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CARD PARTY ANNOUNCED.

Announcement had been made of
card party to be given on the
spacious lawn at the home of Mrs.
r. We'll on Second avenue next
Tuesday. The affair is to be given
by the ladies of the Spokane Floral
association to provide funds to de-
fray the Indebtedness incurred in
improving the Fairgrounds of the
Children's home and in equipping
it with swings, see-saws and merry
go-rounds.
Mrs. We'll has kindly volunteered
the use of her home for the occa-
sion and is much appreciated by
Spokane people for her interest in
charitable work.
The hours will be from 10 a. m.
to 2 p. m. Mrs. j. M. Walker has
charge of the arrangements and is
ably assisted by Mrs. S. Willard
Brown, Mrs. r. G.. Simons, Mrs.
Archie Macleod and Miss Francis
Burchett II further information
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-15
BY Stuart r. Stone.

Barton, who had kicked a hun
dred goals for old Bournemouth In
93, had come to town. Merriwell,
who in the same year had run
around the end for countless touch
downs, stumbled across Barton
There followed conversation
something like this:
Barton: Great day."
Merriwell: "By all that's holy!'
"Well, how're you running old
chap"
Just like I used to run around
the end against Andover."
"Ha, ha! Great, wasn't it?"
"Well, | should smile. We must
get the gang together and talk over
old times"
"Ahem ION the part of MerriwelD
yes, you fellows must come to my
place tonight. Mrs. Merriwell will
be glad to see YOU"
"Oh. but-er-really, you know
we ought to be all to ourselves
objected Barton. strictly stag
sing the old songs-tell the old tales
little game on the side"
Merriwell scratched his head
Yes. that's the thing, if can
make a satisfactory excuse to Mrs.
Merriwell. She's deuced strict"
Tell her you're going to sit up
with a sick friend"
Merriwell slapped his knee.
Bright idea. Old Townsends been
sick I'll ring him in
Merriwell rang in Townsend
Then a half hour after he had gone
Mrs. Merriwell remembered that
she wished her husband to bring
some ammonia from the drug store,
Therefore she telephoned Town
send:
as Mr.. Merriwell there?"
"No, ma'am," answered the un-
suspecting Townsend.
well. the idea! He said"
oh" broke in the taetful Town
send. 81 remember now, He was
due here, bu he telephoned that he
had to go to directors meeting at
the bank"
Mrs. Merriwell had already cut
off. In a minute she had the Lin
coin National. Mr.. Merriwell
there?" she asked, nervously.
"Nn.no. ma'am,' faltered young
Shaffer. boon friend of Merriwell
He was to have been here, but
they made him go to a special com
mittee meeting of the Noble Com
rades."
Again did Mrs. Maxwell cut of
without notice. Then at the Noble
Comrades they told her that hel
husband. on his way to lodge. had
been taken slightly i'll and sent tc
Dr.. Farrell's. DR.. Farrell, a splen
did fellow. informed her that hei
husband had been diverted to q
church bazaar. At the bazaar they
advised her that Mr.. Merriwell had
been called to the bedside of his
intimate friend, Mr.. Townsend.
Then Mrs. Merriwell nearly
frantic with anxiety. started all
over again with Townsend who In
formed her that he had been mis-
taken as to the bank meeting, and
that Merriwell had gone to the Ger
mania Singing society. He was tire
mendously shocked at hearing a
shrek from the other end OF the
wire. Fearing something wrong, he
hurried over. lie found Mrs. Mer
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Cpntbia @rep's
getter8

