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Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

to come home to an empty room with no one to talk to and tell the little events of the day at the bank. Oh, well. what was the difference he told himself it was only for week
 He found his racket on the nail behind the closet door and reached up on the top shelf for his white duck tennis hat It wasn't there! That was odd!
 Blossom" Le asked, just as he'd done every single afternoon he had played ten his, where is my
 Then he remembered that Mrs Justwed wasn't there.
 He got q chair and climbed upon 1t to see the better. But the hat wasn't on the shelf. Where could 1t be? He looked on the floor, on the bureau, on the table-no hut.
 well I'll be doggoned!' he exclaimed. Where is it."
 Then he seized the top bureau drawer and rooted around In it. No hat.
 "Confound it." he cried. showing 1t back in place. But 1t didn't shove back. Instead. 1t fell to the floor scattering the contents fifty ways from Sunday. MT. J. stood of and kicked the poor. in- offensive drawer q resounding thump.
 He tried the next one. It stuck. He gave 1t a yank and out it came, deposit ing its contents beside those of the first drawer. But, no hat.
 MT. J. was in rage. He seized the
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
The Artistic DininG-Room.

&R HE artistic dining-room is one of the features of a pretty home, and M it is quite easy for the housewife to E4> make the room the prettiest. To do
 so does not require the expenditure of n large amount of money, either. Its loca- tic should be chosen according to the facilities for lighting and for Its prox- unity to the kitchen. There should be several windows on two sides if possible, or two large windows on one side. To take away the dark look from a room with an eastern exposure has been the desire of many q housekoeper, especially where the room Is a dining room. In cities many of these rooms require arti- ficial lighting during the entire day. But the effect of sunlight can be given in a degree by the proper wall papers and fur nishings. Warm yellow tTO-tOned papers should be selected for the walls, and a white ceiling should finish off the room. The woodwork should be painted very light color, white being the best. and cream-colOred shades should be placed at the windows. If there are outer curtains they should be of thin yellow material.
 Stencil work is often used for the walls in dining rooms, and gives a very good effect. especially when the work Is done in two-third division of the wall, producing dado effects. The furnishing
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

third one and deliberately jerked 1t out and emptled 1t. Still. no hatl
 Twenty minutes later, as he was sit ting on the edge of the trunk trying to imagine where 1t could be, he happened to glance behind him. There was the hat-stuffed in between the trunk and the wall.
 For goodness sake." he exclaimed. what in the world did Blossom put 1t there for?"
 But Blossom hadn't placed 1t there, as he remembered presently. She always had it ready for him on the top shelf in the closet He remembered now, he'd hurled 1t there himself when he last used it!
 After dinner that evening he stole of quietly and took car for town. There was a little session" arranged for up to AL Spinker's dOmicile, and MT. | had been invited to sit in-along with several other benedicts whose wives had gone to the country" Fine business! The first chance he'd had to play the little game of draw" in a month of Sundays,
 The first hour or so of play was all to the merry. Plenty to eat, plenty to drink, plenty to smoke and no end of goodfellowship with chaps he hadn't seen for a long while. At midnight Mir J. Started to break away. But there was nothing doing. The others wouldn't stand for 1t.
 At precisely A. NJ. that morning Mr. J. boarded a car for Mrs Suburbanite's
 "ConfOund it," he growled to himself. If it wasn't for that dem McWherter eat I wouldn't go out at all. I've got to get there in time for breakfast however, or she'll break her neck to tell Blossom about it,'
 He entered the dining-room looking as fresh and rested as he could-but Miss McWherter seemed to have her sus- picions.
 At o'clock that afternoon a worn, tired man dragged himself wearily into the telegraph office. He looked like the last rose of summer-and felt worse. Seizing a telegraph blank he scrubbed hastily, In a shaking hand: Mrs Homer JustWed.
 Hotel Happydays. oceansroar x. J. Please come home next train. Am nl- typhoid l think. Don't know for sure. but cume quick. HOMER" Then he went straight home to Mrs. Suburbanite's and, pulling the covers up over his head, meditated upon the joys of single blessedness."
 CARMEL CALVERT HALL.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

