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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-14
GIRLS ''MIDDY" SUIT.
HERALD PATTERN NO. 3246
An Seams Allowed.

Very taunty and becoming are the new
style MILDLY suits for little girls, the
model pictured being one of the most
effective OF such designs. 1t consists
OF a blouse with sweater fold, and a
one-piece side-plaited skirt Joined to an
underwaist which buttons at the back
and Is sleeveless. AS pictured the suit
has a blouse made Of blue serge with a
fold and skirt of blue and scarlet plaid
serge. AS will be seen, the design can
be most effectively developed of COM
bination OF contrasting materials, al
though II may be made of one through
out If desired Flannel. cheviot, linen,
crash, duck. Bedford cord or gtngham
are all suitable materials for its con-
struction. The pattern Is In 4 sizes, to
II years For a girl OF years the suit
requires as illustrated 2% yards Of plaid
material and 1% yards OF plain ma
terial both SO inches wide, or Of one
material throughout Al yards IS inches
wide.
Price of pattern. 10 cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
A. DRY WEATHER DRINK.
An Unusual Way for Birds to, Satisfy
Their Thirst.

One evening last summer got out;
the hose to- give the thirsty garden a.
drink and. as, it turned out the birds,
as we'll. 1t was after very warm day,
one of the many we had during the long;
drought, The ground was like powder,
and vegetation, dropping, and shriveledi
from the heat and lack OF rain, was
plainly in distress.
After wetting down the tomato plants,
the hose was, turned on another part of
the garden. Up to this time l had not
noticed a bird about, in fact had not
given them thought; but now, on turn
ing my attention again to the tomatoes,
I saw several sparrowsi hopping aroundi
among the dripping plants. At first l
could not understand why these birds
had gathered around where / was at
work, but uQon looking. more closely the
mystery was soon solved They were
after a drink. and knew how to take
advantage of the opportunity to- get it,.
Of course. the water that fell on the
ground soaked in almost Immediately and
disappeared but that on the leaves would
collect in big drops on all the points,
where it would hang, and here was
where the birds were getting their drink
It was amusing to see the thirsty little
creatures hopping and fitting, about
among the wet plants, pecking at the.
great drops, looking for all the world
as if they were feeding on some sort
of crystal berries. Thinking TO help
them. I turned the hose their. way again;
but this seemed to be too much of q good
thing, and they quickly fitted out Of
reach, only to be back as soon as the
hose was turned away. How these birds;
knew what was going on 1 cannot say,
but probably they were in the nearby
trees, and, when they saw WAFER. coming.
concluded it was for them as we'll as
the plants. The little fellows certainly
knew how to get it even though it was a
somewhat unusual way of drinking.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
ART OF EATING AN APPLE.
If lis at It's Best if Munched When
Sitting on n Fence.

1t is at It's Best if Munched When
Sitting ON a Fence.
The apple is so engaginglY vaga
bondish a fruit. 1t is the black sheer
of the fruit family, the tramp anc
roadster, just as the berries are the
gamins and beggars. To eat an apple
at table is to treat it with all disre.
gard of it's charm and character, the
New York Sum says; to approach il
with knife and plate is to take the
hopelessly wrong road to it's gooo
graces. 1t should be munched out OF
doors, preferably with others in ones
pockets. An apple is at it's best i
eaten while sitting ON fence. II
then admits you to it's sweetest juices
and so attuned is 1T to the posture, sc
grateful for your understanding of its
proper environment and for the spirit
of your attack, that any apple, even {
lamentably gnarled one, contrives at
such time to be not wholly unworthy
of your attention.
An apple always incftes to theft, Sc
duc1ng the most carping moralist, anc
vet making theft seem right, seem the
only sane act, in the very moment Of
your downfall. Apples love wanderers
approve of homeless people and fol
lowers of the highway. They encour
age them by growing near the roaC
and doing their best to sustain anC
nourish Even in a city apples hole
their own and exert their influence
They make opera goers stop at fruit
stands and in the flare of a gas je
drop carefully chosen apples into {
vulgar and undisguised paper bag
With it's pleasant bulge against ones
side ones habits change, sinking to {
distinctly informal plane. Apples are
above all an informal fruit and the,
argue that opera clothes have M
weight against the enticing of rowdy
ish diversion of a ride on the top of +;
motor bus, air and apples being stuff
cient pleasure to justify the fall O.
any man They argue SO we'll, backed
by their wholesome, lawless tastes
that one must needs agree, and pro
viding the apple sets the tone the,
make any lark a success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