Dear Miss Grey: Please give q
recipe for canning asparagus.
w. F. B.
A.-Have large kettle half full of
boiling sailed water. Lay aspara-
gus in this and boil until tender
but not broken. Stand on end, tons
up, in fruit jars. fill with the boil
ing water and seal Immediately.
Keep In COOL dark place.
Dear Miss Grey: (D Give a re-
|cipe for charlotte russo and marsh
mallows. (2) What Is suitable
birthday gift for man of %? (3)
Is it necessary to announce ones
engagement? LILY b. c.
A.-D Line individual molds
with thin slices of sponge cake. Fill
center with sweetened and favored
whipped cream. Garnish with
cherry. Marshmallows are made by
tr.nging to boiling point in dou-
he boiler. four ounces of pulver-
lied gum arabic which has been
soaked in a teacup of cold water
for two hours. When this Is dis
solved. strain, return to double
boiler with cup of powdered SUI
gar and stir steadily until white
and stiff Remove from fire, flavor.
beat again hard and pour into YES
sci which has been rubbed with
cornstarch. When cool, cut into
squares and roll In a mixture OF
three parts cornstarch to one of
powdered sugar. CD A tie pin set
with birth stone, and tie to match
t3> Not necessary, but customary
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(don't tell!) the recently WORKOUT
table cloth.
The hammock, too, is indispen-
sable, and here, again may the gay
cushions be used. A willow chair
a as r svH are useful and decorative
If, as is often the case. the porch
is to be used as an outdoor sleep
ing room for baby, inclose one
end with curtains of duck or denim
which run smoothly on small rods.
This makes nook free from drafts
on windy days, and from the heat
OF midsummer noon. And mother,
too, may nap while baby is sleep
ing, for she knows how much more
refreshing this outdoor rest will be
for tired muscles and nerves, than
sthe stuffy bedroom. Some sleep in
the open as cure for nervous
sprostratian, some to improve their
compilations, others-iust because
they want to-and hold that to be
reason enough.
And the summer girl. She. too,
sees possibilities, for she often uses
the outdoor sitting room to ensnare
the unsuspecting bachelor. She
crochets, for crocheting shows off
her busy fingers, and while she's
really idle, she loks energetic. 1t
was a canny bachelor who discov.
cred how canny is the summer girl
when she crochets neckties of spool
silk.
She made them three years ago
and year before last, and last year
and she is going to crochet them
all this summer, even though they
can now be bought. machine made
for so cents a piece.
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E DIANE FLORAL ASSOCIA
TON ENTERTAINs.

One Of the charming club affairs
OF the week occurred yesterday
when the Spokane Floral associa.
ton celebrated its annual guest"
day at the home of Mrs. T. H. Ell
som, EGO Sixth avenue.
About rs members of the asso-
citation and their friends were en-
tertained upon this occasion. A
feature Of the afternoon was the
splendid program which was pre-
sented by number of local must
clans and dramatic readers. Punch
was served during the social hours.
At the conclusion of the program
four babies, children of club mem
b~Is, were taken into the associa-
tion and each one was presented
with a ring.
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INNOVATION In RINGS

There's always something new in
the jewelry line. the latest nov
city originates in Germany, and is
special type of ring for the d.
vorced and the widowed. 1t is
claimed that these rings save the
wearers, particularly the feminine
sex, from embarrassing or painful
explanations, and in a delicate way
inform interested persons of their
circumstances. What next?
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Roast Ham.

Wash the ham, scrubbing Il thor
oughly with a stiff brush: cover
with equal parts OF water and cold
milk. In the morning drain off the
liquid, cover with fresh water and
cook, allowing Is minutes for every
pound of meat, after the water has
reached a steady boil. When done
let the ham get cold in the liquid
in which it was boiled, then remove
the skin, stick dozen CLOVES In
the fat and cover the ham with .
soft paste or dough made of flour
and water. Put the ham in q roast
ing pan. pour about 1t two quarts Of
the milk and water in which 1t was
soaked, add then a quarter cupful
Of brown sugar. Basic every 20
minutes during the time 1t Is In the
oven. After this remove the paste
and pour cupful Of sweet cider
over the ham.
Black chantilly lace and chiffon
jumpers are In high favor for this
summer,
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Bread CriddIe Cakes,

Good griddle cakes can be made
by this recipe: One and one-half
cups stale bread crumbs. IN cups
hot milk. egg, " cup flour, 8 Ia
blespoons baking powder, salt to
taste. Mix the ingredients and fry
as you do any griddle cake. This
Is an excellent method Of using the
dry bread.
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IA

Embroidered swiss flounces, lace
edged, are much used on lingerie
gowns.
The general trend is toward the
short skirt clearing the ground not
less than three inches and not more
than five inches.
Combination undergarments are
in great demand. Corset cover and
drawer and corset cover and skirt
are equally popular.
Fichus are the latest novelty in
neckwear.
COlored handkerchiefs will be
more popular than white ones.
Those with dots of color on white
ground or white dots on colored
ground are most seen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-15
Society

