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The Washington times., 1910-12-24
LAST MINUTE RUSH
EXTRAYAGANT ONE
1t Pays TO Think and Take
Christmas In the Proper
Spirit.
This is trying day for eood reso-

HIS is a trying day fer good reso-
ludOns- Have you never vowed
/ you would be sensible and shop
this year well within your income
then break every vow you made in
the excitement OF the last days holiday
spirit2
IL Is easy enough TO make and keen
good resolutions when the stores IRE
not crowded with Christmas shoppers
irresistible.
If you must not eGonomize-don't at
tempt Il There Is no greater ICv than
70 pc able 10 give freely and widely
a Cnr1sLEnastide- Tbs woman who can
give and won't is to be uftied II
temptation ana spend, spend. spend
II you are TO feel the pinch OF your
christmas giving the rest Of the year
II such giving IS foolish generosity or
reckless shutting OF ones eyes 10 con
sequences then fee the stores this last
Qay as you would a Quarautined ward
To De carried away by the enthusi-
you today. but il wiz next, and for
many weeks thereafter 1t is such ex-
JTdLTa Ednce-EeneTDuS though il be-thaI
Is spoling the Christmas spirit In this
land
We have need to keep as tight rein on
our Christmas gift propensities-if we
cannot afford To let our feelings run
away with our common sense
II avails little TO plan wisely for
three days in the holiday week BE ex-
travagant II YOU can; Il you can't, be
wary in putting yourself in the way
10 be tempted
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II should die tonight,
Ny friends would look upon my quiet
face
Before they Iaid II in its resting place,
And deem that death had left = almost
fair
And laying suow-whits flowers against
ny hair,
Would smooth IT down with fearful
tenderness,
And fold my hands with lingering
caress-
Poor hands, so empty and 50 cold to-
night.
II I should die tonight.
Ny friends would can 70 mind with low
ing thought
Some kindly deeds the ICY hands had
wrought;
Some gentle VOID the frozen lips had
said
brands on which the willing feet had
sped;
The memory Of my selfshnsss and
pride.
Ny hasty words would all be put aside,
And 50 should be loved and incurred
tonight
CAscribed to Rev. a J. Ryan. 1ss: Ais,
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GIVING BEST WAY
TO BECOME HAPPY
Thought for Christmas Fur
nished In Letter Giving
Example.
tsETTTLE OLD LADY,
PROVES A BLESSING
Remembered While Alive and Her
Benefactors Were Very
Happy.
. FPANCES CARROLL.

y Do not believe I can give you q more
beautiful thought On the day be
fore Christmas than one contained
n q letter which came 10 me from
enc OF my readers a few days ago
she says:
Dear Miss Carroll. Some time ago
We resolved, my husband and I that II
we could meet g certain obligation by
the first OF December, ne would send
I've dollars TO a certain old lady for
Christmas
SHOULD she die, custom would demand
that we spend this amount in flowers,
ana We decided that a 1ve-doIIar bill
would give her more enjoyment at this
beautiful season than she could get out
OF a thousand dollars worth OF flowers
placed in her dead, cold hands.
The incentive was one which made
Cur efforts 70 meet the stipulated obli-
cation all the more strenuous. and il
vas not an easy thing to DO IN these
dnIes = high prices
But re succeeded. Mss Carroll; ne
EucceedsI J.
and today we sent a crisp, new bin
10 the L tile Old Lady.
Makes GiveTs Happy.
she cannot be as happy over It, by
any possibility, as IL has made US to
send II
During the days Of our struggle for
the sending OF this money fragments OF
that poem IF I Should Die Tonight
have been running through my head
Il wonder II you viii be so good as
% publish L in the series Of Poems
Women Should KnOw'2
1T may point the way for others 70
ain real Christmas JOY By our method. -
Don't you think that IS q very beauti-
q letter?
Go.
and believe l. VIII shame the woman
40 has bought only for those who are
expecting Christmas gifts from her.
ham publishing the poem 'If Should
Die Tonight believing with the dear
.Lady-o f-the-Ls-tter that II may point
iEfle way for others TO gain real Christ
mas joy By following the plan which
SIace her realize that 1t IS more blessed
70 give Inan 70 receive
=. through the crowded weeks OF pre-
tpRF1nE for the happiness OF those in the
home circle, and others near and dear
iLadya' who may not need your tender
Thought another Christmas. II isn't toe
late to Temembsr her tonight and add
70 her cheer tomorrow. II not with a
igzzL at least with q message, or better
sf1lIsa visit to cheer her lonely heart
Not Necessarily Old.
CIzmaybe that IN your case THE Lit
'flet Old Lady" is some child who has
prayed for santa Claus. believing.
II may not be q Little Old Lady al
alIsbut an old man instead, or some one
Ssao. looks out upon the JOY Of others to
DsEht with SICK rain-stT1Cken eyes.
L Is no matter Sc 10 your Little Ole
Esdy Is, SO Floug as you 10 not become
SO absorbed in preDarat ons for YOU
cEso5 happiuess as to forget her.
pFhen. dTeamless rest Is hers she VII
iy lot need
Es5s7tenderness for which she Iongs TO,
night
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Fudge a FaVOrite
Christmas Candy

