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New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

do as he might bite and scratch. But,
needless of warnings I filed a little tub
with warm water and put the cat in. He
didn't enjoy it much at first, but after
he found out that l didn't intend TO hurt
him. he ouieted down and was quite good.
When he was all washed and dried ana
had a pretty ribbon tied around his neck
he acted very proud After that Satur-
day bath was a regular performance.
At this time / had regular mania Tor
befriending animals. In q short tlfile i hao
nefriended SIX cats. Mother didn't seen! 10
object so long as they weren't a bother' so
kept It up. Every poor, scraWny wan
derer found comfortable bed in the oarn'
and the tanner ones had their SatufoaS
baths. When I first began they seemed TO
think these baths very inhospitaoie anu
doubtless thought they really must il~'e
nine lives, or more, as they always CAME
out alive after a great deal or scfup0'is
Indeed, they often came out 700 i'ue4l
alive. as they jumped out too soon anu Kan
OFF as fast as they could ugo to some secret
hiding place.
Twelve cats and as many kittens made
their abode In the barn within lew
nonthsi OF course, / thought t4eii "i'
beauties and fit to win first prize i'll d cat
show; but have since had douotS "hetiei
mothers thoughts were the same we
moved out of the house very soon dlte'
ward I begged mother TO let me keep TIC
cats, every one, butch, she "ouloh 0soa l
hear of taking one, not even the 'Niie
kitten, OF course, I thought that PEI
feet outrage, and nothing could ouie' n,s
lamentations but the news that co"1o
have a puppy when we were settled III ooi
new home. Hoping that this VIII
YOU I remain, sincerely.
VIRGINIA A. TALLMADGE (aged IA
No o. Walnut street Newark, n. j
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

ile Nss the most cultured elephant ever
.,new-and I have known many cultured
e-cDlsarts I have known elephants which
.qaulJ carry pagodas and elephants which
-ould successfully rice on see-saws ana
-,snilanis which could ring breakfast bells
8 useful as well as an entertaining ao-
-o,lplishrnent-bu not one OF them eQualled
Timothy Peters-for that was the name or
.he elephant YOU see in the picture
Timothy could not only ring the breakfast
-eil-he could even set the table and make
he breakfast. and he cid this every morn
.ng with so much grace, skill and fidelity
hat his wife finally said 20 him over the
-ggs sno bacon one day:
Timothy, my dear. I really think you
sIslt 70 have a rest ] do. indeed. /
should Ike you 20 so for little tip to
he land outside our jungle and see some
hing OF the world
vou know there are places n The jungle
.rh:cl the hunters never reach, and # IS
n these places that the most intelligent
animals live You see the places are so
~srao-e that the animals never need TO
Speud their tine planning how they can
-et away from the hunters, and consequent
= they have plenty of time to improve their
mind and study mathematics and cooking.
T. was il Just such community that
timothy lived. SO naturally he knew very
..-5ls Of The world beyond
BE-. ny dear" he protested. when he
heard lis wife's plan. -'wllo would cook
vo-T breakfast for YoU?'
There Is a new patent breakfast food"
Saf5 his wife. called -a-bale-o'- hay
which does not need 10 be cooked at all
and which viii suit me nicely ] can get
along very comfortably by myself and IL
VIII interest me 10 hear the account cf your
adventures when You return
-. jUst Jo please his wife. Timothy
aSreed 70 80, and just 10 please her he got
so-1e gay new clothes and a hat and a
cane. and when she insisted that he must
axe trunk with him he fastened a trunk
strap around his own trunk and held ii as
gracefully as he couid-and he succeeded
cry well. as you can see in the picture
50. the first thing he knew. Timothy was
leaving his native village and started out
u the direction OF the big wide world At
-.rsc he deciGed 10 travel at night only
and hide during the day. for he had shy
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
HONOR LIST.

l, Janet Ackerman; 2. Mabel Andrews; J.
Antoinette Black; 4. Dorothy BreinEan: 5.
Harold Bush: s, Miriam E Bush; :. Helen
o. Calhoun; g. Helen Coddington; g. VOL
colt B. Crane; 10, Margaret Davis; II. Dora
Delhi: Il. Mildred l. Elsmann; 13, Miriam
Everts: IA. Katharine GOodridge; 1o, Ruth
z. Gray: Is, Merrill Greene; IL, Hide
garde Grisch: IS. Gladys Guibert: 49, lisa
bel Hamill; 70, Hennie Heinz; q, SaIah
Humphreys; %, Edwin Kelley: ., Frederick
B. Laidlaw; "A, Sara Lebris; Is, jennie
Lowenhaupt: 26. Howard Markell q, F.
Mauch; g. Helen Mauch; %. MiIiic K.
Mayer; so. Helen Merriam; 81. Estrfd Nil
Ter; 81. Harold Moneypenny; 3S, Elizabeth
Newton: "a, Charles Parker; 35. Margaret
Phelan; So, Karl Pratt; 81, William NJ
Pretty; 3s. Thekla Ranscht; 90, Dorothy
Rogers; TO- Dorothy Schooley: Al, Helen
Schwartz: A. Katharine Spencer: ~, Gladys
NJ. Sullivan; "A, Caroline B. Thompson: 40.
Alice A. Walters; Is, Marion White; a.
Florence E Winder: 4S. Edwin Windham;
ZjIe
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