Social news Is a daily feature OF
The Press. Any one wishing to in
sert such news should mail it to the
society editor or phone before ~
q. m.
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is desired anyone may call Mrs
Walker.

is desired anyone may call Mrs.
Walker.
DINNER PARTY FOR SENIORS.
The seniors of Gonzaga college
were guests at dinner party given
last evening by Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Roberts in honor of their son, John
A. Roberts, who is a member Of
the senior class.
GRADUATES HAVE PICNIC
The graduating classes of the
high school will join in a picnic
at Liberty Lake Saturday.
Among those who have charge
of the affair are Kathryn Buckley,
Byron Johnson, Malcolm Fortier,
Bernard Lind, Sylvester Stryker,
Sam Russell.
c. E. SOCIETIES PLAN PICNIC.
The Christian Endeavor societies
of the city at meeting last night
at the Y. M. C. A. have planned
two picnics to be given on the oath
and 28th of this month. June "a
they will take trip up the st,
Joe and on June 20 they will hold
big picnic at Mantle Park. Ex-
tensive preparations for the two
events are now being made.
PICNIC AT LIBERTY LAKE.
The employees of the Spokane
Falls Gas Light company will enjoy
picnic given by the management
next Saturday at Liberty Lake. The
day will be passed with boating,
races and dancing.
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L. A. to 3. r. T. GIVE SOCIAL.
The ladies' auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
will give lawn social Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. Hunt
ington, E377 Blaine avenue. All
members and friends are cordially
invited to attend.
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HOLD BUSINESS MEETING.
Decury No. of the ST. Paul
Methodist Episcopal church will
meet with Mrs. A. Robertson, W224
Mansfield avenue, Thursday after
noon at 2:30 p. m. The regular
monthly business meeting will be
held at this time and all members
are urged to be present.
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SILVER TEA.
Mrs. N. F.. Kenney was hostess
this afternoon when she entertain
ed at silver tea at her home on
Jackson avenue. The affair was
given as benefit of the Holy
Ghost parish and the hours of re-
ceiving were from to p. m.
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LADIES' AID MEETS.
The Ladies' Aid society, No. 3,
Of the Norwegian Lutheran church,
will meet tomorrow with Mrs. o.
r. Johnson at her home on Indiana
avenue.
MARRIED AT THORNTON.
Miss Daisy Graham and Donald
II. James were married yesterday
afternoon at o'clock at the home
of the brides sister. Mrs. Ralph
Comegys. at Thornton.
The service was read by Rev.
Cakes of the Thornton Methodist
church in the presence Of a few
intimate friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. James will be at
home after July 1 at b225 Broad
avenue.
COURTWRlGHT- cLUkEY WE'D
DING.
A pretty romance is connected
with the marriage of Miss Violet
Courtwright. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. o. Cartwright. and George
F. Clukey. which was quietly sol
emnized Monday at Occur dAlene.
Miss Cartwright graduated from
the South Central high school five
years ago. In her last year she
studied chemistry under the in
struction of Mr. Clukey and it was
there the romance began.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clukey will spend
the summer at some of the lake
resorts and will return to the city
in the fall.
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POSTOFFiCE EMPLOYEES PLAN
PICNIC.
The Spokane postoffice clerks
and mail carriers will celebrate
their annual picnic June 26 at Loon
lake. 1t is expected about 200 will
join in the festivities of the day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-15

Fine diversified farm. 20 miles
from city: good house; large barn.
spring water piped to house: small
creek through place. Come in and
ask about this.
MccREA q MERRYWEATHER,
Washington Safe Deposit q Trust Co.
Phone Main 7i2l. Corner Howard
ana Sprague.
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Blue and white or black and
white chambray or Bingham may
be utilized in the making Of this
little dress. Bands of plain mate
rial and buttons to match form the
only trimming. 1t may be worn
with or without the lower sleeve of
tucked white muslin.
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The Spokane Press, delivered, 25
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Fichus are the latest novelty
neckwear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18

