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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-20

Insomnia:-I certainly sympa-
thize with anyone who is so unfor-
tunate as to bo chronic victim of
sleeplessness This condition. II
neglected, is a frequent cause of In
sanity. If your case is accompanied
with indigestion or any uneasy feel
ing of the stomach, take tablets trio
peptine. The directions accompany
it. The treatment to overcome
sleeplessness without narcotics Is as
follows. Fluid extract pass'flora
or, compound fluid balmwort 1 or
aromatic elixir 4 ozs. Mix and take
from three to four teaspoonfuls be-
tween the noon hour and bedtime,
Report 10 me in three or four weeks.
for progressive treatment. This Is
fine for irritabllity too.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-20

Miss E.:-The most successful
treatment for increasing the weight
is the regular and persistent use o.
8 grain hypo-nuclane tablets. d.
rections accompany sealed package.
This treatment rounds out the fig-
ure. makes pink cheeks, red lips.
and sparkling eyes of health.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-20

Aileen R.:-Yes, l can recon
mend a splendid and cheap prepara-
ton to use as a dry shampoo for the
hair. 1t makes the hair clean, fluffy
and brilliant and increases Its
growth. Mix ounces pulyerized
orris root with ozs. vilane powder
Sprinkle tablespoonful through
the hair, massaging with the fin-
gers; then brush and comb until all
trace of powder is removed. May
be left on over night with advantage,
Miriam: :-Certainl you can over
come excessively oily or greasy hair
and dandruff. Three or four appll-
cations of plain yellow minyol VIII
work wonders on the hair and scalp
This will cure any case like yours
quickly. II is packed In ounce
Jars with directions accompanying.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-20

Try a Journal Want Ad."
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
He pufed sill,

boasting OF her having pro-
tea during contest
dislike will yon Did you
ever hear her sco1d her mother the maid the
gardener? Whewl Every TRADE. which regards is
indicative OF her will power militant factor
her matrimonial
So much for Teddy. Now. just more for the ques
ton could go forever, far be it
nip in the bud tender shoots hope.
sailed thorough world a member of
clubs Here thought. would the point view
least is broad His makes pause. He
marry who knows anything the run
ming of home from the womanly standpoint OF
Not reflections upon free nde-
pendent type that is increasing in
not marry the woman who smokes who differ
between Martini Manhattan cocktail or who
spends time fitting place place flirting
with other husbands
see has associated with this type Of modern
woman. and he has had surfet If his wife is
greet him the HIS slippers nicely warmed
and il she is to speak only when hemmed
little at that No. not exactly" said
to be there with worldly light in her eye to
be womanly woman
These the women who to be destined go or
their way rejocing-alone you them? so,
opportunity convince it is
late begin and that there faults
human nature that loving woman correct.
Besides think these bachelors need to be taught
lesson! BARBARA LEE.
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"A Little Bird Told Me"