Fudge IS q favorite with most
Christmas candy make-s. not only
because everybody likes il, but be-
cause Il IS comparatively easy 20
make
Perfection, st IS true, may not be
easily attained but there IS not SO
much danger Of hopeless failure as
IN tie preparation Of French creams
and some other candies
The following rule for fudge comes
from zone OF the Women's colleges.
and &c Is particularly delicious; Boil
three cunfalS q suEar and one Of NH
together. after adding Two or three
squares OF chocolate
Let the fudge boil until IittIe
dropped on q cold saucer VIII harden
when stirred rapidly with a spoon
When this stage - reachNG add a tea
spoonful OF vanilla
so molaEsCs or other similar sub
stance should be used-1othing but
sugar milk. chocolate, little butter
and favorinE- Rich cream IS some
times used instead Of butter and milk
1EtCr testing Il and adding the butter
and favoriug. beat q till it begins 20
grow thick and then pour IT, before It
hardeus. into oUttered pans
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PUT SENTIMENT IN
CHRISTMAS GIF is
Presents Doubly Precious If
Accompanied By An Apt
Quotation.

A GIFT Is GOUbly precious II accom-
~ panied by some sentiment Or
n apt quotation; even rhymes.
HmTicks, or 5ingles are accept
able Here are a few that I have clipped
from time 20 time. hoping that some
reader would find exactly what she
wished Willie / am unable TO give the
name Of those who wrote many Of them.
1 am sure that ne or she viii be glad to
have them passed along, as all god
things Of this life should be:
For a calendar
May all the days
Throughout this year
SunShiuy be 70 YOU
Ny dear
To so with a handmade handkerchief.
A snowy BIZ OF Wilderness
With love I send TO thee.
Each stitch put IN with richtness,
For your Christmas It's to be-
With a purse:
some have called me trash.
But that never can BE-. true.
For when I'm filed with cash
You never VIII be blaze
For 4 needle and pin case:
Needles and pins. Needles and pins!
begins
To write on card
II cannot be measured or put in a box.
This wonderful gift that I send,
But know that Il aill last tin the very
day
When you reach your journeys end.
And so at this beautiful Christmastide,
With my very best wishes 1 send
The choicest gift that ] can find
It's my love for my very dear friend.
For bIotter-
Blot out all the faults you see.
Remember only the good in me.
To propose with pair OF gloves Cthis
NAY help some hashful swain who Is
wondering how 70 ask herr.
A little hand. a soft white hand.
a hand. 7 know It's thine
These gloves VIII It So NAV I ask
xazi sleeves aE6 hand b EaiaeT
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