mournfully, I've never been able to try 1t. My wife won't let me. I've sprung that same gag on her myself-but there was nothing doing.''
 Just then a depositor walked in and Mr. J. had 10 attend to him.
 All day he whlstied about his work despite office rules 10 the contrary. And, not infreQuenty the tune seemed strange ly like that plaintive little melody that refers to the wife being In the country and the husband giving vent to his joy in a collegiate ''hOOray!'
 Closing hours came and MT. J. wan dered alm!eSsly out of the bank.
 Usually be went straight hOme-out to Mrs. Suburbanlte's, just beyond the city limits, where the Justweds still held their rooms. But now-well, he didn't have to, Where should he go? Where? My, my, it had been months since he'd dropped into Tim Murphy's emporium of liquid refreshment! That was the place sure
 The usual gang" was gathered there. They almost fainted dead away as Homer-dear entered.
 For the love of Mike!" cried Big gins, jovially. Hook what the cat dragged in. fellows!"
 MT. J. explained, with a cool thirst quencher by hls elbow. Then another one of the boys ambled in. MT. ]. ex- plained again. Another hefty thirst that needed attention. When he rose 10
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

or tear off the back porch with that dynamite cracker; besides. If that Jack Son boy hadn't shaken the apple tree he wouldn't have fractured his arm just above the elbow. And Willie loves his teacher like every ything-maybe! Oh, if there never was any school he would be perfectly happy! He would rather be a traLlp or a pirate, or Huckleberry Finn, and then be wouldn't have to go to school
 And Beautiful Joe? He is probably the most discouraged one of the household. Beautiful Joe Is the yellow cur that Will lie picked up on Market street several months ago and took home with him. much to the horror of his mother. Beau tiful. Joe had had company through the long summer. Mock's Fish pond knew Willie and Joe together. Now Joe wears a hangdog expression and doggedly fol- lows his young master.
 Finally the big day arrives. Mother Is the first one up In the household. There are several things to be attended to that only she knows how to master. Then comes Willie, with the brand-new shoes and the stiff little shirt, its wide rufiie collar falling down over his back. It is certainly a sad day for the youngest member of the family. Father Is up for breakfast. and be tells his plans to his Son.
 Now, Willie, look here. This is your fifth year in school, and if you know what's good for you, you had better study. Here you are getting to be a great, big boy, and only in the fifth grade You ought to be ashamed of yourself. There is that little Jones girl
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

of q dining-room is left very much to the ideas or the housewife Dark furni- ture at the present time has quite a hold, and Is being much used. This furniture comes in the massive pieces and also in the small sizes. so that the housewife need have no trouble in making her selec- tons. Large pieces should never be placed in a small dining as they give the effect of crowdins and give the room the appearance of having no space. Where there Is a large room the massive tables and chairs can be used to ad- vantage but in a small room small chairs and tables give the best results.
 The sidehoard and china closet selections need not be of the same wood from which the tables and chairs are made yet they should harmonize with the other pieces of furniture Here again the dark wood Is the most appropriate at the present time. Many of tho new china closets have the circular doors and give plenty of space for the hanging of cups. Round tables give a much better effect in a small dining-room than the square ones.
 To keep the china closet in order Is no easy task. especially when there are many pieces of Dresden or Lowestoft ware. Once a month every bit of china should receive a special cleaning. even though 1t may not have been in use. NO china closet Is absolutely impervious to
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

dust. For plain pieces all that is neces- sary is to wipe them with a soft cloth that will leave DO trace of lint But openwork pieces must De carefully washed In hot suds with a soft brush which will penetrate every tiny creyice If ornaments with Dresden flowers in relief need wash ing. fine spray will do the work best brush Is not to be recommended for such pieces. Even the rarest china for table use Is washed in hot water and soda To avoid dlmming gold decorations china should always be washed In lukewarm water and mild suds, and rinsed after wards in clear water of warmer tenn perature.
 The Dlate-rack can be made one of the most artistic features of the dininG-rOom. This rack Is usually placed high over the head and but a few feet or so from the ceiling. Artistic plates hand-paInted and otherwise decorated. can be placed on the rack, mingled one with the other, until they make a very pretty decora ton There Is no rule about placing tue small plates on one side of the room and the large ones on the other. as they can be mixed here and there These plates should be taken down and given a thorough washing every few days, as they gather dust rapidly.
 Careful selections should be made of the pictures, and some housewifes adhere to the rule of no pictures at all in the dining-room At least they should be small. Pictures of game are probably the best for the purpose. while other small
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
Treatment of a
 Nervous Child.

