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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
CHAPTER ".

10 MANY women nave trouble with
their husbands over the financial
question and the matter Of an
allowance
I have never had any. at all, because
I have just simply taken everything in
Sight
Although II appears conceited. I am
afraid that I must here, too. give my
self credit for having an amount OF
gray matter, beneath my cOrOuet braid.
far IN excess OF that possessed by most
OF my sex. For, as I look around, l
observe that the majority Of women
who marry young men who are just
beginning 70 get a start in the world
as I did-put their own shoulders TO
the wheel, and attempt 10 push the
family fortunes along.
I see these women living In crowded
fats or humble cottages. I see them
wearing shabby clothes. and toiling
over cook stoves. and prOpeuing baby
perambulators, and trimming their own
hats. and scEimping. and economizing
to try to save q few dollars for their
husbands.
And when they want any money, they
have 10 20 TO their husbands for il.
and generally there is a row In conse-
quence. Furthermore, have observed
that when these women wear them
selves cut helping 10 get rich and pros
porous, the men not infreQuently hunt
Up some younger, and prettier. and gay
er woman TO help them spend il.
We seen many a first wife walking
and a second wife breaking, the speed
limit in a French automobile I've
also read the very interesting divorce
proceedings % which chorus girls
and self-made and wifemade men
so often figure.
Wife Is Not
A Self-sacrifcing Lady.
Therefore. II wasn't UP to me TO
follow the examples of these self
sacrificing ladies. Quite the con
trary-thoUgh, TO begin with, John
had the same absurd ideas about a
wife being economical. and thrifty.
etc, that all men have
However, IL did not take me long
10 enliEhten him on that point, for
L let him see from the start that
wasn't going 10 have anything but
the best, and that I didn't get mar
ried to get a steady job as a cook
and hOuSemald-
I shall never cease conEratulatinE
myself upon my adroitness in win
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ne throes OF Indigestion, are long
since forgotten However. I have IN
EARNED quaint volume which con
tdlnec this famous recipe for rich
I-e-S-lh- cake, me same being an IN
IeL lLdface 10 Mrs. Onterdink from her
stsal-S rancmOther. Mrs HazeIiurst.
~ = !llLalel phlas to whom II was given
Dy -1rs- George Washington herself
10 make rich black cake, take
twenty eggs, divide the white from
the yCiks, and beat the whites TO q
-toLl- LAen work two pounds Of but
Ter 70 cream put the whites %
SGSs 70 IT. spoonful at a time, until
wen mixed Then put two pounds Of
sugar, finely powdered. in il In TIE
same manner Then add the yolks Of
eggs wei beaten, two and One-haif
pounds or Hour, and i've pounds OF
irulL Add 20 this one-quarter ounce
OF niece, e nutmeg. one-half pint OF
VINE and some French brandy. Five
ana one-quarter hours VIII bake IL
Colonial Wedding
Recalled by Old Recipe.
The recipe for a s-ch black cake
is so suggestive OF a colonial we'd
ding in the South that We can almost
see the wide old kitchen az Mt. Yer
nOn- with its brick foor. and the zra-
clous Lady Washington as she was
called IN those DAYS. her recipe book
IN hand. giving orders 70 her faithful
servants Tor the wonderful prepara-
-O--s going forward, preparations for
me wedding OF her graEddaughter,
Nellie Gusts, 10 Major Lawrence
Lewis, the faTOrite nephew OF the
general This wedding was solemn
lZed In the CraWluE-rOOm az ut. Yer
non on February %, 1893 the lasr
airLlday that Washington spent on
earth II was brilliant occasion.
ana General Washington gave the
bride away.
General and Mrs washington were
az that time living In PhiIadeIDhis,
Tor General Washington was dlIinE
the Oulce Of President OF the United
states Mrs. Washington and Mrs
haze-hurst were devoted friends, and
after the death Of General and Mrs
Washington Mrs Lawrence Lewis
gave % Mrs Hazelhurst. as a little
UeDentO Of her grandmOLher. z china.
sugar bowl which had been used daifv-
az Mt vernon, and not less precious
20 Ler l5 the little recipe from ut
Eernon-such hOuely, human little
thing
AS you can see Z have copied the
above almost verbatim from the little
volume 1 mentioned Yours very
truly y. CASTLE
40 Q street northwest"
Personally, I an curious 70 know
something Of Miss Castles Quaint old
book, and talk about luxurvt-tv-enty-
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4AtAAA lAhG MIN long 10 see lldli ne WIN
nave TO do II Mercy me. have nc
patience with these women that just
| put up with any sort Of poverty, TO Try
10 save their husbands.
Spurred on Johns
Ambition to Buy Diamonds.
Then, Of course. realized that John
was very proud man and ambitious,
and 1 was forever throwing up 20
him what other people had, and ask
ing him why he couldn't give me dia-
monds as Mr.. Brown did Mrs. Brown;
or why we couldn't live like the Per
l:Sinses, or go TO Europe like the Smith
kins.
Then I would casually remark that
II seemed TO me that he should be able
10 get along as well as those men. ]
/ tell you that was a spur in his side
I that made him get up early and work
| late. and bend every nerve 10 making
money; so that he really owes his sue
cess 10 having married such a clever
Z v ife as myself
Then. when I wanted TO 20 of in
the summer. or to travel I simply
packed my trunks and went. Naturall-,
John was left behind in the sweltering
city 20 toll; but that didn't make any
/ reason for my staying. 1t wouldn't
have made him any cooler for me %
be uncOmfortably warm also. and, really,
don think he minded my going, after
the first
As I have gone along through life I
! have found out that wife only gets
from her husband what she demands Of
I him. The woman who has TO have
things always gets them, and the woman
who can do with-ut things always has
10 do without them.
I can lay my hand on my heart and
say that 1 nave overlooked no bets on
the subject I've had all that was 90
| ing because 7 had 10 have IT,
And it's been for Johns good, too.
You never see him indulgiug in any eX-
travagant Whims or fads, as so many
men do, nor do you hear OF him IN
connection with any scandal or guilty
Of any riOtOus conduct.
So Tired He's Glad
To Be at Home.
Why. he's so tired by the time he Gets
home at night that he is glad 10 sit
down in his dressing gown and slippers
and spend the evening reading the pa
pers- Besides. by the time he is done
paying my bills he hasn't got the price
70 buy an English sparrow and glass
of beer.
Thank God, I have put temptation
out Of his way as true wife should
(To be continUed.)
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LOCAL MENTION
The DnHerv-