~ HIS IS the season Of the year
when the following unique bin
OF fare should appeal 10 every
man. woman, and child ceIebrat-
ing Christmas, for while they are feast
ing IN plenty Il is wei worth while
to remember the Good Book in which
the many dishes offered were first men
toned Each item on the bill Of fare
IS accompanied b. an appropriate quo
tation from the Bible:
And upon the table OF shewbread they
shall spread e cloth OF blue, and put
thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and
the bowls, and covers TO cover withal;
and he continual bread shall be there
on-Numbers ". =
Eat IL with the bread that IS IN the
rehabilitation viii 81
And salt without prescribing tco
nucb.-Ezra VII. %
And a little oil in a cruse.-I- Kings
xvii Il
The bright shining Of a candle doth
give thee light.-LUke ri. g.
Tell them which are bidden, have
prepared my dinner. and all things are
ready,-Natthew xii 4
Let Us eat and be merry--Luke XIV. 3
A feast Is made Tor laughter, and
VINE make tf-1tf19t e ~
Ye hear the sound Of the cornet,
Cute. harp. sackbut, psaltery. dulcimer
and sU kinds of music.-Dauiel Ills
Give Us this day our daily bread
Matthew viz
Two hundred Ioaves Of bread--IT Sam
Uei xviii
SOUP.
Pour out the broth.-Judges vi-9o
Feed me, pray thee- with that same
red uOttage.-Genesis xxv:30-
Eat this roil.-Ezexiei lh.i.
Drink no longer water. but use Ut
tie wine for thy stonach's salze--I Tim
otly va
FISH
We remember the fish which We did
eat--NuTnbers lis
And they gave him a piece OF a brOiled
ESh Luke XVI q.
Being OF the fish which We have now
cauZht-John xxi:1o
Eat thy bread with joy--Ecclesiastes
xxi
Every man at the beginning doth set
forth good wine--Jolln ii-t0-
ENTREAfENTS.
Olives-8Iicah Wis.
Ard the hare.-LeViticuS Ni g.
Observation-Disclosures xxviu.sz.
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

~ this 959th day the days increase
~ begins to exceed a minute The
Moon, in a powerful and watery sign.
mas Mercury IN square and good aspect
while Saturn is in a eveii place
This day, according 70 the rules OF
astroIogy, IS III for speculation, all
enterprises or plans that involve
others loss or harm ana evil for
avaricious thoughts and deeds.
IT is a bad time TO show harshness
or to be unforgiving and relentless
There is a sign menacins the hard
OF heart and the harshly righteous
Mercury in this place is held by the
rules Of astroIogy 20 favor merriment.
liEhtness Of mind and wit. amuse-
nent. artistic things and entertain
ments that involve music, singing.
dancing, IeCturing or acting.
Uranus holds a place that is held 20
higher emotions. faVoring ideal
thought. errandS and deeds Of mercy,
high resolves and all acts OF true
love or friendship.
Persons Of clever brains and tongues
should be careful to curb their
speech and control their thought. The
tendency is read as being conducive
TO speeches that VIII wound
Revengeful and suspicious tempera-
ments VIII be prone 10 borrow trouble
and invent causes for offense where
none is intended
Persons with this birth-date are
under signs that promise success from
energy
hello TO confer luck. The Christmas
born have always been considered
children Of fortune. gifted with intu-
ition and magnetism
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Appropriate Addition to Christmas Menu
Is Biblical Quotation With Each Item
ROASTa