whom the nightingale
and told nightly all the of his realm Thus the
world wide "A little bird told me- We ask to be
little birds Does that funnyg 1t seriously
We wish know what that
discussed old reprinted what
subjects Thus shall be able
% gov o little realm this
Here, story, of vexd
difficult What thnk2 Do of the
writer's conusionl What of being stepmother9 We wish those
who have had b stepmothe would their ideasheir
of view, another of writers it.
the marriage question neglected the
bachelors Barbara his here
maids Again. you gree7 The bachelors
spoken through Barbara all gband willing
vincedl
bird told he
little Whe-say monh-f
of Sunshine himself thinks
ike it,
oveburdenng with
approval all the lastl We glad hear
regulate supply by your demand.
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threatened with similar advance IN
ranks o Well. few reasons why
the masculine fends still IN the singles
point a long, sharp lead pencil held up a
unmarried extracted their reasons II seems
perfectly willing be taken for better or Tor
worse, they few before they
settle the enjoyment of their home lives Certain
the cebates emphatic in their dsapprovai OF
good / with for he Is
always company OF well-dressed women In fact
dsapprova expressed about the second
meeting the silly who hope dress UP TO
his standard If does self-denal in other
things What think that end said? Oh, It's all
right $50 tailornade and have hat for
every gown you suppose going
that of woman. your? And he pued with indig-
nation my slight estimate of his
In other words, this gentleman will little mouse
of who will him upon the back of his
overcoa carefully silk stockings, count
his custom-made shirts. and dress whatever is
left after his bills paid.
Well, there is another who positively refuses to
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trailing along before IT. and +hs noo-
woman who comes into the family nv a
secoho marriage usually finds enemies
before she has had a chance TO make
friends
Then. there IS the natural resentment
winch the children of the first wife feel
at the second marriage, especially IL
they are old enough to refuse respect
for the stepmother and to object to
change In their way of living, or II the
marriage Is near enough to the mothers
death to call into being again the bitter
grief of the bereavement
1t is the only case where a battle
must be won before 1t is fought; and
the situation is still further complicated
by the aunts and uncles and grand
parents on the mothers side. Natu-
rally, when a new mistress enters the
home. what influence they may have
had In the household will vanish. and
very often it IS her mother or her sister
who has taken up the first wife's bur-
den and kept things going. And. be-
sides, her relatives cannot help feeling
hurt and jealous when they see another
taking the place In her husbands heart
that the dead woman once held; and
SO they are likely, even unconsciously,
to poison the children's minds against
the newcomer.
Then there Is the stepmother's side.
1t Is hard for a woman to take upon
herself suddenly the care Of a more
or less goed-sized family; 10 prepare,
Cor the first time in her life, to wash
three or four little faces. to see that
baby gets her bottle, that Bobby is
well covered. that Mollie's stockings are
darned. And the hardest thing OF su.
especially II the children are utter
strangers to her, is to learn to love
them. or at least to pretend 70 love
them until affection really comes. Add
to the problem the opposition already
spoken Of the possible black sheep
among the children, the laxness. per-
haps, OF the father himself in his duties
and attitude toward his children, and I
think you can sympathize with friend
of mine who refused absolutely to see
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American life there comes another ques-
tion-the stepmother whose husband IS
not a widower. but divorced Whether
we approve OF divorce and remarriaSe
or not. we must grant that here Is
problem indeed; and q woman would
need to think carefully before she took
upon herself the guardianship OF chill
dren who knew perfectly wei that their
mother lived just around the corner or
across the ocean. It Is just bit too
dangerous an occupation for the woman
without sporting blood
But take my ID for II. the step
mother may have. on the whole. a hard
road to travel: she falls often. and the
path Is fun Of stones; Tut IN the end IL
is worth her while when she arrives at
the fair city OF success and affection at
the top Of the hill.
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{ POINT, OF VIEW

w HAT a wide field for speculation
Wv and discussion lies in this SUBJ
jecti Governed as II Is by our
daily habit OF individual thinking. 1t Is
contracted or extended according 10 the
line OF mental vision. Viewpoint Is not
what things really are. but what they
are to US. Observations are taken from
within. not from without, for we can
find in the without only that which we
bring to 1t from within
There are those whose viewpoint
never rises beyond the narrow circle
of environment and the ordinary asso-
Citations Of daily living. and there are
those whose point of view on the same
plane, with the same limitations. rises to
heights where clearer vision brings
broader and far more extended horizon.
The question is. how far have we come
up on the mountain of observation: how
are events focused TO our vision; how
far can we see beyond our line OF hori-
zon and the picture which we face?
To get the right point OF view upon
any subject or situation il is impor-
tant to recognize that there are many
other points OF observation; this done,
we can hold our viewpoint in face OF
argument. There lies a great charm in
the freedom TO choose our viewpoint
and at the same time accord the same
privilege to our fellow-men. How the
beauty of nature would be marred, how
monotonous the scenery, were every
viewpoint the same! The tall. graceful
tree. the strong. well-rounded oak, beau
tiful. almost protectingly human. would
be fat and incomplete without the other
side: one point of view showing perfect
symmetry. while. perhaps rugged in
outline and severely correct, the other
point revealing broken branches here
and there, but concealing in these
branches the home OF some sweet
throated thrush, or nourished along the
rough bark some soft. green nchen- So
with the daily questions of nfe's ex-
periences. One point of view may re-
veal the severe rugged aspect which
sees only severity. vigor and upright
ness, while the other viewpoint dis
closes the sweet sounds Ia soft color
hiding from the careless observer.
True 1t is there are two points OF
observation from which to view all the
events that go to make up life's little
day: and what incalculabie heartaches
and bitternesses would be saved by
simply finding a clear, wide. undimmed
viewpoint never darkened bv hate or
contracted by prejudice! In the revolv-
ing Kaleidoscope we see only mass OF
Ing to make AK APE perfect a figure. what IS 't the
matter? Viewpoint taken at the wrong
time. So in many OF the conditions in
daily experience, much lack OF harmony
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

