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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
THE SCIENCE OF DETAIL.

In dress, as in other things, the I'M
portance of the attention to little
things is essential. If this be done. the
big effect will take care Of itself. A
gown, hat or wrap can be raised from
plane of mediocrity to that of dis
tinction by the introduction of little
details of ornamentation that are de-
,iaedly successful in the attainment of
that end, yet are within the reach of
most fingers.
A hat that in itself is the duplicate
of hundreds of others can be treated
to a peculiar binding or an unusual adj
justment of ornaments. The binding.
by the way. offers wide field for differ
entiation from the usual fiat velvet
facing. Fringe in silken or linen form
is distinctive, if used as an edging for
the turned-down rim. Silk or velvet
can be puffed or shirred over the edge,
while rose quilting is the newest
trimming for that part of the hat
Then, again, color in the form of
beads, silk or velvet can be used with
discreet eye for unusual combination of
tones. In other words, the unusual but
approved alliances of shades make for
the distinctive. A detail perhaps that
many women overlook is the question
Of hatpins. Just as soon as you con
slider these ornaments of utility (and
danger) to form a part of the hat
scheme there will be added effect, Do
not choose promiscuously the pins each
of which is very beautiful, but in the
relation to others detracts from the
whole. Surely. the immense disks
should be made to contribute to the
headgear.
In dress the details are extremely i'm
portant. What is the use of bother
ing about these little things?" many
home dressmakers protest. 1t is just
this attention to the details that the
French have so thoroughly mastered
that stamps model as good or indif
ferent.
Little pleatings that are for the most
part hidden. applications Of tiny but
tons or narrow braid, hidden bands of
color under lace and the wonderful at
tention to hooks, loops and buttons at
all fastenings are the factors that pro-
duce a successful whole.
Motifs not applied by the machine,
but by hand, and buttonholed in such
a way that the material melts into the
edging are extremely effective. Pip
ings of two or three colors form tiny
lines of contrast on unexpected places,
while a piece of embroidery or chintz
that many of US would consign to the
scrapbag can be made important as a
decorative agent.
Last of all, let there be paid care
full attention to the accessories with
which woman adorns herself. With q
blue dress wear blue pins and rings.
With a red dress use the jewelry that
best harmonizes with the shade Black
and white are more friendly to the jew
Ell casket, but the rule of one color
scheme is the best to be observed.
Details! Why. they are the whole
gown, if you but knew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
KEEPING A HUSBANDS LOVE.

The fact that your husband is your
husband does not mean that his loYe
will be always yours. You did your
best to please and fascinate him before
you were married. You need to be
even more fascinating and pleasing
now. And why? You did not belong
to him before; now you do.
1t is mans nature to be always in
pursuit of something; therefore, if you
wish to keep his love; you must keep
up his interest in the chase Never let
him feel that he has actually captured
you Flirt with him, tease him (when
he is in the proper mood for it,. Keep
up the romance as long as possible, and
don't get commonplace. Flatter him;
trust him, and be careful not to make
him Jealous. a.
Jealousy, though an excellent thing
for a lover, is a very bail thing for q
hushand. One thing you must under
stand-lt is very occasional man who
cares to be bothered with his wife's
troubles. He may expect you to hear
and share all his. but he looks for
nothing but brightness and joy from
you. 1t rests with yourself whether
you think it worth while to humor him
OF not. Only. If you do not give him
the consolation he wants he will go
elsewhere for it. Once lose him in this
way and you may consider him lost
forever. No man likes to see his wife
looking untidy, or cross, or miserable.
there may have been many things to
make you so. but all too trivial to OK.
PLAIN to him. The wife who wants to
Keep her husbands love must make up
her mind to work for it, says an ex-
change.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
TO BREATHE PROPERLY.