ROASTg
Thou uavest eat Of the roebucb, and
Of the hart--DeuterOn0m KILL.
4 Iamb--L4viticus va.
All clean fowls ye may eat.-Deuter0n-
cause strong wine TO be poured
Numbers xviii.
VEGETABLES.
Take also unto thee wheat, and barley,
and beans, and lenuls, and milet-
Ezekiel w., @
we remember the cUCumbers. and the
leeks. and the onions, and the garlic
After that the fun corn in the ear
The mama was as eorsander seed
CAME
And he brought quaiIs.-CV- Psalm, 20.
Two young piEeOns--Leviticus V, .
The partridge ersmiah xvii II
There Is a crying for wine--Isalah
xiv, Il -
Garry these ten cheeses unto the cap
tatu.-L Samuel xvii, IS-
Behold basket OF summer fruit
Amos viii. J.
one cluster Of grapes, and they
brought Of ire Pomegranates ana OF the
fgs.-Numbers xiii, .
one basket had very good f6s.-Jere-
Thou nayest eat grapes thy i'll at
thine own pleasUre.-Deuterono xiii,
we remember the melons.-Numbers
XII 3
they brought punches Of raisins and
yvine--ChroniCIes XII 20
And they care them drink IN Lessel7
Of gold and re val wine in abundance
Drink thy wine with a merry heart
EccIesiGStcs TX. =
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IF I Should Die Tonight

II should de tonight.
Zen hearts estrangcd would turn or-c
more TO me,
Recalling other days remorsefuIIy-
The eyes that chill me with averteri
glance
Would look upon ne as Of yore. per
chance
And soften IN tbs old familiar way.
For who could war with dumb uncon-
scioUs cIay2
So might rest forgiven Of al to-
night.
Oh. friends, pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses 1or my dead cold
brow.
The way is lonely, let ne feel them
now.
Think gently OF me; I an traveI-worn;
Ny falterlng feet are pierced with many
a thorn
FoTsive. oh. hearts esuanged. forgive,
I plead
When dreamiess rest IS mine I shall
not need
The tenderness for which I long to-
night.
to Alice Cary, Ben King, and Othe-s@
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Cranberry Marmalade
Christmas Delight

wash three quarts Of cranbeTTies.
barely cover with water, and cook until
the berries are tender Press through
a sieve and add to this juice and pulp
six pounds of warm susss-Y two pounds
Of seeded and chopped raisins, and four
large. clean oranges. The oranges
should be minced fine. thus using skin
and pulp, hut the seeds should be picked
out Cook until thick and turn into
glass Jars The orange skins must be
cooked until Thoroughly tender While
cooking watch carefully that = does not
burn. Stir often.
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Raisfn Cake.

Tro~thirdsscu dark brown sugar. one
fDsrtl1s cup butter. one egg. one and one
half cups f0u-, one level teaspOOnfuI
cinnamon. one-hsIf teaspoonful nutmeg
cue CUP rsisinss one-half cup OF juice
from raisins. Cook raisins twenty min
Gtss, drain or juice, and save one-haIf
cup o. same n which dissolve soda
Cream butter-and sugar add well beaten
egg. SIT cinnamon and nutmeg with
-four. and add next Next add raisin
1iouaI and soda ana lastly the raisins.
ssStx kherpEshly ana bake in Tuods-Sts
49, g So EEe l22Ss4 pa.
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Holiday Salad.

Procure a firm, round green pepper.
Cut of the stem end and remove the
min Let it stand in sailed water ten
uirutee- Vine dry and III with the
following mixture; Cream cheese mixed
with chopped walnut meats and mixed
with French dressing Pack tightly into
repper case and let stand three or four
hours Slice with q sharp knife The
white circles of cheese edged with the
green make an attractive dish Car
nish with tiny stars cut from canned
uimeutos. serve with French dressing.
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Recipe for Turkey.

Here Is a recipe for turkey with
Spanish dressing Prepare the fowl
in the usual way and make the dress
ing as follows: Melt a tablespoonful
OF butter and fry two large onions
until a light brown. toss in one-half
pound of Hamburg, fry until done, add
four slices Of bread minced. a spoon
full Of cdpers. cne-fourth pound Of
bianched almonds chopped fine, one
fourth pound Of seeded raisins, few
olives, minced; season 10 suit the taste
and III the bird.
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Love Grown Cold


A C.-If il - true tERI your Eister has
won your friends anecttons ana that he
VIII NOS break with you for fear Of
hurting your feelings you do wrong 20
hold him Tor such cause You can
hope for no permanent happiness IN
marrying a man who prefers another
woman
Why not try a lite indifference and
accepting the friendship OF other men.
Human nature is such that one always
wants that which Il is difficult 20 get,
and a man not tnfrequently grows in
different TO . girl when she seems too
easy 20 obtain
- Lay the knife and fork side by
side OF the plate
% You viii have 10 send a SeIf-ad-
dressed stamped envelope FOR an answer
TO your third question as Il involves the
names OF business firms which are not
given through this department In do
] ing so repeat your question
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Pecan Cake.