keeping house. he waved away the thought Of
what he chose term the fluff" Good
him. and superior science
cooking That brute should the
state Of fatty degeneration and strong right
OF his cook should be used to trim him pleasing
shape 1t would be well to let him through throes
of starvation via Indigestion; anything type
it's hint at least those who aspire to the
gforfes Of the ring and the frying pan.
what Kind OF woman do you not intend to marry?"
was asked a very handsome young Here was
starter He VIII try very hard to dodge
the eyes of beauty Plain. unassuming modest incon-
spcuous In fact all adjectves the list usually
summed py asprants used by this give
picture Of the wife for him He to explain His
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THE0OESpRNNERTNE

N he royal feast was done. The king
Sought some new sport 10 Danish
Il care,
And 20 his jester cried "Sir fool,
Kneel now and make for, US a prayer
The jester doffed his cap and bells
- And stood the mocking court before.
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
lie bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the mOnarch's silken stool.
HIS pleading voice arose: 20 Lord,
Be merciful 10 me, a fool.
NO pity. Lord. could change the heart
From red with wrong TO white as
wool.
The red must heal the sin; but, Lord,
Be merciful TO me. a fool.
IT'S not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right, o Lord. we stay;
'Tis BY our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
These clumsy feet. still IN the mire.
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, Well-meaning hands we
thrust
Among the heartstrings Of a friend.
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HIE'R

her fiance's children until after the we'd
ding. She did not know what her mar
ried life was going to be with them,
she said; but her engagement, at least.
must be happy and unperplexed.
IL further complication be needed. IL
comes with the marriage OF a woman
who herself has children By a former
marriage, or with the advent OF children
by the second wife. That pathetic
joke. John. come quick, Your children
and my children are lighting our chill
dren. and your children have given my
children black eyes and bloodied our
children's nosesl' IS only too true IN
some disrupted households. In such a
case the only solution Of the difficulty
seems to be to evade responsibility alto
gether. and send the children 20 board
ing school just as soon as possible.
A French writer has charming little
story OF young stepmother. whose own
baby has died. which tells how the two
little children OF the first wife. hated at
first because they had lived while her
boy died. gradually won their way into
her heart again. Very often this jeal-
ousy OF the stepchildren. without any
such good excuse as had the young
mother OF the story. shows Itself in bit
terness and injustice; and no doubt it
is this that has given rise TO the cruel
and untrue stepmothsr fable mentioned
before.
For-all honor 70 the noble women
who fight the battle. and the tender
hearted children who help them win It
there are more good stepmothers than
bad; more happy second families than
unhappy. I'm awful glad I had a
mother before mamma for tust one
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mead was shaken in decided wags sugges
ton OF the power of handsome couple
Assuredly has no intention of shar-
ing adulation laid beautys
thirst for admiration will permit
Wife So if beautiful you sentence
II you given hope ought
raise your spirits to conquering capacity
Teddy" said what of will you posi-
lively not marry.
He pufed silently, maiden meditation. fancy free"
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cruel tales I h a t
have been invented
since the world be-
gan.
Human -.-g 8
are first cousins to
the sheep: and
when we have been
told a thing long
enough we grow to
consider IL a fun
damental and in
alienable trut h
The r e fore. the
word "stepmother"
has grown to have
to our eyes an in
visible wv c k e d."
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1.-The ill-timed truth we might have
kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and
stung2
The word we had not sense TO say
Who knows how grandly It had rung?
"Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The tening stripes must cleanse
them all.
But for our blunders-oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
Earth bears no balsam forgmistakes.
Men crown the kneve and scourge the
tool
That did his will; but Thou, o Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool"'
The room was hushed. In silence rose
The king and sought his gardens cool.
And walked apart and murmured low,
BE -merciful to me, a fooli'
Edward Rowland Sill
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for be 1t known that
he Is yet TO feel the
Inspiration of a great
love; and he looked
quizzlcally at a few
fair ones passing on
the green OF the
links.
well, I will not
ask a girl like Edythe
out there. Any girl
that spells her name
with a ~ is not for
me. She is marked
down for life in
my estimation. Then
there is the little
thing walking with
her. She Is always
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marry a woman who
knows more than he.
No degrees after his
wife's name! He will
be the SUPERIOR in
tellect in the home,
thank you. What he
wishes Is a woman
who can cook, by
Jove!
When Il was sug-
gested that excellent
courses in domestic
science are open to
those hungry for
the right ways OF
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
AWbP1TpOM TIE BACHELOR BEINGAST
4 YHY is q stepmother?