Grace = becoming = tcst az 1rrHohs
~cnen ss we 20 hIry1ng about t1eSe
5zys Il pvrsr1tt Of business, pleasure O.
d.verslo-. The -2ote-n g5rI affects man
alsh -nznre-. which. combined with her
9Rz Nervous ternperarnen,. produces 1aC
@rcTu pleasing 9es2lt~ y Il possible ILAz0o
~oa-er ~ .1rger wash 20 oe graceful OF
sre they SEQ sn6olenr 20 9cliow the simple
7gocsss c. acquiring grace?
The VOC ~sTaoe" suggests motion. Tor
which Tie human BODY Is peculiarly
adapted, 3 being less 1atiguing TO move
tt-a2 to stand still AS these muscles of
tooorocon are under ones control, any
Vcraa- nay he graceful WHO will train
tlIet-- Al movement is the result OF habit,
~no oy conscious practice the habit Of
grace will be formed
lie elements os grace are poise. free-
'ofn- hgataess and rhythm. Foise requires
wy part c. the booy 70 be IN right
el@Ion 70 every other parr and IS at
1sl-aeo d carrying the chest forward and
ID siio tle weight on the paJls of the feet.
me hean and shoulders viii then adjust
-AelISeiVeS correctly. Il goes without sav-
-o woman can move gracefully
e1 Cnezt ls RELAXED, her shoulders
~se Dent sao the weight is on be- b.-e,a
The second requirement. fo, - g..
dom Of movements vo-n.,, -. g.
achieve Il SIZE VIII train her .li,,t. -,
fobay unt4 their action is under ,.,ta,,
courrol. The shoulder joint i. w., G.
bic and should never De held oo.--1,-,,~,-.
SS tension there makes the vho,, -
s-f, and usually the arms are 81. -
sTkTsrd par Of the carriage ~ -.
eveTage woman. Our arm noveroe.,,s =,
afss daily duties are chiefly ar,,,,.,'.
hence shoulders, elbows, wrists sns h.,za
he~o relaxing exercises, followed by rb,-+,,-
riczl movements. that they NAV =.
Trained 20 move in harmony with the r.~.
" the BODY.
he hip s the strongest joint and n.yer
lows wsary- II can be trained 10 fex5hi,-
- oy bending Slowly in different directions
'i'ie sitting and by long swings of the
While standing with the weight Oh one
io0I The hips should do much Of the
"eAoiAg which has caused z strain On the
os1<- TIE latter Icing left free st all
LINES ~
he knee l. TIE weakest )oint ia ;gonor-
~ !" Us work Ia the human BODY, hav-
oxays to at strongly .n rising sns
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

we ever hrd grace in q woman who is
always in z hurry. Hurry as the Arab
proverb truly says. is the devil"
The woman who has learned 70 control
her muscles until she has become graceful
has gained IN other forms Of self-control
and become g woman OF more value TO the
home and community Her voice and
speech will reflect the training, and she
will have developed graciouSness of
manner which is one Of the greatest
charms of wornanhood- Finally the Wom-
an who has acquired grace IN middle life
by conscious practice is an example TO her
friends Instead Of making her self-con-
scious the training viii make her forget
herself in the renewed youthfulness Of u
well trained body which has formed the
habit OF correct movement.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

nzclre enc did not make friends easily.
L this way he got into q very civilized
portion cf the world before anybody dis
oc7e-ed MIN Only few little boys saw
hin Oh the way, and nobody paid any at
ts,tton 70 their foolish tales about wander
ng elephants IN fashionable dress.
~ lzgr one day he carne 10 town in the
se-Iy morning, and IS he cid not ike 10
-ez1z z sensation he rested in the wood5
roE of the CAY Nothing happened until
sbo-- O'Clock, when he was very much
zrpr.se5 tc ses {, Little girl standing before
tt-
~E-goo5 afternoon" he said, little
@.oiy
cor z~pe-oon,' said the little girl. ev1-
s.rtlv rsoS ~ III afraid TN glad you've
oozne 70 Etvs-port Are you going 70 stay
t.gr
Only today. I'm afraid" said T1nacthy.
IN t-y1ng to make my way 20 the CITY
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