unhelped, to walk all the way through
gloom and shadow.
Many people yield to discourage
ment, and Encouragement hurts theil
lives. Encouragement is sort o.
mental and spiritual malaria. 1t poi
sons the blood. Much of certain forms
of sickness is only Encouragement
darkening the sky. putting out the
stars, quenching all joy and hope II
was encouragement which KEPT
Thomas away from the meeting thai
night, and the mistake almost wreck
ed everything for him If Jesus hac
not been so patient with him, giving
him a second chance, week later
Thomas would never have got bach
into the apostolic family. But If NE
had been present at the meeting, he
would have seen Jesus when the
others did, and his Encouragement
would have changed both faith and
joy.
Let us miss no opportunity to DE
where Christ may be, to stand where
He may pass by, to go where He may
come. The mistake Of Thomas was
that in his gloom and encouragement
he was not with the apostles that
continually miss our opportunities OF
seeing the Lord and of having his
doubts and griefs swept away by the
light of faith and love. Many of us
continually miss our opportunities OF
gla6ness and beauty. We nurse oui
sorrows and turn not our faces to-
ward the comfort of God. We stay
in our little dark rooms with the shut
tiers closed, and go not out into the
blessed sunlight. We live in the mists
and fogs of the valley when we might
be dwelling on the mountain tops
We neglect our opportunities of re
ceiving divine revealings, and Their
say we cannot believe. Let us open
our hearts to the beauty and grace Of
Christ, however it may come to us
Then we shall have no more doubts
and fears, but shall find all the beauty
and the joy of Christ.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
Hints About the House.


Gritty soaps must never be used
for washing paints.
In wiping the kitchen range use a
small bag or a glove.
Paper bags which accumulate so fast
may be put to good use in the kitchen
Rub mirrors with methylated spirits
and polish with touch of blue pow
der.
One tablespoon of ammonia to a
quart of water will clean gold or sill
yer jewelry.
Rolls may be rewarmed and made
crisp and good if placed in a paper
bag in hot oven.
The fiat taste of boiled water may
be removed by pouring from one pitch
er to another in the open air.
Meats and fish which spatter in cook
ing may be scared first and then placed
in the oven to finish cooking.
When boiled custard is slightly over
cooked it may be brought back to the
right consistency If it be thoroughly
beaten with an egg beaten.
A baking powder box with small
hole in the bottom makes sharp, quick
chopper for use when warming ovel
potatoes or vegetables
The soiled lace yoke of a dress need
not generally be removed to be cleaned
A plan which usually restores its pris
tine freshness is to rub powdered
starch into the lace, let it lie some
hours and then brush it out The
starch absorbs both grease and dust
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
THE MISTAKE OF THOMAS.

By Rev. J. r. Miller, D. D.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, call
ed Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus canie.-John Xxx: "a
Thomas was not with the apostles
when Jesus came to them on the
evening of the resurrection. BY his
absence he missed seeing Jesus. The
others went out with hearts full of
JOY. We have no record of what hap
pened that week, but we are sure they
were wondrously glad But think of
Thomas all the week. He had missed
seeing the risen Jesus. His sorrow
was uncontrolled
There is story of a colored man
in the south who walked several
miles to his church, and never failed
to attend. One week he was noticed
by white man, trudging every even
ing through slush and rain why
do you go so far to church these
stormy nights?" the neighbor asked.
Il should think you would stay at
home when the weather is so bad
The old man took off his hat in the
cola rain, anC said With deep r9Ver-
ence: You see, we are praying in our
church for a blessing, and would not
dare stay away, even for one night,
for that might be the night the bless
ing would come, and if were not
there I should miss it,
Thomas was not with them when
Jesus came, and he missed the bless
ing. We do not know what divine
message may come to the worship
ers in our church any Sunday. You
may be in sorrow. The word that day
may be a message of comfort. Those
who hear it thank God and go away
with a song; but you, sitting in your
home, nursing your grief, miss the
message and go into another week
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
A Hard Lot.

