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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Thanks For Letters.

Remember the old legend of the
brazen head with it's Thine is. Time
was. Time is past"
Write the letter of thanks before
it gets too late.
The apology will be much more
difficult to pen than the "thank you. +"
Anything that is nice enough to ac-
cept is nice enough to be grateful for.
How do you feel when somebody
fails to show appreciation at gift of
your making?
1t is comfortable to at least know
that the present you have given was
received.
Don't hurry the Christmas letter.
Take a comfortable half hour alone.
and write letter that is little more
than a line of perfunctory accept
ance.
Get a little of yourself into the
thank-you letter. If your friend
cared for you enough to send the
gift, she will want to have a little
of you in return.
Just between Christmas and New
Years Day is the ideal time for the
reply. Never any later.-New York
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

A false report emanating from
Paris, the effect OF which was that
one-half of the city of Baltimore,
Md, was in ashes. was printed widely
in Germany. The loss by fire was es-
timated at $60,O00,OOO, and the re-
ported disaster evoked sympathetic
editorials in the newspapers, which
also in many cases reprinted the
story of Baltimore's confagration of
some years ago
Many Americans, some of them
from Baltimore. made anxious visits
to the American Embassy and the
newspaper offices in Berlin inquiring
for details.
There was fire in Baltimore with
a loss of something like a quarter OF
a million dollars No person was
harmed and the blaze attracted no
particular attention outside of that
city on this side of the Atlantic
New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
MANAGEMENT of Cattle.

For practical purposes and general
convenience on breeding and feeding
farms, a general separating and class
ing of cattle is necessary, SO that each
class of animals may have suitable
treatment.
Feeding cattle probably require the
first consideration. and the utmost
economy, as we'll as the best manage
ment, is necessary if this class of an
finals is to repay the feeder. One of
the essentials that is conducive to
economy is the comfortable housing
of the animals to be fed, and this
particularly with respect to warmth.
A certain amount of feed is required
to be consumed by the animals for
heating purposes before any is util.
lied for the formation of fat Any
excess of food, after proper temper
ature is arrived at, is placed upon the
muscles in the shape of fat. 1t is
very essential then. that for fatten.
ing purposes the animals be kept at
proper temperature. Warmth is
equivalent to food.
The variations in the amount of
food required by an animal are de.
pendent in great measure on tenn
perature. In proportion to the tenn.
perature which an animal has to keep
up will be the loss of the materials
consumed in keeping up the animal
heat. In addition to warmth. rest
and comfort are necessary for feeding
animals. Every movement causes a
corresponding waste in the muscles
that make it, so that no more eyer.
else than is quite necessary for gener.
al health's sake should be allowed
Animals that sleep we'll gain more
flesh than those that are more wake
full, so any plan that conduces to
drowsiness should be adopted, such
as darkening the shed after feeding
is over.
Grooming feeding cattle is labor
we'll spent, and frequent washings
from head to tail, along the spine
with a weak sanitary fluid will keep
them free from lice. These little de-
tails VIII materially help In the gen.
eral economy of feeding.
The time for each meal should be
kept as punctually as possible, so that
the animals are not frettlng for the
food. Whatever is the diet laid down.
there can be no doubt but that the
first meal of the day should be some.
thing easy of digestion, so that after
the nights fast it may quickly be TAX
en- into the system.
Unlike feeding cattle, animals that
are growing, to develop into healthy
and we'll grown cattle, require plenty
of room and exercise; good, roomy
yards with plenty of shelter accom-
modations are the right places for
| them. They should be literally fed
] on growing ration w 1.rJmA er.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Cheerfulness at Meals.

A thousand little windows are
opened by the cursory conversation
at the breakfast table through which
to look into the deeps and shadows
of the home.
Sometimes the only meeting place
OF family of growing boys and girls
Is at the table. Yet, as a rule. how
much is left to be desired in the way
of cheerfulness and conversation dur
ing the mealtimes of most large fam
lilies.
There is only one way to create a
revolution in the family conscious of
having dull, silent and uninteresting
meals. 1t is for each member of it to
turn over new leaf. Each one must
come to the table prepared to show
his or her best side, the side too often
withheld from family life, be it be-
slowed never so abundantly else
where.
Every member of the family must
realize, as evening closes in and the
varicolored threads of the busy day
are gathered together, that there
must be little unselfish effort made
by each one if the unity is to be pre-
served and the family life kept har-
monious.
The cheerfulness that tells most at
family meals finds expression in light,
pleasant, happy talk. Do not bring
your troubles to the table, but inter-
esting stories, anecdotes and the hap
penings of the corner of the world in
which your work is situated. II the
father brings home pleasant things to
talk about, his business life will be
real and glowing to those who love
and believe in him and can see life
only through his eyes. To be cheer
full is not to be artificial, neither Is it
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
A LONG PRICE.