The DriIiery.
Miles Fuller, Founder.
100 y. Y. Ave. Pitman shorthand,
Touch typewriting, Double Entry Book
keeping
Use best business school in the city.
Summer rates start now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
EOUABLE TEMPER
OF HOUSEWIVES
Nothing Has More Abiding InHu-
ence In the Home and
Family.

There is nothing which has a more
abiding influence on the happiness Of
a family than the preservation OF an
equable temper in the housewife.
A woman who is habitUally gentle.
sympathizing and cheerful carries an
atmosphere about her which imparts
Q soothing and sustaining influence
and renders 1t easier for all those
about her 10 do right.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
GRADUATED Eyelids and Pink Eye. Try
It for Baby's Eyes. Doesn't Smart,
Soothes Eye Pain At Druggists, 5Oc.
Caverly's plumbing. 1881 c st. ". W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Yes" he reolied.
We'll, then. make it." said, and II
didn' { take him long 70 see that he would
nave to do IT, Mercy me. L have no
patience with these women that Just
put UP with any sort of poverty, TO try
TO save their husbands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Personally, / am curious 70 know
something Of Miss Castles Quaint old
book, and talk about luxury
eggs In these gay days OF pampered
hens and cold storage "ehects" makes
rich seem a feeble gvord-pIuro-
cratic 1 fancy would be nearer the
mark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

- O MANY women have trouble witt
their husbands over the nnancia
question and the matter OF az
allowance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
The Bedtime Story.
read to The u.,
folk they beds for tn -.
THE FEAST.
By FARMER SMITH.

WAT did they all have to eat at to eat all the time Mrs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
COMMITTEE SELECTED.
Most Of Men Nan ed to Formulate Pres.
Taft's Whisksy Views.

Washington, Dec. 31.-To tell what
real whiskey is, committee has been
partly selected to draft into regulation
form the views of President Taft on
what constitutes that important pro-
duct. Whiskey was a theme for dis
cussion at today's cabinet meeting.
Secretary MacVeagh has appointed
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue Ca
bell and Secretary of Agriculture Will
son has appointed Solicitor McCabe Of
his department as the members of the
committee to represent those two de-
partments. Secretary Nagel, who is
to name the third member of the COM
mittee to draft the regulations, took
up the matter at the White House to-
day.
The committee. as soon as 1t Is COM
pleted by the selection OF the third
member, will Immediately begin work
in framing the rules for putting into
definite form President Tafts decision
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
Church Notices.

Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. H. L.
Nichols pastor: %, morning worshin
with sermon by the pastor: +. sunday
School: ., Junior League: 6. Epworth
league devotional meeting: subject:
Making Religion a Business" The con-
sresatlon of this church will unite in the
union mass meeting at the Baptist church
az +. NJ. and the union service AT Old
evening. 40 ''t0
First Baptist church. Rev. Z. +. Turner
pastor: Preaching, at 1890 A. NJ. by the
pastor: subject: What Think Ye of
Christ? Sunday school at 1l45 A. NJ;
union mass meeting. Rev II. f. Dunnack
OF augusta IN charge. at 2. NJ. AT Z
o Crock r NJ. the congregation will wor-
snip in the union service at the Old
South church.
First Universalist church. Rev. j. w.
Steele pastor: Preaching by the pastor at
1890 A. NJ; subject: Great Discoveries: :"
Sunday school at 11.45 A. NJ. The congre-
gator is urgently requested to join in
the union mass meeting at the First Bap-
list church at P. NJ, also at the union
service at the Old South at p NJ
Oid South Congregational church. Rev
Malcolm Dana pastor: Preaching by the
pastor at 1870 4. NJ; subject: NO Room
at the Inn The music of last Sunday
will be repeated Communion after morn
ing service; Sunday school at As A. M
The congregation will join in the mass
meeting at the First Baptist church at 8
Il. M. At I O'Clock in the evening a union
service in which all the Protestant
churches of the city will join will be held
in thls church
st. Matthews, Rev. w. F. Livingston
rector ed Sunday after Christmas): Morn
ing prayer 1870 o'clock; Sunday school,
l.43 A. NJ.
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NEW MASsAcH',"ETTs LAWS.
The 3D. Hour LAVA -tomobile Law
Employees Risks, Etc.

Boston, Dec. 31.-Seyeral statutes en-
acted by the Legislature of 1909, win
go into effect tomorrow. They include
the 56-hours law, the new automobile
law, new statute relative to the as.
sumption of risks by employees and the
plan W giving to the Harbor and Land
ComnsNlaifn 100000 annually for har-
hor improvements
The 56-hour provides that no child
under the age Of Is and no women shall
be employed in a manufacturing or
mechanical establishment for moA4
than Sc hours in any single week.
The new automobile law provides
new and uniform speed regulations,
new penalties and sliding scale sys-
tenn of license fees proportionate to
horsepower and ranging from IS to s2&
Employees injured in the discharge of
their duties will hereafter be given an
additional right of action. Heretofore
employees injured through defect In
the machinery, etc.. have been unable
to recover damages II they were found
to Have known Of such defect: the new
law provides that II such defect is roe
ported to the person whose d,tyit ia
to remedy the defect and 1t Is not. re,ns,
edied within reasonable tims,.i the
employees shall not bayheld to hasss =
stunned the risk Qf injury. s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
CUPS AND PRIZES
awarded The Lucky Exhibitors al
Hreeport Poultry Show.

Freeport. Me-, Dec. 31.-(SpeciaD.-
The seventh annual exhibition of the
Freeport Poultry Association closed
this evening with the awarding of cups
and cash prizes. The work of the
Judges, D. J. Lambert of Kingston, r.
ri. F. Watson of Nashua. n. H.. ST.
As Bartlett Of Lewiston, w. B. Ather-
son Of Randolph. Mass. and Charles S.
Aewell of Lisbon Falls has been very
satisfactory. Over $50 birds had to be
judged, as well as dressed poultry and
esgs and during the four days that the
Judges have been at work they have
naq Few idle minutes. The awards:
a $50 silver cup for the highest scor-
IS cock, hen, cockerel, pullet and pen
y = any one variety awarded to H. C..
oss OF Freeport; $25 silver cup for the
Msnest scoring cock, hen, cockerel,
naaet and pen of any, one variety IN
ne american class awarded to H. C..
svss OF -Freeport; IS in cash for the
ecst number of birds scoring 80
pants or over for parti-colored birds
{, 49, points or over for solid-color
rXfKaE 1sded x0a George P. 'Ccffin of
0S 8AisR 66tirs to exhibitor pay
VIA \: III; ssa ssEK ST. ,a !, i t a.
= 'ioltar paying the largest entry fee
r1a ls variety awarded to George r.
s,H ;s9a ~ Freeport. Smaller prizes were
large number of exhibitors.
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DennurrelOverTu|ed inlIIg-
uIey vs.. Sheriff Thur|oleh.-
Portland Owners Of Buildings
Used as Saloons Must Explain.
tennessee Distilleries Are Closed.
Pres. Taft's Views on Whlsksy.