Nicaragua has been distinguished
even among Central American repub
lies by the number of it's revolutions
Discovered by Columbus, it takes it,
name from the chief who ruled it al
the time of its exploration by Doirla
in 1922. Of it's earliest rulers it has
been said that ''the first had been q
murderer, the second murderer and
rebel, the third murdered the second
the fourth was forger and the fifth
murderer and rebel" Nicaragua
abounds in prehistoric remains, and
in some parts, it is said, the inhabit
ants still supply themselves with pot
terry from the vast quantities preserved
below the surface
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

crease the happiness of the songster,
provided the hints are needed:
Place the cage so that no draft OF
air can strike the bird. Give nothing
to healthy birds but rape and canary
seed. water, cuttlefiSh bone and gray
ell paper or sand on the floor of the
cage; no hempseed; bath three times
a week. The room should not be over
heated-never above 70 degrees.
When moulting shedding feathers)
keep warm, avoid all drafts of air.
Give plenty of German rape seed. A
little hard boiled egg mixed with
crackers grated fine is excellent.
Feed regularly at certain hour in
the morning. By observing these sim.
pie rules birds may be kept in fine
condition for years.
For birds that are sick or have lost
their song procure bird tonic at bird
store Very many keep birds who
mean to give their pet all things to
make them bright and happy and at
the same time are guilty of great cru.
city in regard to perches. The perches
in a cage should be each one of a diff.
ferent size and the smallest as large
as pipestem.
If perches are of the right sort nc
trouble is ever had about the bird :
toe nails growing too long, and, of all
things, keep the perches clean-Ex'
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

Plnkham'S Vegetable Compound made
me well woman and I have no more
backache. I hope I can help others by
telling them what Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me" -MRs. EMMA MISE, S3S First ST.
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one Of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubt that
Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

The minister's wife has many demands
Awaiting her busy but tired hands.
Who must rear up the perfect child,
Never by gossipers be beguiled,
Make fancy lace objects for the bazaar,
Wear lace on herself that is palmer
by far,
Fill in at the organ, help out the choir
Work for the church when all others
tire?
You've guessed the reply-perhaps you
knew it:
ooh, well, the minister's wife should
do it,"
The minister's wife can look ahead
To winning a crown and wings when
dead;
While we admitting her chance of re-
ward,
Manage to make her way to it hard
The more that she does of our duty for
And plods through life without any
But when the heavens in judgments
burst,
And God calls the meek to rise up
first,
Long habit will make us answer TO IT;
ooh, well, the minister's wife should
do it,"
Cincinnati Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
|klnk,. Science
IN SJHss9a. Ap
5 se4lflVentiOn