Did you ever stop to think how you
breathe: Do you know that, as a
rule. we are, actually too lazy to
breathe properly? Well. we are. and
so We do much to impair the beauty
of both form and figure.
Have you not often noticed the ugly
mouth breather? This habit OF
breathing through the mouth is unat-
tractive enough in children, but it Is
even more so in grown people.
shall never forget the impression
left on me by the son of a distinguish
ed novelist who had this wretche1
habit in it's most pronounced form.
The prominent teeth which SO often
go with this deformity. fer it is hard
ly less. always come up in my mind
when think of this man. And 1t was
all SO unnecessary. He could either
have overcome it bv his own efforts
or medical attention could have come
to his aid.
1t was one of the trials of my youth
full days when 1 was out walking IN
the evening with my father to have
II him say, as he always did when be-
gan to talk, keep your mouth shut
in the night air" ! have often thank
ed him for it since from the bottom OF
my heart!
Nose breathing and deep breathing
are most important and magical aids
to health and beauty. There is a lit
tie volume published with the title,
"Shut Your Mouth and Save Your
Life
Rather startling. isn't it? But it is
as true as startling things often are.
Deep nose breathing cannot be too
often practiced when in the open air,
and the purer and clearer the air the
deeper you should breathe. Ty this
once, and it will really become a
pleasant pastime. and it's results will
soon become apparent in your
straighter shoulders. better developed
chest, clearer skin and sweeter breath.
1t is really better than any magic
youth restorer in the market. It Is
truly the hest elixir of life" that we
can use while it will not encroach
upon the purse at all. Just give this
a fair trial and see how easy the habit
becomes.
You must also make point of get
ting all the sunshine possible. HUI
man beings need the sunshine as much
as plants do.
Don't be afraid of it causing
freckles, for we have the best authori-
ty that it does not do anything of the
kind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
FREQUENT SILENCE.
- N

One beautiful virtue in q wife Is the
art of letting her husband alone. and
this cheerfully and without any latent
sense of offense.
There are times when nothing but
sympathetic silence can alleviate the
worries and frets Of trying day:
times when the utter mental weari-
ness makes physical WEAKNESS seem
inconsequent
Without this sympathy. without this
understanding. the only common sense
between man and his wife will be
mutual chains and chatting, and bore
dom will eventually resolve itself into
hatred and neglect.
A wife should not attach too much
importance to her husbands moods:
they often are the result Of outside
anxieties Make allowance for hig
being human. It IL Wise woman
who appreciates the fact that It 10
best to give In once in while and
respect her husbands mood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
AN ENGLISH CUSTOM,

In England small carafa. or water
bottle. with a drinking glass inverted
over the top, is always kept in every
bedroom and freshly filled morning
and night This is most convenient
custom where there is not running
water in or near the room as one often
goes without the wished for swallow
after a disagreeable pill. or to relieve
a sudden cough or sneeze, rather than
trouble to send for it. Children are
always wanting a drink" and\ they
can be taught to get it for themselves
if it is ALWAYS in some convenient
place, and kept free from dust by the
overturned tumbler is far better for
them than ice water in an open
pitcher.
Summer dresses may be made to
look like new if sponged with a cloth
dampened in a bowl of water in which
one tablespoon of borax has been dis
solved. and then pressed with a hot
iron
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08

them, for they often produce q duii,
uncomfortable feeling which lasts all
day. The digestive. apparatus should
be taxed as little as possible In hot
weather.
On very hot days the coffee can be
chilled and served with ice IL desired.
but ordinarily it is better to serve 1t
hot. An entire meal of cold food 10
very seldom satisfactory or healthful.
If lamb chops are served let square
Of mint jelly on a separate plate ac-
company each one. II meat croquettes
are used decorate them with water
cress. Uusually croquettes and 9TH
er fried dishes are to be avoided on
hot days.
The sight Of green appeals to the
eye and stimulates the summer appe-
title. For that reason II q breakfast
salad is not served and the meats are
not garnished with bit of green 1t Is
well to have a bouquet of ferns or
garden flowers in tie center. of the
table. Sea green schina and soft
grayish blue Canton china ware are
ideal for summer. Even plain white
is preferable to hot reds and COLDS.
With soft green's land white china
and some delicate ferns for center
piece one has the table ready for.
charming July breakfast. Serve some
ripe fruit for the first course, and to-
gether with jellied rice and whipped
cream, a puffy French omelet. corn
meal mullins and fragrant cup OF
coffee, the most exacting person will
be pleased with the meal. After such
q hreakfast the whole face of the
world will take on different aspect.
This is not fancy, but fact. There
is an old saying that one tends toward
Calvinism before breakfast. and UNI
versalism after breakfast. but this de-
pends upon the breakfast. especially
in torrid summer mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
VALUE OF GOOD HUMoR.