HYHY is stepmother?
Wv That is a question which con-
scientieus second wives have
echoed score OF times. and each time
with more bitterness than the last.
1t Is no wonder that women object TO
marrying widowers with children.
There are so many things TO initiate
against being a good or a happy step
mother that the great wonder is that
any one ever succeeds at all.
In the first place. there is tradition.
The stepmother myth-the Cinderella
ogre who sends the first wife's children
In the kitchen to take out the ashes
and puts her own in the parlor to play
bridge-has done more to make second
families unhappy than all the other
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

reason" said a lit
tie chap to me-
What Is that. Bill
ly?" I q 3 K 9 q.
" Cause I have
three grandmoth-
ers. and the other
fellows have only
two" A pathetic
answer Yes. but
one that meant
that all had turned
out for the best,
and that this step
mother had found
the way 70 win a
baby's heart.
In our modern
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gGR1AlADNAM1rTKJlNSAADrlEp( HEP

NF COURSE you must know of the
village of Bayne,
" Just an hours short tourney
from here by the train;
And II you're acquainted with all ,ts
wide streets,
Its well-kept front gardens. its ieafy
retreats,
You must know. too the cottage. white
shuttered with green,
And the low fence with bolJvbo,,,s
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

That his neckties match always his au-
tomobile?
We'll, I met him a fortnight or three
weeks ago.
And he seemed to have found me
endurable-so
He has called on me. gone the same
places as 1.
And seemed to admire mel cannot
guess why!'
Here Flora, the hypocrite. blushed and
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Is seen from a viewpoint tnopportunely
taken.
When do two travellers getI Just the
same impression OF natural scenery7
Standing on the top OF a mountain
overlooking the storm-swept valley be-
low. how vastly different the iscene ap-
pears to each The one sees only the
destroying effects OF the storm-the
broken. torn limbs. the wild flowers
beaten down TO earth: the other, with
SUMMER point of outlook. sees the. earth
softened and cooled BY the moist, wind
and rain. the beauty OF the tall trees
enhanced by the washing OF the refresh
Ing shower. The sky that Is leaden
and somber from one viewpoint is soft,
gray and cool TO the nature lover.
Mark Tspley sees occasion for cheer
fulness and hope under precisely the
same conditions which filed Martin
Chuzzlewit with. discouragement. even
to despair Wherein lay the differencef
Viewpoint
While influenced in a degree by en-
vironment OF thought in daily associa-
ton or by literature. viewpoint is taken
from within. not from without. In rhs,
business world conditions of inharmonyl
would be ameliorated. relations between
employer and enploye. and not the least
the differences between mistress and
maid. would be overcome If each were
to accord to the other the privilege OF
getting his or her own viewpoint. or
even better than this. each exchange
viewpoints Happiness. success or life
well lived is determined by as small q
thing as viewpoint; for. as Edward
Vance Cook says:
A troubles q ton OF a troubles an on
Or q trouble Is what you make It
And II isn't the fact that you're hu
rfst orir-hoxv ala vo,, 1aks tr7 Z
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0IR L s. listen!
I Have you been
worrying over
the Indifference of
Thomas, Richard
and Henry? Has
the appalling in
a-aasa In the num-