1t is well understood among naval
men that the speed of a vessel is al
fected by the depth Of the water, no1
merely in shoai places, but even in
the deeper waterways.
Seattle is reducing its steep hills.
When the work planned is completed
s4,000,0 900 cubic yards Of material will
have been removed. Hydraulic sluic-
ing is the method employed.
1t is said that Prof Karl Harries
of the University of Kiel has produced
a synthetic rubber. Attempts such as
this have been made time and again,
but with no commercial success.
Prof. A. Woeikof, after an exami-
nation of the geographical and eco
nomic conditions of the problem, an
nounces his conclusion that in the
future meat will become too expensive
for ordinary food, and that man must
eventually derive practically all his
sustenance from the vegetable king
dom. But he believes that there will
De no lack of food on that account,
because the application of scientific
methods appears to be capable of in
Creasing the productiveness of the
agricultural lands of the globe to an
almost unlimited extent. He thinks
the successful substitution of any man
ufactured product for vegetable food is
extremely improbable, because plant
life is capable of utilizing solar energy
much more economically than any ma
chine.
The possibility of employing signals
sent by wireless telegraphy to correct
the time of chronometers and clocks
has long presented itself to many
transatlantic steamships in mid-Ocean,
minds, and not long ago a practical
test was made between two great
transatlantic steamships in mid-ocean,
which thus exchanged their chronom-
eter times. One was found few Sec
onds in error. Messrs. Claude and
Frere have just reported to the Paris
Academy of Sciences the results of
their experiments with wireless time
signals between Paris and Montsouris,
showing that the method is capable
of furnishing comparisons within a
limit of error of less than one one
hundredth Of a second. The expert
ments are to be continued between
Paris and Brest, by means of the great
installation of the Eiffel Tower
We are apt to think that it is only
in recent years that scientific discov-
cry has become so accelerated that its
their breath But Prof. T. E. Thorpe
reminds us that seldom in the history
of science has any discovery. so mo-
mentous in it's results, been perfected
and announced so quickly as Sir Hum
phry Davy's discovery of the metals
potassium and sodium by the action
OF electricity upon solutions of potash
and soda. On October 10, 1907, he got
his first results; on November 10Th he
astonished the Royal Society with a
mastery account of their completion
When he saw the new metals appear
I'm shining globules, and then take fire
he danced about the floor in ecstasy
But recovering his self-command
within one month he had obtained
most Of the leading facts known to
day about the physics and chemistry
of the alkaline metals. What a pleas
ure for Davy, and what an advantage
for science, if he could be alive now!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
CHRIST, THE SEEKER.
By Rev. w. Robertson Nicol, D. D.

By Rev. w. Robertson Nicol, D. D.,
IL. D.
For the Son of Man is come to seeb
and save that which was lost.-Luke
10, 10.
Christ is seeking as He sought ir
the day Of His flesh, pursuing the
wanderer with unwearied love, with
prayers, with tears, with entreaty
through the long reach that comes tc
an end only when He finds. He IL
seeking and He cannot cease. He is
seeking as the shepherd seeks for his
lost sheep, with eyes like the eyes o.
eagles, and the ears attent to catch
the faintest sound. He goes on seek
ing years and years and years, that
He may find at last. Many a time il
is in strange places that He comes
upon His own.
Not the most eloquent preacher
not the profoundest scholar or think
er, not the conspicuous leader of men
but the humble, patient, resolute, pray
erful seeker OF souls, the best minis
ter is the best seeker
Most of us learn very soon the tides
and countertides of temptation and
impulse that retard our work. We
are quickly made aware how little ouI
hold is upon others, or how little we
can accomplish by mere power and
charm, Of the obscurity to which we
are relegated, of the stubborn resist
ance of those we are fain to win. In
the gloom of such discoveries the
temptation is to become listless, dark
and dead. But we may be good seek
ers for all that. II we are we shall
refuse to be discouraged and rebuffed
and put aside, and baked of our
aim. We are to go on seeking with
love as tndefatigable as the Saviour's
own. We are to go on seeking with
an unconquerable patience and hope
and if we go on seeking long enough
we shall find souls, and all the pain OF
the seeking will be forgotten in the
amaZement and joy of the finding
For there never yet was a good seek
er who did not find. Those who say
and who feel, "Give me souls or l die, !"
must have souls for their hire. There
are endless disappointments, no doubt
There are aspects of the Christian life
and of the Christian ministry which
are dark enough. We have received
his ministry and we have received
this mercy, and the result of is all is
only that we faint not. The greatest
gifts bestowed by God and man take
us no further than that We take to
ourselves the whole armor of God, not
to crush our enemies in a completed
triumph, but simply to withstand in
the evil day, and having done all, to
stand, that is, merely to hold our own
Or, to put 1t in another way, we have
done our part in this poor life if al
the end we are still seeking souls, II
we have sought them in spite of in.
trinity, for we shall know at the end
what Christ has known all through,
that to FIND soul is to find a pearl
of great price. To find soul is to
find more than we sought.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
A DISCIPLES PRAYER.
BY John Ernest BOde.