1t is not great calamltles That en-
bitter existence; it is the petty
vexations, the small jealousies, the lit
tie disappointments, the minor mis-
cries." that make the heart heavy and
the temper sour. Don't let them.
Anger is a pure waste of vitality. 1t
helps nobody, and hinders everybody.
1t is always foolish. and always dis
graceful, except in some cases when
it is kindled by seeing wrong done to
another; and even that -"noble rage
seldom mends the matter.
No woman does her best except
when she is cheerful. A light heart
makes nimble hands, and keeps the
mind free and alert. No, misfortune
is so great as one that sours the tenn
per. Till cheerfulness is lost, nothing
is lost.-Womans Life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
SHOULD USE LARGE MIRROR.

Perhaps one trouble with the rank
and file of persons whom one sees
wearing unbecoming styles in the
streets is that they dress before small
mirrors instead of taking in their own
figures before long glasses. A wo-
man who had been travelling and had
been confined to the usual hotel
dressing table mirror said the other
kday: II had no idea how unbecoming
this gown was to me until happened
to look at myself in mirror in the
corridor of the hotel. l was simply
Mortified. Think of my walking In the
street in skirt that kicks out at the
back at every step"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
SENSITIVE WOMEN.

Women are usually much too sensi-
tive in every day life, for ultra-sensi-
tiyeness is only another form of vanity
and self-conceit. The woman who is
really selfforgetful is never affected,
because she is SO busy thinking of 9TH
ers that she is not thinking about her
own dignity. 1t doe not bring real hap
piness to possess exaggerated vanity
that is wounded on the slightest provo
cation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
WHY SEA SHELLS MURMUR.

One is often perplexed by the muir
muring sounds that come from sea
shell, but really there is no reason for
this. The sound is not the echo of the
waves The hollow form of the shell
and it's polished surface enables it to
receive and return the beatings Of all
sounds that chance to be in the air
around the shell. There are many su-
perstitions regarding the murmurins
of the sea shells.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
Knees Became Stiff
81. Years Of Severe Rheuma tIsrn

The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, IA
barton Street. Boston Mass, is anoth-
sGt,e great medicine has succeeded In
any cases where others have utterly
nailed Mr.. Goldstein says: Il suf-
Jared from rheumatism five years. it
rart me from business and caused ex-
nrnciating pain. My knees would be-
onme as stiff as steel. l tried many
medicines without relief, then took
Hoods Sarsaparilla, soon felt much
letter. and now consider myself en-
.;rey cured. ! recommend Hoods"
Get it today in usual LIQUID form or
chocolated tablets called SarSatahS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08

over 500 attended the annual picnic
Saturday of the Portland Parish of the
Cathedral at Little Diamond island.
Refreshments were served and there
was dancing and long series OF
sporting events. The proceeds Will
swell the funds of the society of st.
Vincent de Paul
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
THE MESERVEY RECEPTION.
1t Will Be Held at Candidates Home
In No. VassaIboro, Monday Evening.

North Vassalboro. Aug. 6.-(Spec-
ial)-Monday evening. August 8, Mr..
B. K. Meservey of this town. Republi-
hold reception at his home. The
event was postponed on account of the
storm from Thursday evening. The
announcement in the Waterville news
of Saturday morning was incorrect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08

about is white dress worn by a neat
woman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08

Special Orders No. 161. issued from
the office of the adjutant general Sat
urday. Aug. s, state that in accord
ance with paragraph 10. General Or
ders No. 26, issued by the war depart
ment at Washington, D. c., Feb. IS,
1910, Col John J. Dooley of Portland,
chief of ordnance. is detailed as range
office at Camp Perry. Ohio, Aug. SIT,
inclusive
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
TRAMP MAY YET BE AN ASSET

Let not the legislature forget the
Farm Colony bill, which provides for
the sanest correctional treatment of
the tramp evil yet devised, according
to such sociological experts as DR.. Ed
ward T. Devine, Robert w. Hebberd
and others who have made the sub
ject study for years. All admit that
something should be done in the in
terest both of the people at large and
of the tramp and vagrant himself.
Nothing but neglect or the workhouse,
in exceptional cases, has been the rule
until now.
The tramp evil has grown without
effort to check tan evil which cuts
many ways, and it seems particularly
unfortunate that such a plan as is pro-
vided in the Farm Colony bill cannot
be promptly put into execution. The
proposed law would have the effect of
relieving the state of the vagrancy
nuisance by teaching the tramps them
selves to become useful, self-supporting
citizens, with new ideas of the dignity
and desirability of work
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
For III. Heather Only.