POET PUzZLE.-The poets were Long
fellow, Burns and Shakespeare. The neat
est and best three answers came from
Mildred Shivers, nine years old, OF No
l35 Seventh avenue Brooklyn, who wishes
an interesting book; Clara Lehman, eleven
years old, of No "a Dayton avenue, Pas
sale, n. J., VINO wishes a sterling silver
Tribune badge, and Albert Vassallo. thir-
teen years old, of No. 1872 Chrystie street,
New York City, VINO wishes an interesting
book.
The neatest and best two solutions
came from Dorothy Ellis, thirteen years
old, Camp Runion, North Belgrade, Ne,
badge and Jennie NJ Sinclair, thirteen
years old, of No. 1913 Wickham avenue,
Edenwald Bronx, y. Y, who wishes an
interesting book
Our Letter Box.-For prize winners, see
letters on this page.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

Contest No I Puzzle).-choics Of a ster-
ling silver Tribune badge, an interesting
book or q box OF water color paints for
the neatest and best three answers.
Contest No. (Thinss to Think About
You may solve any two Of the four puzzles
that you like, and for the neatest and best
two answers we offer the choice OF d box OF
water color paints, an interesting book or
sterling silver Tribune badge for the neat
est and best two solutions.
Contest No. . (Our Letter Boxl--A prize
of s. is given for every letter printed under
this heading. The letter may contain Incl
dents in your life anecdotes of pets, novel
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
ThE STYLE OF 1850.

A fall bride has planned her brides.
maids gowns after fashion plate OF 1850
The foundation OF the frocks will be OF
silk and the overdress OF fine white tarle-
tan. made with three skirts. tine top one
looped UP by tiny punches OF pink moss
rosebuds, while q wreath OF the same tiny
flowers viii be worn IN the hair. Largs
snug bouquets OF tho roseouds. edged with
the oldtime lace paper frll. will complete
these quaint costumes
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
Our Letter Box

Newh1Irg, in honor of Lafayette At The time
OF his visit in 1S2I It said:
MAY the standard of glory and honor
ever wave sacred to the name of the brave
and illustrious General Lafayette, who
fought for out country and our countrys
rights
Also, there were state cantcens used in
the War of 1912, a gun surrendered by the
Spaniards at San Juan dc Santiago, Cuba.
in 1870: monument TO Mad" Anthony
Wayne erected at Valley Forge. General
John c. Fremonts saddle and an Indian
saddle.
We left NewhurS on tho Robert Fulton
j little after = o'clock and reached New
York . little after o'clock We al on
joyed the trip aud were none the worse
for It, except for several days afterward
we all had sunburned noses. Hoping that
You viii lind my letter Interesting, 7 am,
sincerely,
VIRGINIA A. TALLMADCE (sged ~.
No s. " alutjt street Newark. \ !.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
a Cal ASYLUM.

Dear Little Men and Little Women. Per
haps YOU would like TO hear about the pet
cats I had when I was seven years old.
We lived in Los Angeles at the time, and
had large garden with q barn, which
served a. a house fer them
To begin with. I had Z lovely white
Angora cat, which had evidently been left
by the last family who lived in the house
He was very old and very dirty, so the
first thing I did was to give him q bath.
That sounds like very foolish thing TO
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
ITALIAN STEW.

An Italian stew is delicious as we'll aA
an economical dish when properly pre-
pared. Simmer pound OF round steak
with pint OF sliced tomatoes. chopped
carrot and an onion for about four hours
Have a platter ready on which rests . bed
OF stewed and seasoned macAroni Rapr
the stew oYer II and ss<YA
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

The following paragraph IN a London
magazine recalls the old man up the Hud-
son who slept twenty years and fell be-
hind the times:
1t almost takes away our breath 10 hear
Of women who have distinguished them
selves in erudite departments OF sciencs.
In truth. il Is difficult 70 reconcile our
selves TO the fact that there are women
who take sufficient interest in science 20
study seriously subject such bacterf-
ology in a laboratory
IL would be generous TO invite this writer
who is a man. TO take little trip through
some American girls colleges. then through
some Of the laboratories OF the state boards
Of health. where many a college girl OF to-
day fnds position both pleasant and prof
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

