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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
~ ~ Bedtime Stories x -
SNMMIE AND SUSIE LTTTLFTKI
X X * By HOWARD R. GARIS * * ~
By HOWARD R. GARIS
Copyright. 1910. BY r 2 Fenno & Co
-SAMMIE AND THE SNAKE,

ct least, that's what people saw I
don't know whether TO believe them or
not But I am not going out again until
warm weather Is here so am very
glad your mamma sent me something
to eat"
The grounding gave the bunny chill
dren some bits Of dried sweet potato he
had put away, and they started for
= don't believe much in that shadow
business said Sammie, as he and his
sister walked along How could a
grCundhoZ- seeing his shadow, make
winter any IOngeT2'
I don't know answered Susie. but
It must be So because every one says Sc >
even Uncle WigCily Longears-'
I'm going to ask Nurse Jane Fuzzy
WUZzy when I get home declared sam
ME Come on. lets 20 round by
Farmer TOOker's cabbage patch Nay
be we can find a stump or two TO gnaw-
I'm getting hunbTy. Mr. GrOUndhog
didn't give me enough sweet potato
Perhaps that was all he had" sUg-
gested Susie.
They werd walking along, through q
little wood. when, all Of a sudden, the
two bunnies heard g hiss Just like The
steam coming out Of the radiator
What's thst2' cried Sammie-
Its a snake shouted Susie Look
out. SaTnmie. or he viii grab you"
Sammie tried to Jump out Of the way.
but he was too late, and the big black
snake era bbed him The snake cooled
around poor Sammie and bit the little
IA bblts ear to make him keep quiet I
suppose, for Sammie was trying 10 get
loose
oh, Oh. OH exclaimed susie You
bad snake Let my little brother alone
Bot the black snake never said a
word, only he cluES the tighter to poor
Sammie-
Run for help. Susier- called the little
hoy rabbit Run and ask Mr. C,-oq-rd-
hog 20 come and drive the snake awav,-r
So Susie ran as fast as she could. and
did not even stop 10 rap on the burroyv
where Mr Grounding lived She yver,t
right IN, and told the elderly creature
that a bad snake had her little brother
And won't you please come and gel
him loose? asked Susie. who was cry
ing II you shut your eyes you won't
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see your shadow, and be frightened
viii lead you 10 him.
Never mind about my shadow ex-
claimed Mr. Grounding. Il don't care
whether I see II again or not III 20
and save Samnie LittIetau, who was so
kind TO me-
So he ran and hit the snake with
club, until it was glad enough to let
Sammie loose and IL was quite time,
TOO, for poor Sammie's breath was near
y squeezed out Of him. Then Sammie.
after he had thanked Mr. Grounding,
ran home with Susie Now. IL YOU re-
mind me of II. I shall try to tell you,
tomorrow night. something about Su-
sic and the white kittie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
RECIPE FOR REIANOS.

Peel or the tough. CLASSY, outer skin
OF sweet. green peppers, either BY
soaking in boiling hot water or by
parching in the oven or on top Of the
stove Remove seeds and stuff with
chopped meat-chicken, pork. or veal
a few almonds. seeded raIsins- and
minced olives Dip IN eggs which have
been mixed after beating yOlks and
whites separately, and fry a light brown
in hot butter or lard Serve In q deem
dish. and pour over them the following
sauce To one-pouDd can Of tomatoes
(for eight stuffed peppers add one good
with salt and cayenne pepper. COOK
until thoroughly hot. Fresh tomatoes
may be used II preferred
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26

too. and the little -oke and collar could
be omitted and the neck finished with a
fat plated frfl in chanticler style or in
any way that rlay be liked
AS illustrated, however, the dress IS a
charming ono for general summer
wear. II is adapted 10 the small women
also. r. fact which greatly extends its
usefulness
For the medium size viii be required
10 yards Of material q or 2, yards 3
or 81 yards q inches wide with I yards
Of harding. q yard Of aIl-OveT lace.
May Manton pattern No. 6sS7 IS re
qUIred and IL is obtainable at Golden
bergs, price 10 cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
SPRAY OF FLOWERS
TO FINISH FLOUNCE