wear 1t out. Hence the number of
devices to hold broom by head or
handle, one of the best of which is
shown In the illustration. This
holder was designed by Pennsylva-
MAN. 1t consists of ring somewhat
larger in circumference than the
handle of broom with sharp out
standing spur. Fitting over the ring
is a spiral spring with an opening in
the centre, The ring 10 drawn down
over the handle Of the broom and the
spring affords resistance which
makes the ring fit firmly. All that is
necessary. then, is to hang the broom
up on the kitchen wall or door by the
spur into plaster or woodwork, prefer
ably the latter. because of Its great
stability. This keeps the broom
proper from dirt and from spreading.
Boston Post. ms
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Auto Lamps That Turn.

The majority of automobile acci-
dents are attributed to the inability
of the lamps to illuminate the road
way when running around curves.
An Ohio inventor has designed and
patented a device which makes pos
sible the turning of the lamps with
the steering apparatus, as shown in
the illustration. The roadway in
front of the automobile is thus as
well Illuminated in rounding curves
as on a straight road. With automo-
bile lamps stationarily attached to
the frame of the machine. as is now
customary, the Illuminated stretch
when going around a curve or cir
cular track is away off in fields, or on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Corn Menl vs.. SHIELDED Corn.

Fattening hogs will usually finish
faster on corn meal than on shelled
corn, and many farmers favor corn
meal for that reason. Experiments
covering the quantity fed plainly
show, however, that hogs given corn
meal eat more feed in given time
than those on shelled corn. When
both the feed eaten and the gains
made are taken into consideration,
the profit in favor of corn meal is
considerably less thar many suppose.
Corn-and-cob meal has been shown to
have about the same value as pure
corn meal; # any advantage is had
from corn-and-cob neal, as is claimed
by some stockmen, it no doubt large
ly comes from the bulk furnished by
the particles of cob. which by render
ing the contents of the stomach less
compact or more porous helps to their
easier and more complete digestion.
From Coburn's Swine in Ameri-
ca"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Wins Damages in France.

Not since the Steinheil murder
trial has Paris been so excited about
a court proceeding as the gay city has
become over the breach of promise
suit successfully pushed by Madamoi-
selle Barette in the civil court of st.
Etienne. The amount awarded in
recompense for the damage to her
heart was only 1000 francs, or $40O,
but the interesting feature of the pro-
ceeding, to the Parisians, was the
fact that the action ever was begun.
Such cases are rare there. The
ground for the suit was the plaintiffs
allegation that her fiance broke off
two years engagement on the day the
banns were published. A legal au-
thority says the action is the first for
breach of promise in which damages
ever have been given in France
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

wear them. One fabric in lavender
is draped into another fabric of blue,
or two shades of blue and two of
lavender are so deftly laid over each
other that the effect is like a soap
bubble.
Blue and lavender bugles and
beads are used for embroidering lace
and net, crepe de chine, and liberty
silk. A chiffon of one color is
dropped under a net of the other
color, and tulle, embroidered with
the bugles, is draped over both.
The wonderful liberty crepes and
silks which are so fashionable for
gowns are used in confused mass,
so that it takes the keenest observer
to know where one tone ends and an
other begins.-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

"Has the automobile craze lessened
the popularity of the horse? Oh, no.
Despite many predictions, equestrian
ism has steadily increased in popu-
larity. Thousands are interested to-
day where only score or more were
interested few years ago. During
busy day we send out to the Park, the
drives and the ring over 600 horses.
We are now forming our classes for
the winter. 1t is our busiest season,
and there seems to be growing en-.
thusiasm. New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Brown Swiss Cows.

Tie Michigan Agricultural College
farm has some notable Brown Swiss
cows in its dairy herd. One of these
cows gives in a year 9633 pounds of
milk, which made aga pounds of but
ter.
Another one 10,l5S pounds of milk
making Asst pounds of butter.
Another 9477 pounds of milk, and
416 pounds of butter.
Still another gave S120 pounds of
milk and made 406 pounds of butter.
Their average weight is 1850 pounds.
These certainly are valuable cows,
and are full blood Brown Swiss.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Speaking of Good Taste.