Much Improvement has been made in The
sanitary condition OF dairies and bakeries.
but little attention has been given 10 the
handling OF dry foods such az bread after
il leaves the oven. cheese and fruit. The
housewife OF the future. II there Is any
such person in the future. viii view with
horror our present carelessness in these
matters. Delicate, thin-skinned fruits like
berries are allowed 10 appear on the table
after they have been exposed all day long
IN front OF a fruit stand or grocery store,
where winds can blow the filthy dust from
the streets over them. Strawberries and
other fruits that cannot bear severe cleans
ing or sterilizng should be covered with
canvas or protected in some other way from
dust and promiscuous handling. Bread. un-
lsk, sold directly from the oven. should be
cSered with paper wrapping. II house
keepers would insist on paper envelopes for
their loaves bakers would soon find il 10
their advantage not to sell bread under
other conditions. When wrappings are not
used the loaves should be handled with a
large, two-peongod fork that does not break
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
Gathered Here and There

or prick the loaf but ulersjy srssps It SoEs
bakers are now using such forks Cheexe
should always be handled with fors afrsr
cutting Clerks in stores where eaiables
are sold should be cautioned By the mar
ager to handle all foods as little s5 possible.
especially those OF the unusshable sorts
\ London paper can sse no reason why
jockeys should always be boys, and thinks
that girls might find a new outlet for their
energies on the racecourse- They have rar
better heads than boys. according 20 trss
authority: they think more and are more
observant- They would be able 10 give q
trainer more helpful accounts OF how a
horse has gone in a trial or in race. and
they would ride a lighter weight. Gener-
ally speaking. they would be gifted with
so much better heads that strength wouI5
not be so much required
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

The ieune file Of the French novels ap
pears 10 be in danger of becoming back
number. AT any rate there has appeared
in France a class of young women of an
entirely different type. which is sufficient
iy numerous 70 attract the attention of
pIaywrights and novelists in search of a
taking theme They are said 10 have been
educated on the American plan, but the
conventionalitieS of their country have
prevented the development of any Ameri
can charm. They are entirely occupied.
their critics say, with the business of
catching rich husbands, and while they
are intellectual they have failed 20 acquire
any intelligence
Beauty would De much CommoleT tnan
it is If more women studied the colors
that are becoming To them, says French
dressmaker, who declares that while she
may know and advise the touch that Will
give the best effect her self-Willed patrons
Will demand some other hue because Nine
So-aud-So to whom il happens to be be-
coming. wears il and looks we'll in it
About half the women in the world,
cordinS TO this authority, do not realize
how much better they would look If they
would brighten I'D their frocks. and the
other half do not know that they should
tone theirs down The happy woman who
knows how to dress in harmony with her
coloring il met only occasionally, but Is
ever the most attractive person in any
assembly where she is. ana the others all
desire 10 copy her. putting their own indi-
yidualitv aside and sacrificing their own
style
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
Things TO Think Abozf

2. He that the animal vas -
NUMERICAL ENIGMA
I am composed Of thirteen letters saA
name yellow wild flower growing IN
nlarshy places.
Ny IA@s is planet
Ny i0-u-i2-i3 Is a precious metal
My 57-6 is kind OF meat
Ny s-9l Is the margin
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
CHARADE-
F1ve-Iive or give would also os correoA
HIDDEN FISH.
Perch. trout, pfckerel, eel
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

CONCEALED WORD SQUARE
One word is concealed In each sentence.
]. The grain is Springfng from the ground
>. The table Is round.
.. The mills are running.
4. He is in earnest.
DIAMOND.
/. A consonant III little
=. Belonging to him
s. Not heavy.
i. BaSnfUl.
5- \ consonant in little"
WORD PUZZLE
Words pronounced alike but spelled Jif
feTently are used 20 fill the blanks.
/. 1t is - that you should perform the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

If every one in the country knew
all the languages that John d. Prince,
professor Of languages at Columbia
university, New York, knows there
would be no call for universal
tongue. Instead. We could 20 right
ahead talking to every stranger We
happened to meet in whatever Ian
guage the latter chose to talk to us.
When he isn't busy teaching the
young men at Columbia Professor
Prince finds time to take an active in
terest in politics in Paterson. n. j.,
whore he lives and for some years
he has been state senator in the New
Jersey Legislature from his district
Professor Prince admits that his mar
velous knowledge of languages has
more than once won him the vote of
some newly made citizen who hadn't
as yet acquired English As the crown
ing performance Of his use of Ian
guages. he recently made a political
speech in which be employed II diff
ferent languages.
If one asks Professor Prince how
many languages he knows he modest
ly disclaims complete knowledge Of
any, even the English. A little closer
questioning, however, disclGses the
fact that he can make himself under
stood in practically every distinct Ian
guage that is used on the face of the
globe, and few minutes study of any
of the hundreds of dialects that are
spoken in various corners of the earth
will enable him to decipher much of
what is written in IT,
Il doubt very much" said Professor
Prince, whether any one man actual
ly knows even the English language
For example, | doubt If | understand
the English language as 1t is now used
in the science of aeronautics. Just so
others who may be thoroughly famil-
lar with the English language, as they
suppose. do not know one-half the
terms employed in the automobile in,
dustry. for each bolt and nut in mo
tor car has a distinct name.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15
BABY'S SCALP CRUSTED