To finish the upper edge OF a fOunce
On a delicate white frOCk. there is sug-
gested a new idea IN a spray Of silk
flowers
4 long and trailing tendTH made Of \
miIIiner'S fold Of delicate pink satin is
tackled along the line Of Joining whore
TO the skirt
Hanging from this. az distances OF
three or four inches, are single rose
buds. the smallest imaginable made OF
pink ribbons, and each one attached 10
a leaf made Of delicate, narrow green
ribbon.
Now at wider intervals. and reaching
IrrJeerd from the long tendril, there ap-
r,sar wandering sprays Of the same pink
silk fold ending with tiny pink bud
On the same frock the sleeve IS finish
ed with a similar handmade decoration
and the shoulder line below the sub
woke
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
PRIZES OFFERED
PUZZLE SOLVERS

Weekly prizes OF i've. three. ana
TWO dollars. respectively. are given
To thu contestants for the puzzle
pri2ted on the TVoman's PAGE Of
The Sunday evening edition OF Tho
Tines each week for the three So
buttons adiudged worthy
The contest. which closes at 5 .
q. On Friday Of each week. IS open
20 an who care 90 solve the puzzles
The awards are based. primarily.
On correctness tfzneIIness- and neat
ness Originality in presentation al
SO receives consideration IN award
ing the orizea
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MADE-OVER GARMENT.

When have a dress TO make over 20
said the practical woman. Il always rip
Il completely. clean and press It and pur
L away fer two seasons Then. when I
take X out again and refashiOn i in tho
latest node have a dress that not
nv CsOsest friends VIII recognize PaO-
Die : memories last over one season. but
never over two # the material Is OF a
very striking color. I often dive IL q
slightly darker shade Then If anybody
remarks that my new garnet IS like my
old cerise, I answer composedly. Yes.
very ike and no one Is the wiser
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TOMATOES IN ASPIC Jelly.

Select small tomatoes Peel, slice. and
T0arinate. and have them very cold
Make an asDic jelly and. when Il is
cold enough TO form. take a small mold,
mOisten Il with water Dut In a little
OF the Jelly. Law IL a slice OF the to-
maJO. and sprinkle with salt and pepper
Put IN more Jelly. and. when this Is a
little stiff. add more tomato and more
Of the Jelly Continue till the mold IS
full Set on ice 20 harden When
ready 10 serve, turn out Serve with
mayOnnaise-
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all her attempts, she has never been
among the winning trio
She viii some day, and hope very
soon. for she has the quality OF perse-
veranCe, and that wins IN the long run.
Here Is a letter from a new puzzIer-
Ny Dear Miss Carroll.
/ submit the t.closeG solution 70
the very puzZIfnE IocOed rivers con-
test Of this week, and hope Il Sc
cures a prize I found my Ce0g-aph-
ical explorations pleasure BE and
highly beneficial, though somewhat
aTduOus.
Very truly
a NEW CONTESTANT
Again I extend welcome 70 this new
puzzIer, and ali the others
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
A HINT TO HOSTESSES.

Don't give paTties-except actual
masqUerades-in which you must ask
your guests to appear in any special
costume They dislike the trouble. and
rightly feel that they ale coming to be
entertained and not to help in the per
Torrance Sometimes tie command TO
wear a white ShirIwaiSt and skirt OF.
represent famous bo,1k'' really means
great deal Of trouble % its reCfDfent
IF the success Of your party depends on
this cooperation on the part Of vo,lr.
guests. by all means give another kind
Of party
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STUFFED BAKED TOMATOES

- Select large smooth tomatoes. do not
peel. Cut n thin slice from the blossom
spoon.
Mix the pulp with grated onion and
bread crumbs and season well with pep
per. salt and butter Bind the mixture
with a raw egg FIJI the shells and bake
until tender N a pan containing q little
hot water
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
BROCADE IS BEST
CHURCH EMBROIDERY

Perhaps there is no material that
VIII contribute so successfully to the
final result in church embroidery as
brOcade-
Satin brocades form a fitting rich
background for stoles and boOkmarISs
and for various hangings. Cold bullion
fringe is the natural finish when thai
Of heavily twisted silk does not take
its place, but regardless Of color or
finish the rich background will admit
Of less work tand trying work at that
than smooth corded silk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
DAMP BED LINEN
A PERIL TO HEALTH

The damDness Of sumner, especially
in the dog days, is bad for bed linen
Few housekeepers think that damp
sheets are as injurious in sumner as
in winter
Insist upon sheets being ironed dry.
and If uncertain mat yOur commands
are Obeyed have q responsible person
examine them before they are made
I'D in the bed II there is the least
dampness, air them for half hour or
hour
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
At Best
ONLY a Partnership.

