made public in London by
William c. Skinner, representing Mr..
Sterry.
With this arrangement there will be
no hustle and hustle for staterooms.
1t will be a private yachting party In
the full sense Of the word. Every pos.
sible luxury and accommodation that
yachting party can have will be at.
forded on these trips. This private
yacht Of the hotel is something that
has never been known before.
AS every American knows who
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05

u ERHAPS no other two men on
i earth-ever packed as much money
for shipment as John r. and Charles
]. McManus, coopers. These men,
who have a shop in dark and dingy
basement in Beaver street, New York
city, pack in kegs all the gold coin
exported from that city. They also
pack up coin shipped to interior
points in America.
These men have been In the bust
ness of making cases and packing
gold in them for more than twenty
years, during which time they have
handled more than $4,000, 100000 with.
out even having lost or mislaid pal
try million, or, to be exact without
having lost penny.
AS McManus Brothers are the only
men in the city who make specially
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05
Crop Growing on Small Scale.

A small holder In East Lexham Is
making an interesting experiment In
barley growing upon his land to test
the possibility of raising corn on n
small scale. In 1907 he sowed IS spe-
cially selected grains of barley. which
yielded 400 ears. The resulting ker.
nels he sowed in 1908 and harvested
in IA weeks. with the result that he
got bushel of threshed barley. which
he has sown this year. his object be-
Ing to show what can be done In ce.
real cultivation from very small be-
ginnings .-London Standard.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. 1t great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-08-05
The Clothesline Test.

Let me see her clothes on the
Gently. land I can tell you II she ia o.
good housekeeper." The test lies in
the way the garments are hung. II
the skirts are scattered around pro-
miscuously the woman let's garbage
stand on her kitchen table over night.
The skirts. like we men, should always
hang together, shoulder to shoulder,
and everything Of its kind should hang
In a row.-Atchison Globe.
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Sweet Eiuhteen,

A professor of the class In English
history was telling his young men of
the impressionable age about the Eliz-
abethan era, when suddenly turning to
one of the young men who seemed to
be in dream, with far-away gaze,
he said:
And how old was Elizabeth, Mr..
Case"
Eighteen last birthday" came the
instant reply.