"Our little daughter, when three
months old, began Ia break out on the
head and We had the best doctors to
treat her, but they did not DO her any
good. They said she had eczema. Her
scalp was a solid scale all over. The
burning and itching was so severe that
she could not rest, day or night. We
had about given up al! hopes when we
read of the Cuticura Remedies. We az
once got a cake Of Cuticura Soap, q
box Of Cuticura Ointment and one bod
tie Of CutiCura Resolvent, and fol-
lowed directions carefully. After the
first dose of the CutiCura Resolvent,
We used the Cuticura Soap freely and
applied the Cuticura Ointment Then
she began to improve rapidly and in
two weeks the scale came off her
head and new hair began to grow. In
very short time she was we'll She Is
now sixteen years of age and a pic
ture of health. We used the Cuti-
cura Remedies about five weeks, reg
ularly. and then we could not tell she
had been affected by the disease We
used no other treatment after we
found out what the Cuticura Remedies
would do for her Fish and Ella NJ.
Fish. Mt. Vernon, KY, Oct u, 1909"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15
LETTER TOURS THE WORLD

A letter mailed seven months &C
to Los Angeles, Cal, after wandering
all over tie world, has come back to
its sender in Philadelphia, covered
with the pOstmarks of the Offices
where it had been received. On April
II F. S Johnson mailed the letter
from Ellingham. H. He then went to
Philadelphia The letter was not de
liyered y the Los Angeles postal
authorities, because the man 10
whom it was addressed had moved.
He had gone to Seoul. Korea, but be
fore being sent there the letter wa
returned to Illinois and then for
warded through San Francisco TO the
Orient. Not finding its owner in
Seoul, the letter continued on through
French Cochin China and then it
was sent on to the dead letter Office
in Washington by way of England. as
being undelivered The sender had
his address on the letter and it was
returned to him in the mail. The let.
ter bears nearly twenty pOstmarks
Of different countries, together with
several stamps in foreign languages
one Of which reads, "Inconnu," the
French for unknown" The letter
took just seven months and six days
to complete its peregrinations around
the world before landing in the dead
letter Office Mr.. Johnson highly
treasures the much-traveled missiye
as a souvenir.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15
Some Ono Must Do II

J. PierpOnt Morgan, at one Of the
sumptuous dinners that he gave in
Cincinnati during the recent church
congress. praised the power of adyer-
Using
Mr.. Morgan's eulogy concluded with
an epigram quite good and quite true
enough to be pasted in every business
mans hat
If a dealer" he said, does not ad-
vertise his wares it is ten to one that
the sheriff will do it for him"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

There really is, so far as l know,
only one language that is absolutely
Impossible for a white man to master,
and that is the original language Of
the North American Indian. Those
who think they are talking Indian Ian
guages are, as a matter of fact talk
ing Chinook or something similar"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

A man whose automobile broke
down thu other day offered $1,000 fer
q new and vigorous profane oath. A
man who wants to swear and doesn't
know how may not be good. but sim
ply lacking in imagination.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

American returning tourists will
now not only have to pay the duty on
what is in their trunks, but also on
the trunks themselves. And about the
only way of smuggling left now Is to
bring trunk and contents over in an
airship
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

The Connecticut tobacco crop and
the New Jersey cranberry crop are big,
ger this year than they have been for
a long, long time. Unfortunately few
Of US can live on cranberries and Con.
necticut tobacco.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

Chicago university professors have
quit making sensational statements.
One of EN- tells US as bit OF news
that Woman has ruled man for cen
turtles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

When a man rents fat all he can
do about the place is to sit around and
look out OF the window. But when
he occupies a humble cottage he has
many things to keep his mind of his
other troubles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15
He Never Shaved Aoain.

Marmaduke-What do you suppose
that wretched barber said when ne
shaved me?
BERTHE don't know
Marmaduke-He said it reminded
Kim of a game he used to play when
a boy called Hunt the Hare"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-12-15

In one respect the colleges are not
up to date. They issue no life and
accident insurance policies to the
young men who go out on the football
field to battle for alma mater