# We could only make I'D our minds
not 10 expect too much Of our husbands
and wives. but TO make the best Of them
as they are and enjoy their good quail
ties and overlook their bad, II We could
size I'D ourselves and realize that after
marriage we are going 20 be just me
same sort of men and women We were
before, and have the same habits and
tastes. and II we would recognize that
marriage &, al best only a partnership.
IN which two people, working together,
can make a success. but which is bound
70 be a failure II they pull In opposite
directions. we would put a spoke, at
least. in the divorce wheel
Overwhelming expectations are bound
to result in overwhelming disappOint-
rrnnt.
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Dear Miss Carroll

DtdI MISS LaTTOU-
I an incI0sing a complete list Of
the rivers With several I had dif-
ficulty. but the others were easy for
me
I have been trying your faSciaat-
ing puzzles for over q year, and have
become greatly interested in them,
although have never been success
ful enough 70 take a prize
Trusting that the list Of today is
correct, I am,
ONE OF YOUR CONSTANT PUZ-
ZLERS.
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LOCAL MENTION.
If You Have An ODen Account

If You Have An Open Account
At Grogan's no collector will call upoo
you unless that is particularly request
ed No information regarding your per
sOnaI affairs viii be sought outside the
store, and no information is given
others unless you ask that II be done
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Dear Miss Carroll:
Here Il my second attempt TO Join
the ranks Of the '-Puzziers." Last
week / failed to sail INTO the harbor
with the boat prize, but / hope 70
get Into the tide which leads on 20
fortune in this river contest
have allowed myself one or two
liberties with the printed list &C
count OF what I think are errors in
print.
Very truly.
MRS. E. D. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
LadlsS' GYM.

LADIES' Gym.
Miss G. LA gymnasium for ladies
is connected with the Young Women's
Christian Association For further in
forma ion apply at the Offices Of the
assOcia ton, at the corner OF Twelfth
and T streets.
SALLOW SKIN.
SaUow skin IS usually caused by bad
circulation or poor digestion Take
as much exercise as possible in the
open air get plenty Of sleep. and drink
quantities Of water between meals.
The following lotion IS excellent for
oily skins. and a spoonful Of II softens
z basin Of water and makes a pleasant
bath
EAU DE BEAUTE
Tfncture OF benzOfn. one ounce.
TiuCJUre OF musk. two Crachms-
TinctuTe Of ambergris, -FOUR drachns-
Rectided spirits. five ounces
Orange flower water, one and three
quarter pints-
Add the tinctures 20 the spirits. then
minSie with the perfUmed water. It
IS cooling and refreshing 70 the skin,
acting as a tonic and efficzciOus IN re-
moving tan and freckles- II the per
fumes are the best and pUrest quality
the result viii be milky emulsion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26

HaTvey's Restaurant, nth & Pa. ave,
announces the -eTTening Of their Upper
floors on Monday. Aug %, same having
been closed for decoration and removal
ton All old friends and visitors Invited
The usual select menu will be served
in addition 10 the famous Harvey Res
taurant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
When SuSan's Dream
Is Shattered

And Susan is equally disilIUsiOned- She
would have taken her Bible oath that
she was marrying a man who was a
happy combination Of Sir Galahad and
a Richard Harding Davis hero. and
vlEn she finds out that this grand and
noble being is fun OF fussy little ways
ard is close about mCney. and can say
perfectly awful things when dinner is
ten minutes late, why, she gets the lar
OF its pedestal, and she sweeps the
ira EmenrS Up and throws them into the
garbage can, and sits down and be
means herself in the empty and deSOlaue
house Of her soul
John and Susan have written failure
opposite each others names They are
victims OF q disappointment dark
and tragic as Il Is possible for the hui
man heart 10 iceland only because
they have expected too much of each
other IF they were only willing 10 &C
cept what they have to give each other
they might be happy and cOntented.
Marriage - also a failure because we
Expect too much Of ourselves Somehow
the fstUOus belief obtains that the mar
Fiage service IS a sort Of incarnation
that works miracles. and that Il has
,fnly 70 be said over q person TO change
Ais o. her entire nature and disposition
Tha mar who has struggled in vain
9Eaiuxt the drink habit marries under
80 Impression that he viii never thirst
again the man whose tickle fancy has
ever crossed his path believes he Will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
Tu Murine Eve Rene5v