EA ERVOUS children have preferences and strong dislikes. and eat little V 4 and very hastily. In these days of hurry, worry and general strenuousIess. nervous children are becoming a rule in- stead of an exception, and in nothing does this condition manifest itself as much as during the meal time. These tendencies should be overcome by the supplying Of suitable food and insist on its being eaten slowly.
 Meat but four times a week, and then but once day, is advisable. Too much beef should be avoided, and cEgs md milk should be given freely, the latter "coddled' or quite raw. Beaten up with sugar alone or with sugar and a teaspoon ful of lemon juice. or with sugar and a small amount of salt. and poured Into a gOod-siZed cupful of warm milk an egg makes quite meal. Sweetcned chOcO- late Is good when served with milk to a nervous child.
 Whipped cream can often be substituted for milk, when the children are fond of It. When children have to be coaxed and bribed to eat anything as is often the case-theIe are all sorts Ot ways and means. Catering of this description and serving meals in thls way takes time, thought and infinite. loving patience; but 1t is possible. proves satisfactory and pays In the end
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
LINEN IN FAVOR.

~ HOULD woman wear wool. cotton \Or linen next 10 her skin? This Is a %Yuestion thHt has been brought up many times, and 1t seems finally decided that linen best answers the purpose. Many physicians are in favor of either cotton or linen. The reason is that wool ao- sorbs perspirs ton and retains 1t. It is absorbed with difficulty at first. and sur rendered to the surrounding air with even more difficulty. Cotton. on the other hand, asks only an opportunity to dry. and then does 1t as rapidly as pos sible. The best plan in cool weather is to wear cotton or linen. if one can afford it, next to the skin. with woollen outer clothing. The wool excludes moisture and cold, while the cotton absorbs the precipitation rapidly, and dries even more quickly. This Is done without chill ing the body.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
Machine To Weigh Coins.

TEN interesting machine has been in-
 stalled in the United States hints v for the automatic weighing of coins of all denominations. Last year the gov ernment coined nearly 100000 pieces of gold and 36OOO,0O0 pieces of silver. For merly each piece was weighed by hand Sitting at long tables. women. with a bal ance In front of them. counted the money. It was their duty to weigh each piece. Pieces that were too heavy were reduced with a file and those that were too light were thrown aside to be placed again in the melting pot Gold pieces were weighed twice, once in blank and once after coinage.
 The new weighing machines have each 10 balances, which are set according to the required weight of the coin which is being tested They then work automat- ically, each machine taking 10 coins at a time. The movement of the beams of the scale determines into which of sev- eral shutes the weighted coin shall drop. If 1t is too light the scale beam moves up and the coin Is dropped into the lights" If 1t is too heavy the coin falls Into the "heavies." If 1t just bal ances the coin drops among those that are of the proper weight. The work, go- ing on in this manner. is very rapid and accurate.
 The hints allow a good bit of "toler- ance' in coins. That Is to say, the gold double-eagle standard weight is 516 grains, but it can weigh either a half grain over that or half grain less, and yet be al- lowed to pass with the coins of perfect weight.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
1lTTbG GA6bGS0s rHs MStNG YoVNG nAN
CHAPs WHO MEET CHAPS IN BUSINESS.