Good taste abounds. It is all about
us and around, yet, if the truth be ad-
mitted, it is equally and sadly lacking
on every side.
Taste is such personal thing and
good taste such an arbitrary term
that the mere mention of taste dis.
t1nctions calls forth the old, old de-
Tense that there is no standard Of
taste as there is none of beauty.
1t was long ago conceded by artists
and those in position to know that
beauty has set it's standard-its most
decided standard. Taste has taken
like stand and proclaimed a distinct
dividing line in favor of good and
against the Indifferent and poor. There
are even degrees of each.
What is good taste? It is some-
thing like charm" in a story, trifle
hard to define, but we recognize it at
once when it is present; its absence
pals and sickens us.
In dressing good taste holds a posi-.
ton similar to that in other arts. In
entertaining there are the so-called
"canons of good taste" that make i'll.
bred actions impossible to the cul.
tured classes, and in household decor
alton there is the unmistakable evil
dence of good taste" that we hear of
and that indicates the rank and edu.
cation of the householder. In dress.
ing there are hallmarks that distin.
guish and earmarks that condemn.
There is positive yearning among
the initiated to impart knowledge to
those who are outside of the beautiful
gate. The creator of the gown mar
velous and its appropriate accessory
will find his productions more satisfy.
ing to himself when there is apprecia-
ton of them broadcast.
Much OF the dispute about taste
arises through the accessory. A thing
Is not likely to be bad alone, but place
unreasonable looking coat beside the
most unreasonable of hats and choke
the owner in an impossible collar or
tie and see what their victim looks
like. The cruel deed is not done for
her; she is the author of her own de-
feat. Her observation is unframed.
her eye uncultivated.
While the charm and the science of
good taste in dressing may not be d.
dactically taught, there are helps by
the way and by the wayside. 1t is an
evasive study; each new case brought
before the notice of the novice NAV
disprove her lately acquired theories.
but constant practice on the broad
highway and in the drawing room
will train the eye and the mind as to
the why's and wherefores of good
dressing.
Self-study is a branch not to be
scorned in this observation lesson.
Before the long mirror may be made
such personal comment and such thor.
ough search that some good and
great good, must eventually COM of
it.
There is, too, within the boudoir
and with no more foreign subject for
study than the personal self, posi-
tive right, freedom, to make critical
comment that approaches the unkind
in more public places.-New York
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Old Kentish Wedding.

A quaint old English wedding took
place at Trowsley Church, Kent, on
Wednesday afternoon, when Miss
Marjory Nash. daughter of Captain
Nash, late R. II. A., of Trowsley, was
married to Percy Allen.
The bridal carriage consisted of a
gaily decorated farm wagon drawn
by a prize team of Shires Returning
from the church the bridal party was
headed by fiddlers and dancers, and
on arrival at the village green the
inhabitants were given cakes and
cider, and very bright festivities fol-
lowed.-London Daily Graphic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Feminine Financing.

The woman who can resist the al
lurements of the displays that the
stores are making in their various de-
partments this season, and not spend
more money than she had originally
set aside for shopping expenses has
enviable strength of mind. There are
so many little things that cost only
trifle, but give such a needed touch to
this or that gown or suit, that one
can exhaust well-filled purse before
realizing to what sum the trif1es are
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Riding Astride.

Riding astride is not so generally
adopted by women in America as in
England" said Charles T. Krauss,
head riding master at Durland's
Academy, when approached on the
subject of correct form in horseback
riding, "and I predict that it never
will become popular. Out of forty
five ladies who participated in our
grand fete recently, only one rode
astride, and she remarked afterward
that she wished she hadn't. l agree
with that sentiment. 1t is not a
graceful pose, and to my mind there
is nothing more beautiful than a
graceful woman on horseback.
'In England riding astride is ex-
tremely prevalent among women, and
we do see much of it among the very
young girls out in the park, but as a
rule American women go in for grace
and charm, and they are not willing
to sacrifice it for fad or fancy.
I'VE are quite in favor of children
riding astride, as it is easier for their
lithesome figures, but when they grow
a little older we advise the side sad
die. The English contend that it is a
physical advantage. and not so firing
or taxing on the system to ride
astride, but our American physicians
do not agree with this idea. On the
contrary, they contend that it is ply
sically bad and not to be recommend
ed. They also declare that horseback
riding is the most joyous and health
giving exercise one may indulge in.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
forming a sort of double back action

forming sort or double back action
chute which sends the people using it
swiftly to the street.
The illustration gives good idea
of the apparatus and arrangement of
the new fire escape. The material be-
tween the parallel bars is of some
yielding material which will be suf-
ficiently depressed by the weight of
human body to form sort of gutter
and prevent the people using the es-
cape from falling over the edge. This
material, of course, is fireproof.
When flames are discovered the
people in the building climb out the
windows and slide down the outward
projecting slope to the incline point
ing toward the building. This drops
them to the next outward going lane
and so on until they reach the street,
the whole occupying only few sec
onds.-Boston Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

published in last June's issue, but 1t
may be we'll to say that the lot of
cattle receiving corn, cotton seec
meal, and corn silage made profit OF
over $14 per head, while the cattle
receiving corn and clover hay made
a profit of less than $12 per head.
The facts are that silage is surely
the cheapess feed for fattening steers;
the entire corn crop can be utilized
with but slight waste, and the higher
finish and selling price at the cheaper
gain price. all should appeal to the
practical steer feeder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
The Kind of Crittcr He Was.