For Red. Weak, Weary, wateTy Evs,.
Graduated Eyelids and Pink Eye. TrE
L for Baby's Eyes Doesn't Smart
soothes Eye Pain. at Druggists. soc,
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Wanted-Everyone 10 Know We Darn
Socks free. Star Laundry Co., 1s15-1s17
l4th St n. w.
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Moose Convention-Balt- Auc -

Grand Carnival and Street Parade
We'd, eve, S p m Low rates and cool,
clean, comfortable service via the Fec,
trio Line
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Cotton Wolfe

109I wards of cotton wolfe, 2
inches wide, Pic ward ----------S1-25
yards Of banding. 19c yard 1.53
II yard aIi-over lace. Is inches
wide. 49c yard----.----------.--. p
May Manton pattern. No. 6637--. 10
Total .---....,--.--.---...---. 800
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
Chats With the uzzlers
By Frances Carroll

LITTLE conversation party with
the puzzlers doing most % the
talking is scheduled for today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26

Pennsylvania R. R. Chief Engineer
Query-The chief engineer OF the
Pennsylvania railroad Is H G. Fhand-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
TIMES INQUIRY
COLUMN
Employment Officials

Miss K. w.-Apply TO either J. A. Rob
ertson or R h SprOUl at 1900 pennsyl-
vania avenue, for a position IN the
Southern railway.
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Welcomes Second

Welcomes Second
Attempt At Pulling
am glad 10 welcome you into the
puzzle circle. and 1 hope that your sec
Ond attempt TO be a prize winner will
lead on TO many, many more: but also
trust they will not only be hopes but
realities, and you viii drift IN the win
ming tide this very week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26

never turn his head to look at another
peach when once he Is married. me
man who has the gamblers blood IN Ms MS
veins believes that the paSteboarus Viii
have 10 lure for him once he IS mar
risd-
The woman who cannot live without
constant excitement believes rat as
soon as she IS married she viii be con-
tent to settle down and never 20 outside
Of her doorstep the woman who Is ex-
JraVagant believes that she VIII cease
70 care for fine clothes as soon as she
is married: the woman who has a fierce
temper and a bitter tongue believes that
she viii become as mild as a sucking
dove as soon as she Is married
Fools To Expect
The Impossible
And We all men and women. believe
that we are capable Of living forever at
a high pressure OF sentiment; OF keeping
to our romantic plane and sustaining
our ideals. of course we aren't, and
when we descend TO the everyday level
on which we are bound % live. when
the drunkard thiTsts- after maria Sc
Just as much as he did before, and the
gambler bankers TO sit in a game. and
the woman yearns for Paris dresses,
and finds that things iTTitate her just
as much as they used tO-VvhyY then
We simply lack the philosophy TO accept
the situation on its face and recognize
that we have been fools TO expect the
impossible Of ourselves
Finally, marriage IS q failure, as an
institution, because people expect too
much Of IL If we could only bring
ourselves to realize, before marriage.
instead OF afteTward. that il IS the most
trying relationship on earth, aud that
II brings out all OF the meannesS, the
littleness, the sordidn ess, the ugliness
and SelfShneSS in human natUre-aS
well as its noblest uualiues-there would
be fewer weddings, and many many
fewer divorces
As a matter Of fact, marriage IS the
riskiest proposition in the world Il IS
a huudred-tO-One shot at happiness
and yet We go into IL under the be
sotted deIusion that il is the one sure
thing at which We cannot lose, and
where We are bound 10 win out and
live forever afterward IN a state OF
eCStatiC bliss
And when we don't win, or only win
an approximate prize we make trouble
for ourselves and other people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
Little PUZZleT
Keeps OF Trying,

This little Constant PuZzIer-' is one
Of the very youthful ones Of this cir
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-26
DAILY FASHION TALK