have had the nerve to hold her head
under a foot of water until she died.
The autopsy showed death from
drowning, although morphine was
found in the stomach. This was &C
counted for on the ground that Ocey
was addicted to the use of the drug,
and five ounces of morphine were
sent to the Flatlands house from
Murfreesboro.
One puzzling circumstance is that
few days before Ocey's death a
doctor was called to the house about
10 O'Clock at night by Miss Wardlaw
| to furnish a certificate of health for
Ocey. Miss Wardlaw came for him
in a cab, and, although he demurred
at going at that time of night and
on Thanksgiving, she was so urgent
that he finally consented. He said
that except for her thinness and q
bronchial cough that he could not see
that she was in any dangerous con.
| dition of health.
Ocey Snead's baby is in ST. Chris
/ topher's Hospital, and the wherea
bouts of the grandmother are un
known, although it is believed she is
in this city with friends. So far al
known Fletcher is still in St. Gather
ines.
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Earthmann of Nashville, his best
friend. For that cause, he said, he
had left the United States and his
family had said he was dead as a
point of honor.
Ocey and Fletcher Snead were
married three times. He accounted
for this by saying that the first mar
riage was secret, and that they did
not live together until year later,
when another marriage was per-
formed. The third marriage was
before the birth of their first child,
when they had moved to New Jer-
sey, and being first cousins they
wished to have no uncertainty about
the status of the child.
Talk of Hypnotism.
The first talk about the hypnotic
influence said to have been exerted
by Miss Wardlaw came out during
the investigation of the blouse of
Mystery" A lawyer testified that
he was brought to the house to make
changes in a will for Ocey, who was
i'll following the birth of her baby,
and when the women were away
Ocey pleaded with him not to leave
her He stated that hypnotic pow
er seemed to be exercised upon her
when they returned to the room
This will made Miss Virginia the
beneficiary of Ocey's estate instead
of her grandmother.
A snit case was found in a drug
store in Third avenue which the sis
tiers had left, and in it were found
other wills drawn by Ocey. Still an
other statement of another will was
forthcoming from another lawyer
and these, with the insurance opera
tiOns and the suicide notes, form the
strongest evidence against the wo-
men.
The suggestion of hypnotic in
fiuence came in prominently again
when a druggist stated that Miss
Wardlaw came to him at night to
go to the blouse of Mystery" to
take acknowledgment of Fletcher
Sneads signatures on 16 real estate
documents, transferring them to his
aunt The druggist stated that at
this interview Snead showed raw
ages of some dreadful disease, and
that his aunt appeared to exert an
influence over him that was hypnotic.
When found the body of Ocey
Snead was emaciated to the last de-
gree, yet the handwriting was UNI
wavering. 1t seemed almost impos-
sible that a person so weak should
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
CLEARS DECK FOR ACTION
CENSUS BUREAU PREPARES FOR
TABULATING STATISTICS.
Two Additional Buildings Have Been
Leased, and Thousands of Clerks
Are on the Working Force.

Leased, and Thousands of Clerks
Are on the Working Force.
Like a war ship, says a Washing
ton dispatch, the census bureau has
cleared it's decks for action" In
addition to the main building of the
bureau two others have been leased,
giving a total floor space Of 10000
square feet, which is enough to ac-
eommodate the permanent clerks and
the temporary force of 1000 en-
ployes, whose services will be re-
CURED during the summer only
The enumerators' schedules have
begun to arrive, but it will be sew
eral weeks before official announce
ment is made of the total population
of any city in the country. The
population of the cities will be the
first tabulated, after which the
states and minor civil divisions will
be completed.
b. Dana Durand, director of the
bureau, has announced that mo pre-
liminary official statements will be-
issued by the bureau until the 'es.
tablished count for each Of the diff
ferent areas has been made. There
Will be no rough counts or 'approxi--
nations, and no sacrifice of accuracy
for haste"
The punching machines, semi
automatic and electrical, 300 in nnnn-
Der, will be operated night ana day,
Each machine can complete 3.OGHH
cards in a seven-hour day, which
means that all the machines at this
rate can dispose of 100000 cards
IN month, by working IA hours a
day. Semi-autOmatic electrical tab-
ulatlng machines will also be used
LIE Grand Powers, chief statisti-
clan OF the census division of agri-
culture, does not expect to publish
any information regarding the farm
census OF 1910 until September 18th
When he may issue the first prelinoi.
nary bulletin giving for each state
and territory the totals derived from
Tue taDulatlon separately of general
farm data, the principal crops and
Cne I'VE stock on farms and ranges
william b. Stewart, chief statisti-
clan of the census division of mann
Lactures, has received about $50
oOO OF the 100000 schedules in
vowed in the census of manufac-
lures, mines and quarries. II 10
ilkely that an announcement of the
totals for the District of Columbia
viii be made some time in June
publication will be made of the com
pleted returns for other areas as
fast as they are received and tabu-
lated. Reconstruction in furnishino
information on the part of a few
manufacturers in some of the areas
will occasion delays, it is Announced
which the census bureau cannot
avoid.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
LOOK OUT, LAZY BUGS!
Man With High Sounding Title Ar
rives, and Is After You,