Portland, Me, Dec. 31.-In the Unit
ed States circuit court this afternoon
before Judge Putnam was heard the
amended bill brought by H. w. Hugh
ley & Co., the Boston wholesale LIQUOR
dealers. against Sheriff F. A. CHAR
Tough of Aroostook county relatives to
making seizures under the pure food
and drug act. The demurrer in the
case was overruled and the respondent
was given until March 10 to file OBJ
jections to the ruling of the court
Judge Peabody of the supreme court
in chambers Friday heard the motion
Of County Attorney Eaton for tenn
porary injunction restraining several
individuals from leasing their buildings
to people who are using them for the
purpose of selling Intoxicating liquors.
Seizures have been made from the
several houses named in the complaint
and the evidence used in connection
with the trials was presented in the
case before Judge Peabody.
Several motions were made to set
the cases aside on the ground that due
notice had not been given all the par
ties interested. but Judge Peabody
overruled them and exceptions were
taken to the rulings.
Judge Peabody adjourned the court
until Thursday of next week, when
the attorneys on both sides of the case
are to come into court and give their
citations of law bearing on the case.
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Our Yankee TarS Join in
Welcoming New Year.
Big Crowd Of New Workers
Turn Out 10 Celebrate.
Difference Of Nationality and Be.
lief Make No Difference.

New York, Dec. 31.-Eight bells.
tapped the quartermaster of the flag
ship. Eight bells, sounded every other
battleship CT the Atlantic squadron
and as the voices of the bells floated
to shore, they blended with the remi
niscent chimes of Old Trinity, Of Grace
church and of st. Patrick's cathedral.
1t was the end of a watch, the end of
a day, the end of year.
AS the last stroke vibrated into ST.
lence every light went out and every
whistle afloat and ashore shrilled and
roared it's greetings to the New Year.
seamen beat on cymbals, pans, kettles,
pots and pals, and blew in discords on
everv wind instrument of the ships
bands, while they capered shouting,
in mock parade about the decks.
Down town the new year rode in on
waves of champagne. After 10 o'clock
nothing but champagne" was the
rule at all the better knowsh restau-
rants along Fifth avenue and Broad.
va. t,, t,ore t an 100000 guests
had paid from $40 to $40 seat for their'
IL ID CStiihcAeSu eisAe sAAA"
great crowd of merrymakers left ST.
soc, 900 behind them with restaurant
keepers and hotel keepers. At one no.
tel alone 1000 reservations had been
made a month in advance. At another
the guests were given silk masks and
permitted to pass from table to table
without identification. Undesirables
were excluded by close scrutiny at the
doors. On the streets there was the
same old deafening riot of COW bells
and horns-New York takes its pleas
ure that way. But along the water
front it was noticeable how vacant
were those bar rooms, usually the most
crowded and the toughest of the city
The poor were listening to the chimes
of Trinity.
On the East Side, differences of re-
ligion and nationality interfered
hut little with the universal celebra-
ton. In general there was small vicious
disorders. few reports Of picked pockt-
cts and surprisingly little public intox-
icatiorl Police precautions were admit
rabIy executed. .. N IN
James A. Collins, who has barricaded
himself in the offices Of the highway
commissioner, was still there at mid
night, with the pay rolls in his possee
sion and rl9elvedxA0 aispt ta g
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The Official Signal
From Washington.