1.-THE Rev. John Ernest Bode was rec
tor of the church Of England, born in 1916
and dying in 1874 His life was spent II
his parish duties and in writing several
volumes both of prose and of poetry. This
hymn first appeared as one or his poems
The relative popularity of the hymn IN
England as compared with the United
States is indicative of a fact often over
looked, that the place of hymn depends
much on the tune with which 1t is asso-
ciated. In the former country 1T is always
sung to the beautiful setting by j. w
Elliott, while in the latter no particular
tune has been commonly assigned to 1T.
o Jesus, I have promised
To serve thee to the end;
Be thou forever near me,
My Master and my Friend;
I shall not fear the battle
If thou art by my side.
Nor wander from the pathway
If thou wilt be my guide.
O, let me feel thee near me;
The world is ever near;
1 see the sights that dazzle,
The tempting sounds I hear;
My foes are ever near me,
Around me and within;
But, Jesus, draw thou nearer.
And shield my soul from sin.
o Jesus, thou hast promised
To all who follow thee
That where thou art in glory
There shall thy servant be;
And, Jesus, I have promised
To serve thee to the end;
o, give me grace to follow,
My Master and my Friend.
Don't expect boarded affection to en-
rich the heart
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
Killed by Fear.

Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by
fear. His wife was insane, and one
day she escaped from her keeper and
dabbling her clothes with blood, rush
ed upon her husband while he was doz
ing in his chair. King Frederick i'm
agined her to be the white lady
whose ghost was believed to invari
ably appear whenever the death of &
member of the royal family was to oc
cur, and he was thrown into a fever
and died in six weeks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

With so many burdens to shoulder N
life,
Who envies the white-faced minister's
wife?
Is there a call for those frequent tasks
Which Christian duty Of each one
asks
Teach class that's left in the lurch.
Respect a dull sermon (nor doze In
church),
Sew for the heather, visit the sick.
Bring peace twixt two whose tempers
were quick?
We say, while we dodge and even pooh
pooh it,
~Oh, we'll, the minister's wife should
do it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
Moving.

When the gentleman with decided ten
denotes toward looking after everybodys
business but his own saw furniture
removal van being loaded near his house,
he sailed forth into the street ON inyes-
tigation bent
81 say, CARTER" he began bumptiously,
care the people upstairs movingw
The carter looked at him scornfully..
Then he wiped the perspiration from
his manly brow.
mo, SIR he retorted grimly. "We're.
just taking the furniture for drive!''-
Answers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
Mexican Scrambled Eggs.

When you are tired of plain scram-
bled eggs try them as they are cooked
in Mexico. Roast dozen fresh green
peppers a few minutes, peel, remove
the seeds and chop, when they should
be boiled in very little water until
tender, and season well with butter.
Beat six or eight eggs, add with salt
to the peppers and fry all for mo-
ment in hot butter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
sIn the Hands of His Friends"

A correspondent who has observed
many instances of the good under
standing which prevails between the
negroes and their white neighbors IL
the southern states tells the story OF
colored man who left his South Caro-
lima home to become a barber in ar
Illinois city. Not long afterward {
negro was lynched in this town, an6
fears of race riot" were entertained
A customer entering the shop found
the barber packing up his tools, and
learned that he proposed to return tc
South Carolina.
There is too much lynchin' goin
on in these parts, declared he
"'Tain't safe round hyar."
"Well," replied the customer, dom
you know there are just as many
Iynchings down South as there are
here?"
eyes, sir, 'spects OATS true" WA
the reply, "but if rs lynched hyar )
dunno who's gwine do it, but if Il:
lynched down dar, l knows rs gwins
be lynched by my friends"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09
How to Cook Asparagus.

Asparagus should be boiled gently in
well sailed water, standing if possible
to save the heads. The shoots tied to-
gether in one bunch should be put into
the pot so that the water will reach
about halfway up. When they have
boiled some ten or fifteen minutes they
should be laid on their side so that
Served with white sauce or with moth
he water covers all and finished.
ing but butter if the full asparagus
taste is to be brought out, this makes
one of the real delicacies of the table.