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growing between
''here sweet Grandma wa6kins-once
belle Of the town.
"a "ld-rose-lipped beauty OF no small
renown-
Wv, ner brown ringlets silver. her
orisht eyes grown dim,
LIVES placid and tender; her housemate
a trim,
halher pert young canary, whose chirp-
ings proclaim
HoW truly he's Sunshine In feathers
and name.
Now, all the young girls of the village
{ about,
And the not-so-old matrons, in trouble
or doubt
(And, truth to tell. even men have been
seen
approaching that cottage of neat white
and green),
Come. in the evenings, when grandma
has drawn
The pretty white curtains of delicate
lawn.
And lighted the lamp with the pretty
blue shade:
And then as they sit, worried matron
or maid,
Dy NuO dIIicidlr WneTe grandma krftS
things for her friends,
Iney tell her their woes; and the tale
always ends
With good advice. given in sensible wise
Wnicn Sunshine approves by wink OF
his eyes.
Grandma Watkins was sitting one even
ing alone,
While Sunshine was chirping in afrable
tone
When. quite without knocking. and
angry to boot,
Her cheeks flushed with rage as she
stamped her small foot
Young Flora McJenkins, the prettiest
girl
Who graces at present the Bayne So
Rushed straight in. and falling by
grandma's low chair,
Immediately dropped all her grievances
"oh. grandma. you know Mr.. Harold
O'Shea,
Who lives down the road to the city a
way
That handsome young man whose eyes
are so blue
Whose hair curis so softly and nicely.
and who
Pays SO much attention to fashions ap-
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was Stllls
For modesty suits pretty girls far from
i'll.
well. now. when the girls see me go
out with Harold.
I dressed in my best, he correctly ap-
pareled
They greet us so oueerly. and smile at
us so.
I'm sure must let my embarrassment
show.
They come in the evening to pay little
calls,
But if Harold appears. all the gayety
falls;
The girls must go early; with consid-
Grafton
They leave us alone-to my great indig-
nation!
And they always keep saying, oh.
Flora, you're mean.
Why won't you confess what we've all
of us seen?
When is it to be. Mrs. Harold O'Shea?-
Let me see your left hand! Have you
settled the dayY
1t makes me SO angry. dear grandma;
There's nothing at all between Harold
and me,
<AHo rear all the time ne Will near
what they say,
And this nonsense will frighten our
friendship awayi"
Wei. Sunshine" said grandma. what
do you think best?"
sunshine twisted his neck, and looked
wisdom unguessed.
Flora. why don't you give just as good
as you get?
Tease those girls back In turn till they
truly regret
The trouble they've given themselves:
and then you
Can drop the unpleasant facetiousness
That will fix all their nonsense forever.
/ guess"
And Sunshine cffrped loudly, which al
ways means yes.
III try it, said Flora, "and see what
they say
Then, kissing dear grandma. she hur-
ried away.
month or so later. came Flora again.
DID It work. dear?" asked grandma.
Flora's bushes were plain.
round It unneeded': she smiled at
the Gagged
And wise young canary. You see. we're
engaged!''
CYNTHIA AGNES M'CoNoMY.
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Not in

u Scotland. very y q
= - dress, chose fc
sage in the Psalms '-'''
haste all men are /
missed the minister By
ton. I'VE said 1t IN "
did We? Gin ye had be
ha' said It at your IeisL
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A troubles ton OF a troubles an o.
Or q trouble Is what you make It.
And II isn't the fact that you're hu
But oniy-how did you take TT Z