One pound brown sugar, one pound
-FOUR Two pounds seeded raisins, three
quarter uound butter. one pound pecan
mt meats. one nutmeg. six eEES tbeaI
Separately, O1e-nalf cupfui n5olaSseS,
oue-hzIr mound CrvstalIized pineapple
one wIEeEIassfuI brandy, enc teaspoon
f9T soda, one teaspoonfUl baking powder
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Cuts in Stockings
Ate Christmas Party

+ gszSss-Party=for children. with Diff
fersut agRneAat each table. the hostess
had & taTIaCal stocking for each
guest, and IN It We're dropped Gun
ming wee Christmas favors. one for
each game Won At the end the score
was counted and the faVOrs were re-
tanned as souvenirs The children
were delighted The stockings had
ribbons run IN the top. two of each
color In this way partners we're
fo11ud
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Uncooked Cake.

Take equal parts BY weight Of nuts
dates, figs, .raisins- and shredded cocoa
nut and put all through the food chop
per Grease bowl with butter and then
press the mixture down into the bowl
and weight It. Let il stond several
hours. Then turn cut on platter anu
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Harris and fatted FOWL Kings iv-c3-
Give me q little water TO drink, for
am jhirsty-Judges iv;14
There IS a c7sp, and the vine IS red
Xxx Psalm. S
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Ereryboay EIse's

A. SIT IS usual 10 give the pos
sessive form TO else rather 20 The sub
ta1tive, as, somebody else's; suit OF
clothes ike everybody eise's- g. webster
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Question Box of The Times

doesn
your query
promptly where 1t possible be
vher
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Imnressior Paper-

CONGRATULATIONS impression paper,
which may be purchased in any art
store. may be used. FOR transferring a
pattern on dark material
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

r. ounces Melt the wax in a double
boiler. then add the oil and before It
cooIs put IN the elderfowsr water; beat
until cold
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
- HandEerchiefs-

Mrs J. II. E-Fiue unen lawn OF
Persian lawn would do for the handl1er-
chiefs Fregtch naiuz10z without dress
ine, IS also a good material 70 use
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Baby's Sleeves

Young ETother-TI1s babyss arm grows
very rap.dfv. A very Eood way Of max
Ing the sleeve IS 20 cut Il an inch long
OF than is necessary at the armhole-
This can be let down as the arm grows
longer.
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Poems Women Should Know

Every poem which VIII appear this
brought thrb hapPi
ness inspiration clipping saving
the afordto miss one number
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Urge Friends to Marry Prac-
teal Girls When They
Wed Frilly Ones.
ILLUSTRATION FOUND
IN WOMAN'S DRESS
After Batting" Milady's Clothes
They Take Pride In Puffs
and Curls.
By DOROTHY DIX

TT has often been observed that the
girI Who is commousensicaL and
L practical, and capable, and domestic;
who wears fat-heeIed shoes and
high-nscked dresses. and TO corsets. and
who knows how 10 make good bread
and the s0rt Of pies shat mother never
used 70 bake, IS invariably the maiden
that a nan recommends 20 his friends
and says she would make the very
wife for y0uI-
For himself, however. he picks out a
wife who IS fo0Iishly feminine and
friity and who uuites in her own person
pretty nearly all OF the weaknesses and
peculiar1ties Of her sex and that ne has
spent his time IN deridiuE-
The truth is that while uen hold I'd
certain fdealF Yer our emulation r1ev
don't in the least want US 10 conform
ourselves T. them OF this we have
many and conclusive proofs.
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Folly Of Dress
Of Woman