Cost of Three Materials
Needed for THIS Dress
Pongee.
- yarris OF PonEee. q inches
wide. SO. ward .S420
] yards CT banding. 25c yard. Ls5
D yard alI-over lace. Is inches
wide. 800 yard 80
May aianton pattern. No. S6S7.... 10
Total 81
Persian Lawn.
81 yards Persian lawn. 81 inches
wide &c
yards of banding. &c vard---..-- 1-75
y yard aII-Over embroidery. 2
iuches wide. 500 vard..,........ 50
May Mauton nattern, No $751;. 10
1otal ;--.-.--.-.-..--.---.-..- BIO
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THIRD potent cause OF divorce
N is that we expect too much Of
marriage, and Of those we
marry
The real accessories before the crime
OF divorce, the true correspondent
that should be named. in niRety-nine
divorce causes out OF a hundred, are
the poets and the noveIists, who have
misled US into believing that the holy
estate is sort Of terrestrial paradise
10 which a marriage ring is the key.
and that the person with whom we
enter into il is transformed into an
earthly angel
Why We should be taken in by a
thing that We see disproved every day
OF our lives heaven only knows. No
logic can explain IL. The fact remains.
however. that we do cling. with a
simple and Childlike faith, to the be
lief that love IS EOins to change the
universe for US. and when IL doesn't
when We come down TO earth with a
dull. cold thud, only too many OF US
throw up the whole game We haven't
won the prize we expected, and we
won't play any more So we pack up
and hike out for the divorce courts
We Expect Too Much
Of Our Partner.
The trouble is that, TO begin with,
we have expected too much Of the
one we married We are in love with
love, and we marry the ideal that our
fancy has conjured up instead Of the
real man or woman We have con
struCted a beautiful and rosy mantle
embr9idered with romance, and we
cast this over a poor weak man OF
woman. and then demand that indi-
viduaI TO be all that we have imagined
him OF her 10 be
It is an impossible task No reality
ever cores Up to an ldeality. No vision
ever Yet materialiZed In all It's perfec-
tions; and so IL IS Inevitable that any
husband or wife. 70 matter how worthy,
Is bounud to fall short OF the godship
that IS expected Of him or her No
wonder that We CRY out that marriage
IS a failure, and that we have missed
our afhnities. when We enter into IL on
such mad basis
Literally. the man who IS about TO lead
Susan Smith too the altar delJdes him
sell Into believing that she Is going 10
make a wife who Is different from every
other wife in the world de sees ner,
In his imagination, always beautifully
dressed, perfectably anna bic, utterly
reasonable, aCOTIng- and uuneNaCting.
running q mouse that goes alonE on
creased SkiGS. Therefore. when HSal
turns out 10 be a perfectly normal WOm-
an with the usual amount Of temper
and nerves. and lack Of reason when
she does fool things, and makes n fuss
about hiS staying downtown Of an even
ing and ne sees her frOv-sy and cross.
wrestling incOmpeteutly with the cook
Ing stove and Jeething babies, he beats
upon his breast and says that this Is
not the woman he thought he was
marrying
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Some Causes for Divorce
By Dorothy Dix

THIRD potent cause Of divorce
is that we expect too much Of
marriage, and Of those we
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
GENERAL WOOD ASKS PLAN
OF BATTLE WITH FLAMES
Army, Indian and Forestry De-
partments to Work Together

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1S.-Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff
of the army, asked the interior de-
partment and the forest service today
to agree on a joint plan for the use
of United States troops for fighting
the forest fires in the west.
While the war department has been
rushing soldiers to the aid of fire
fighters as quickly as requested, Gen
eral Wood told officials of both SER
vices that the efficiency of the troops
would be greatly increased If a plan
could be decided on which would pre-
vent duplication of requests and clash
es of authority. Such plan probably
will be presented to him today.
The war department now has troops
all around the fires in western Mon
tana and northern Idaho, either at
mobilization camps or at home posts.
BY joint plan of action troops near
est the individual fires will be used to
fight them. Gen. Wood says the In
dian and forestry services will be
given all the troops they may need
during the emergency.
Two companies of infantry from
Fort Wright, Wash, have been ordered
to Wallace, Idaho, and one to Kalis-
pell, Mont, to aid in fighting forest
fires. The two companies now en- route
to Glacier park will be divided and one
will be dispatched to Kalispell, giving
that section two companies.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
BRAKEMAN KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS OPEN SWITCH

MARYSvILLE, Cal, Aug. 19.-A col
lision in the yards of the Western Pa
cific railroad here early today caused
the death of Brakeman Peter Clark
and minor injuries to Conductor Cos
tello.
A freight train drew on to a siding
in the yards, the crew leaving the
switch behind it open. When the regu-
lar daily fast fruit train from the up
per Sacramento valley to the east
reached this city it ran through the
open switch on to the siding, wrecking
the caboose of the freight train in
which were Conductor Costello and
Brakeman Clark.