 than enc would think on first glance. The man in his own office is more at ease than in mother mans business quarters. Then. too, he keeps the other Chap walt ing n few minutes-not many, but a few before he sees him.. Somehow, the man kept waiting cools off .more or less and begins to wonder how the Chap he's wait ing to see Is going to take his proposi- tion.
 This Chap in question looks his man squarely in the eyes when first he comes face to face with him. He shakes hands with him vigorously, not timidly. He has arranged his talking points logically be- fore the interview and be sails right in not weakly or leisurely - and comes straight to the point, presenting. how ever. the theme in the manner he believes most likely to reach the other Chap. He attacks him on his weak side, not on his strong. He tries by glance. by word and by manner to impress the other fellow that ho can't be bluffed out, that he knows what he's doing and that the other Chap hasn't got anything on him in any way He is courteous as long as the other man is courteous, frank so long as be is, and blunt, out-spoken and even rude when his opponent assumes that attitude.
 More than all else-he knows when to quit talking. Many a man has talked himself into the good graces and earned the consent of another man-and then talked himself right out of them again. Enough Is enough, and too much-sui- cidal. To be brief, fOrceful and con vincing in putting through a business deal is an art Few Rising Young Men of the present day possess it-but there are some who acquire 1t by diligent study of both the other men and themselves
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31


 two-weeks' leave of absence from o' o the Ds'l city. ' But he s- left Mrs. j.
 at Oceansroar. The sea air had agreed with her so thoroughly and the reports of excessive heat in the city were so frequent that he declared himself willing to plug along somehow by himself-for a week.
 Mrs. Jas are all good wives-was in a Quandary. She wanted to remain-fOr what woman can resist the charm Of Oceansroar-and she didn't. Horrible visions of Homer-dear back in town drifting again into his old habits of "cutting loose with the boys" now and then haunted her sleep. Or. suppose he should suddenly be taken i'll in the nightf With no one to care for him! Goodness she simply couldn't stay.
 But MT. J. came promptly to the front with a selfrighteous declaration that she should. If he knew she was being benefited by remaining a week longer that was all that counted! As far as he was concerned, well-he'd grin and bear 1t!
 And so 1t was decided. Sh-s-s-sh! Whisper 1t softly-Mr Justwed was not making quite the sacrifice he pretended he was. He'd miss Blossom and feel sort of homeless and all that but-he wouldn't be lonely. No indeed! No chance-not with all the fellows he knew in town, Besides, he wouldn't have to be home on time for his dinner and he wouldn't have to play bridge of an even iAg with Mrs. J. when he wanted to read, or read to her when he wanted to play bridge! Again. 1t would be for week only and, well, 1t would be a relax ation from the little conventional bonds of matrimonyl All of which Mir. J. scarcely dared admit even to himself. having a conscience that insisted upon be- ing an unpleasant companion now and then
 My wife's gone to the country, hooray! hoorayr' whlstled the man In the next cage at the bank, as Mir. Justwed walked in the morning after his arrival.
 Mir. J. smiled.
 "Oh you bachelor-oh you village cut upi" laughed the man. Say, Justwed. on the level, how does 1t feel to return to single blessedness after you've been in the penitentiary for year CT so:"
 ':Oh, so-so,' replied Homer-dear. "Only I wouldn't describe 1t fin exactly those words. As matter of fact, it's a pretty good thing for a chap and his wife to be separated about one week out of the year, don't you think?''
 ''I don't know" answered the other.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
The Opening of School.

H HE opening of school each year
 causes joy, woe, pleasure and dis Fl couragement in the household. And
 r all these different moods come in
 the same family at the same time About the most delightful parsonage of the establishment is probably father. It has been a pretty hard summer for him pretty expensive, too. There was that broken glass in the front window at Jones. that doctors bill for the fractured arm and that bill for repairs t9 the house kindly sent in by the carpenter a week after the Fourth of July. Yes, father is unusually delighted when school opens for the fall term.
 But mother does not express her de- light Hers Is sort of silent delight. not like fathers In the least, for now she knows where Willie will be during these fall days. She won't find him down at MoclS's fish pond swimming when she thought he was sweeping off the front steps. Yes, hers Is silent delight, but when Willie Is around she sheds a few sympathetic tears for his benefit alone. What of the trouble of getting him ready for school. when during vacation she gave him q thorough scrubbing ut least four times each day?
 And Willie? Oh, yes, Willie Is delight ed also For three weeks he has been counting the days hoping they would lin ger and fade away until all the school teachers in the world would die, and he could then be left in peace. He never in- tended to break the Jones front window,
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