Take the matter Of woman-s dress, for
instance There isn't man living who
isn't ready to mount the rostr1u at a
moments notice and deliver q homiIv
on the Insane folly OF feminine fashions
Just think. men CRY, Of the disgusting
spectacle or four pounds or false hair
pinned on a WOman-s heaE- Think Of
the criminal risk Of committing suicide
thaI a woman takes when she strips or
her warm clothes and goes to the opera
with no protection over her chest and
arms but pearl necklace Think OF
women lettering around IN Iuo-inch-
heeied shoes Think Of them r71uUf7r-
the risk or having fortr-seven different
SoTIS OF dIEeaseS by lacinE a thirtv-inch
waist into twenty-five inch belt meas
uret
And al the time there are good warm
loose clctnes TO be had and broad. fat
shoes. and neat fnconsnfruo-rz h0Tne+s
that you can tie under the chin. WHY,
On. why, can't women have enough
sense 10 dress in the way OF which men
approve2
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Cleansing Cream
Agnes K-OranEe flower water
ounces almond oil. { ounces white wax,
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Picks Out
Greatest Doll

And then after having exhausted
himself in batting women's clothes ar
Man gees out and picks out the most
dolled-up woman he can find, and asks
her to dinner. and 20 the theater. and
swells his chest out with pride because
she has got 50 many puffs and curls on
her head and gown 50 extreme IN
style that everybody Tubbers at her
Not for anything you could name,
would ne be caught Ou- with Tsdv
whose head looked as slick ana small
as q peeled onion, and who was mod
eStly attired IN a rational dress
SJiil another weakness Of woman that
men never weary OF deploring is the
feminine tendency to gossip and TO be
scandal u1OuEerS- But do men wish US
really TO reform this bad habit2 Ear
from st.
Every married woman VIII bear testi-
mOny that while her husband never
ants tales. and the tittle-tatrle Of the
neighbOrhOOd, he does not Ceusure hsf
until after she has told the last word
about Ms Blanks Suspicious about the
people next door. and how Mr. smith
kins didn't set home until a. NJ and
Mrs Blank was seen kissing man
whom she said was her brother, but EOG
is in what people say about their rela-
tons
These Inconsistencies OF mar are not
mentioned TO find fault with him Quite
the contrary They are our salvation,
since woman, at best. is but a weak
creature prone % IillStl5Aes elio % oos-
gle things, but they show now mucn
wasted time and effort IL IS for her to
ASPIRE to perfection If she hopes TO gain
a husband thereby
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Daily Horoscope
sThe stars fneIIne. but de sss
compel"
Sunday, December IS, 1910.

Now the Omens that appear
Counsel men 20 aid and cheer.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
RIZK TRIAL ABROAD.
Vest HObOken Murder Case
To Be Heard in COnstantinOple

The trial of man charged with mur
der in West Hoboken is to be held in
Constantinople. The prisoner is Nimma
Rizk a Syrian. who was traced to and
arrested in Alexandria, Egypt. The Sui
tan refused TO eXtradite him, as the
Turkish authorities assume the right to
try all Turkish subjects arrested il Tur-
key.
Prosecutor Garven, of Hudson County.
n. J., is arranging to send a dozen wit
nesses to Constantinople. at the expense
of Favur Brothers. Syrian bankers, of
No. 63 Washington street, Manhattan.
who offered reward for the capture of
the fugitive and employed the detectives
who ran down Rizk after having pursued
him for almost two years.
The murder arose from dispute over
a silk mill in West Hoboken. The credit
ors took possession and Joseph Couri was
put in charge. On the night of January
%. 1907, a number of Syrians-Rizk is all
legged to have been one of them-invaded
the mill and endeavored TO take forcible
possession. Couri resisted and was shot
Rizk was jointly indicted with seven
others. The seven were captured. tried
and acquitted. 1t was intimated that
Rizk, who had eluded arrest did the
shooting.