Man With High Sounding Title Ar
rives, and Is After You.
According to the Atlanta Georgian
the state board of health will, in an
effort to check the invasion of the
hookworm and to relieve the count
less CD victims already suffering
with the "lazy disease" in Georgia
shortly begin campaign of extermi.
nation. Eight graduate physicians
who will be known as field inspect
ors, will be sent over the various in.
fected sections of the commonwealth
to do battle with the plague, which
grows more and more menacing as
1t is allowed to spread.
These inspectors will work under
the direction of Field Sanitation Di-
rector Fort. Their duties will be
OF an educational nature principally
although they will work with local
physicians in stamping out the dis
ease wherever it is found to exist.
The inspectors will, however. re-
ceive no remuneration EXCEPT that
allowed by the state board of health.
and Will in no sense interfere with
the practice of the physicians they
are sent to aid. Three were placed
in the field Monday, and the other
five will begin their duties within 20
days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-18
VARDLAN SISTERS ARE TO STAND TRIAL SOON

to be co-defendants is this: Miss
Wardlaw was the only person in the
house when Ocey Snead died She
stated that Ocey was i'll on Sunday
night, and that she Miss Wardlaw)
prepared and heated the water for
her. OCey was so weak that she
had to be supported into the house
from the cab, and yet, according to
her own statement, Miss Wardlaw
staid downstairs in an unfuTnished
house while her niece took her bath,
and did not go to inquire er look
after her until IA hours later.
Mrs. Martin comes in because wit
nesses have been produced VINO say
that she was in East Orange and at
the house the day of Ocey's death,
Mrs. Snead was found dead in a
few inches of water in the 'bathtub
of the house into which she, with the
four aged women relatives-her
mother, her grandmother, her aunt
and her mother-in-law, who was also
an aunt-had moved only a short
time previously. Miss Virginia
Wardlaw, the only unmarried one,
and apparently the executive head,
notified the coroner of the death.
and when questioned refused to an
swer Ocey Snead was dead. Fur
Their than that she could say nothing.
On her clothing was a note saying
she had committed suicide.
The sisters are twice indicted.
One indictment charges all three
with numbering Ocey Snead by
drowning her, and in the same true
bill all the women are named as &C
cessories. The second Indictment
holds all three as having abetted and
aided Ocey Snead in committing sui
eide. The latter indictment is signif-
icant, inasmuch as it leads to the
belief that the prosecutor, without
positive evidence as to how the dead
woman met her fate, places some
credence in the theory that she was
driven to self-destructiOn by the
treatment Of her relatives.
Secrets of the ''House of Mystery"
Miss Wardlaw was the only living
inmate of the house in East Orange
when Ocey Snead died, and the
Whereabouts of the other women
were concealed for long time. Fin
ally Miss Wardlaw told the police
that before moving to East Orange
the family had lived at the corner of
East Forty-eighth street and Mill
avenue, Flatlands. This is the house
that was afterward called the blouse
of Mystery" and an investigation OF
the premises and among the neigh
bors revealed many strange circum-
stances. For one thing, many let
ters and documents came to light,
and it was thought for a time that
bones and hair found in the stove
were human, but this was not proved.
A doctor was found who had called
upon Ocey Snead at the house before
her baby was born, and he stated
that he considered the treatment she
met with was very bad. He said she