Another late improvement to the gov ernment hints Is the automatic. self-feed- ing coining presses. The blank coins were formerly fed by hand. The new attach ment consists of a hopper. at the bottom of which Is a copper disk perforated with holes the size of the coins which are be- ing stamped. When the machine is in motion this disk revolves slowly and the blanks drop through into a stacking tube, whence they are carried by little clutches and placed under the stamp. Under the new plan one man feeds seven or eight presses with the blank coins. and when the hopper of a machine is filled it runs itself with human intelligence and dis cretion until all the blanks are consumed md disgorged again as finished money.
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scenes can be placed about the walls to an advantage.
 TableCloths worn at the edges never look well in the dining room: these should be worked into napkins by the thrifty housewife This, however. does not seem so successful a use of the exquisite damask as the circular luncheon cloth made of the whole center. It may be cut somewhat smaller in size than the table and edged with lnce
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

VERY Rising Young Man of any H prominence comes almost daily in
 contact with other Rising Young
 Men, for the purpose of either sell ing them something or getting some thing from them The meeting of two men. in this wise. is bound to be battle for wherever two personalities meet there is always a clash. Not .hat wrangIe or a disagreement Is always In order-not by any means. Often they meet and part amicably. But the clash has taken place, nevertheless. It Is hu- man nature. One personality has man. aged to assert itself over the other either by sheer force. by tact or by cunning.
 Therefore 1t behooves the Rising Young Man to pay close attention to everything he does and says in a business interview. More than that, he should watch himself to see that he is prepared to put the best foot foremost
 There is a certain Chap-one who, as a rule, has not risen very high In his pro- fession-who has lost the clash with nine men out of ten he has to meet even be- fore he meets them. He's weak-kneed. He knows what he wants to result from the interview, but he doesn't know how to get 1t. He is utterly incapable of studying his man and trying to find his most vulnerable point. He simply sails right in-not impressively. mind you, but under the impression that he is-helter- skelter and throws diplomacy to the winds He half-fears to refute the argu- ment of the other Chap too vigorously for fear of offending him.
 He allows himself to be made the one questioned rather than the questioner. He attempts to placate the other Chap. rather than making him assume the de- fensive. He works up to just this side of the sticking point and then hutters off like a butterfly from a strong wind. He is satisfied with a tentative reply to his proposition and does not compel the other fellow to give him a definite an- swer. Naturally he loses out.
 Another Chap. however. believes fin diff ferent business principles. If possible, he makes the other Chap come to see him flu his own office. There's more in that
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
MEMORY OF PIGEONS.

IN Germany recently tests were made
 to discover how long a carrier pigeon ' could retain the ''hOming" instinct. Seventy-two birds in the German milI- tary service were taken from Mayence to Brunswick, a distance of ITO miles. and kept in strict captivity for one month. Then they were liberated. All of them arrived at their former home within four and one-half hours.
 It hns been found almost impossible to destroy the "homing" instinct of the carrier pigeons. Various other tests have been made fin Germany and this country which have shown that the birds can re- member their former home even for six months, and return to 1t in a straight line after they have been released from captivity.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

few minutes. On the front porch father bids the boy goodbye and his mother takes him in her arms for the last fare well. Then Willie trudges up the path, his books dangling behind hlm. and Beau tiful Joe sinking along at his heels, as though he knew he would not be allowed to go outside the front gate.
 The opening of school only has one hard day, and that is the real day when the schOolhOuse doors are thrown open. After that the goOd-byes come much easier, and there is no trouble in making the children find their books and trudge along at the call of the bell.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

%H HE ground size of this cottage is A 36 feet inches in width. by 25 M feet in depth, exclusive Of pro AS ject!Ons. It has double-pitched
 roof and stands with the broad front to the street. This house was built exclusive of heating and plumbing for $3,500. The exterior Is covered with shingles and stained The roof is double pitched and shingled The exterior is in dark brown stains with white sash and makes Ii very striking and pretty design.