1t was at the Cliff Dwellers, Chic
ago's literary club, and one of the
members had just made a terrible.
irremediable break about another
made it in his presence and that IN
several other members. 4
What ought do Eow?" asked til j
break-maker, much embarrassed.
III l were YOU" suggested Fred
Richardson, the artist, who had heard
the whole proceeding, II should so
out and wriggle my ears and eat an
other thistle. Success Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Safest Season.

And you consider autumn the best
month for calling in your profess
sion?" Intercepted the housewife. as
she handed out the pumpkin pie.
An, yes, num-" said Truthful
Tim. as he tipped his hat, 1T is den
dat de lawn mower has been laid
away and dc snow shovel isn't work..
irg ysa"--Chicago News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
200 Pounds Butter a Year.

Cows that have such yearly rec
ord are certainly valuable, with but
ter selling at thirty-five cents a
pound, as now. There are several
such cows reported, one Of the latest
being an American Jersey COW, Ward
er's Lady, now in the Jersey herd of
C. /. Hood. Lowell, Mass. This COW
has a yearly record of 200 pounds of
butter. The same herd has four such
Jersey cows, and this record has the
stamp and authority of the Massa-
chusetts State experiment station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Novel Fire-Escape.

Something radically new in the
way of fire escapes has been designed
by North Dakota man. In the place
Of the well-known iron stairways and
rope ladders. this invention provides
series of inclined planes. slanted at
opposite directions to each other and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
cid as white slavars .

special dispatch from Baltimore
lated January 12th, says: in the
OF Jacob Tannerbaum and Irwin
n, OF this city, charged with en-.
Reba Singer, a seventeen-year-old
Dauphin, Pa, to Baltimore, for
Der purposes, the police believe
fy have an important clue in the
gainst the white slave" in the
young men were held for the
OF the grand jury without bail.
randa OF names and addresses of
! nearly every city in the East was
IN the possession Of one of the
ers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Blue and Lavender

Designers have combined in their
desire for blue and lavender. used to-
gether in a gown or wrap. The
evening frocks are usually in these
two colors whenever woman can
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

the side of some ones house, instead
of on the path the machine is taking.
The apparatus is attached to the
steering wheel SO that the turning of
the steering wheel not only swings
the forward wheels but also the
lamps. -Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

forcing insincerity upon those around
you. Cheerfulness is a form of I'M
selfishness, a difficult, noble form
which is too seldom given the appre-
citation it deserves.-New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

When the postoflce was first
oponed at Kai-Feng. China, the clerks
had a fight with some men who
bought stamps and refused to go
away until the stamps were licked
and stuck Oh the envelopes FOR them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

Tomato Sauce-For steaks entrees and pork
To half pint of tomato juice heated scadng point
add bay leaf, slice of onion baking
soda Cook for ten minutes stir teaspoonful Of
granulated sugar. strain and add teaspoonfu
parsley Have blended smoothly tablespoonful Of
butter and -four which gradually seasoned to-
mato Juice, stirring until the is smooth
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Novel Broom Holder.

The life of broom, like that of al
most everything else, depends on the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14
Silage Fed Reef Cattle

indiana is becoming famous for It's
beef cattle fed in part at least on
corn silage. The Purdue monthly
calling attention to such feeding says:
Commission men, who handle beef
cattle in the markets. often yalue
Stage fed steers thirty-five cents Der
hundred pounds higher than steers
which receive no siIage. Here is one
Of the chief reasons for using silape
in ration for feeding steers. Silage
can be put up and fed as cheaply as
clover hay and the steers receiving
silage make better use of the corn
they eat.
The steers fed here at Purdue on
corn silage made cheaper and
rapid gains. gained a higher field
and we're valued higher at the al
Hogs fed after silage fed steerd pee
equally as well as those after hal Of Of
steers. The amount of grain n o (,
sumed By hay fed steers was gr@Rel
tnan with fiIage fed steers. The 1 d.
ure from zilage fed steers is Der
from weed seed unless they are Il ~.
~ the bedding material. In fe gar
clover hay the weeds have a. 20
way Of spreading The same al Of
"a silage can Be stored In less branc
qua \. saves hauling hay or fo ln ne
NA1 Weather. in
1e results obtained last y. ners.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-01-14

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