Washington. Dec. 31.-Precisely at
midnight an employee of the navy de-
partment pressed button in the naval
observatory. Instantly there leaped
from it a spark that encircled the
globe 1t lost only comparatively
few seconds, which did not discom-
mode those who heard the news that
new year had beer born. New York
got the word, both starring from Wash
iugton and few seconds alter " had
'ncircled the globe. hi
There was little cereMons about she
affair. A, sleepy UNDER Official of the
naval observatory presscdxd0wn on the
key when midnight was aS 1unced and
then hurredly put on hisaoYxrcoat and
made all speed toward the home in
which a watch nt6h mset ting was
being held and frqe had been
torn. jEs II q sfz
The greeting Of the llited States at
the beginning of eaEhsyear is more than
d sentimental excasange Of the COM
pliments of the season with the rest
Of the world. While the spark that
travels over land, under water and
through the air to practically all the
sentiment of Civilizations the govern
ment officials point out that It means
much more than this. Thin enables the
outlying settlements Of tin globe to
verify their times, and the warships
of various nations to make sure of the
calculations as to their whereabouts.
For the last 10 days the telegraph COM
tAnies and the wireless station have
Seen preparing to assist the United
States government in flashing the. new
year spark around the globe. w. n
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Fred D. Hamilton an insurance q,

Fred D. Hamilton an insurance Sur
veyor, representing the Sanborn MAP
Co. OF New York City, arrived in the
city last evening. Mr.. Hamilton came
hero in the interests Of the company to
make map for the insurance com
panies The map will show the various
streets of Gardiner, Randolph and
South Gardiner. together with the To-
cation OF all the buildings. These
maps are revised every seven years
and although this is Mr.. Hamilton's
first visit to this State similar maps
have been made every seven years for
over IS years -
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Good Returns from Foreign Market.

w. P. Atherton. has had favorable
returns from the ITS barrels of apples
which he shipped Dec. 4 to Hamburg,
Germany via steamer from Portland
They netted 1885 per barrel The fruit
was of the finest kind for which the
Atherton orchard has become famous
The apples were picked with great
care and packed so as to guard against
bruising in transportation. They
reached the distant market in fine
shape and were second to none from
other lands. Maine products can meas
ure up favorably with any state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
ArCanum Election.

Messalonskee Council, No. 2027, Roy
al Arcanum, at the regular meeting
Friday evening, elected the following
officers:
Regent-W. C. Bunker.
Vice Regent. R. Brown.
Orator-W c. Philbrook.
Sitting Past Regent-H. c. Haskell.
Secretary-Geo. J. Carbone.
Collector-W. l. Stirling.
Treasurer-F. NJ. Rand.
Guide-James O'Neil.
Sentry-G w. Johnson.
Trustees. +. Hill, w. c. Bunker,
j. G. Harris
Refreshments were served after the
meeting
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wHITe SLAVE TRAEfsCs
New York Probation Officer k4Alp ~ III
stantiatSstths clsst642

New York Dec s1.-The y ctarsss I
DE and $ttos6nsly 6Rnted durf,k tia
recent municipal camp II a ~ yls-l'
sale white slave trafIa .XhtsN e.,
were in some parts 81 Itiat 49,.
by Joseph c.. qravoui Isl
GER in the trt Of j.! 80
Gravour declared OF jjatnl
stand that an inv
showed that ascent S6ups6{ HBsne
took possession Of 2o6 NJ betwy b 5fhs q
niddlesSf the city and Harien 4 \ tfi-
Many Polish servaniS. ~ wsrS,s'
enticed and. If the induc rent ltx8a
the life Guggested was no
bogus marriage was perk0 zss-
The probation off1cer recently yeceiv,r
igh commentator for his SN6fk ~
~ litigation in letter to the Notices
of 3pecial sessions from Congr4epmaxfs~
Wiliam s. Bennett, chairman thu Z,
Congressional Immigration "a =.
sion, which fisde as.rep0n on 800
called white slave tsaifisri 1pn ta$se
0ravour Was iisstS ora en61tan, g y
ing the evidences tn tta1et pxsa7 &c sSt1i,s,s.s
Rogoff. who was seiatAnced today fssas
II months in.prison eq1Ea fIne ~ 3x}hIS
the aaxipauln penalty oEsuch = -
= 49, - 2I.I-
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AN HONEST EMPLoYE
Returns a Pocketbook Containing $123,
Left on Electric Car.

A woman coming from Lewiston on
L., A. & w. electric one day this
week left her pocketbook, containing
S123, on the car. She did not notice her
loss until she went to purchase some
thing in the w. C. Hawker drug store.
The car had started back before she
found that she had left her money on
board. Mr.. Hawker Immediately called
up the power house at Weber pond
and had the car stopped. The pocket
book was found and left at Augusta,
where the lady recovered it when she
returned