A collection was being taken up In
a Scotch church one Sunday on be-
half Of the heather. The minister
made stirring appeal. and the ward
en- started his round with the box.
One of the first members OF the con-
gregation to whom he offered 1t, says
writer in the Church Family News
paper, was evidently i'll disposed to the
cause
In a stage whisper. heard alike by
congregation and pastor, this man said
in blank vernacular:
''Tak' it AVA, lad. I'm not going to
give out"
At that period the collection boxes
were taken direct into the vestry.
Down came the preacher from the pull
pit, went into the vestry, brought out
one of the boxes and marched straight
toward the gentleman, all the congre-
CATION imagining that the minister was
going to shame the unbelievcr into
giving something.
The clergyman offered the box to
the hereto with the naive remark:
"Tak' what thou wantest, lad. 1t
has been gathered for the heathen.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
GRETNA GREEN SPRINGS
SURPRISE IN HANDICAP
Carrying Hoodoo Number 13 Beating
Nearest Competitor by Nearly
Two lenoths.

NEW YORK, April 1e.-John W.
Schorr's Gretna Green, carrying the
hoodoo number Is, in a race Of 13
starters, romped home an easy win
ner yesterday in 18th running of the
Carter handicap, beating James E.
Gaffney's Alfred Noble by nearly two
lengths. M. L. SchwartZ's Far West
was third.
The race marked the opening Of the
racing season in the east, but con-
trary to expectations. it was attended
by a much smaller crowd than has
graced similar occasions in the past.
The blight that has fallen on racing
since the enactment of the anti-bet-
ting laws has kept bettors and non
bettors alike away from the track
Nevertheless there was sprinkling of
bookmakers today and they again took
refuge in the subterfuge hit upon last
year of making and recording wagers
by nod.
The concourse in front of the grand
stand was filed with familiar faces,
and although money did not actually
change hands. betting activity was
evident on all sides. Penciled odds
were displayed on racing cards more
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
THE SPELLING QUESTION.

There is a prevalent CONVICTION,
whether justified by the facts or not,
that the school children of today are
not so thoroughly trained in spelling
as were the pupils of a generation or
two ago. A school superintendent of
a county in Pennsylvania has planned
for a series of spelling bees to be held
throughout the county, and has pre-
pared a pook of 500 practical everyday
words. Prizes will be awarded to the
winners in the contests.
English spelling is arbitrary and diff
cult. 1t is too bad that so much effort
and time should be necessary to teach
a child merely to spell the words Of his
native tongue, and there is a good deal
to be said for simplified spelling. But
that reform is inevitably sure to be
long in coming land, in the meantime,
there is nothing which gives one more
disagreeable sensation OF disappoint-
ment than to find miss spelled words
in an otherwise we'll written letter. 1T
implies ignorance and it is difficult
to believe that the writer of a miss
spelled letter is better equipped In
other departments of knowledge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
REVOLT IN HONDURAS.

= The revolt in Honduras, which has
been expected ever since Zelaya quit
Nicaragua, because Zelaya is credited
with having caused the election OF
Miguel R. Davila as president of Hon
duras and the defeat of Manuel Bonil-
la, is reported to have broken out. 1t
is stated that Bonilla has a force of
several hundred Well-aEned troops, and
is prepared to put up good fight. The
standing army of Honduras is 500 men.
The militia numbers 100000 but it's
practical efficiency is matter of Sc
rious doubt.
Honduras has half million pop
ulation, about II persons to the square
mile. Tegucigalpa, it's capital, has 34,-
900. Compulsory secular education
prevails. There are schools OF medi-
cine, schools of law and central uni
versity. About 700 pupils are in the
normal schools fitting themselves for
teaching. The government has been
very progressive. But the foreign debt
is over $20,000,000 on which interest
has been defaulted since 1872.
In such a land, with sparse and scat
tered population, largely of Indian or
mixed blood, yet struggling toward the
highest civilization, civil war is fraught
with awful consequences. 1t may .,e
kept up for years by force absolute
ly inadequate to hope for eventual vic
tory. Meanwhile, brigandage checks
industry and enterprise everywhere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Correct Time In Egypt.

The working Of the oriental mind
was delightfully."- illustrated In story
which Professor Turner told the Math-
ematical association. He had been
spending the Christmas vacation In
Egypt to supervise the erection OF a
telescope at Helouan. Captain Lyons.
who was in charge of the instrument,
said that he had found that at noon
every day gun was fired and was
anxious to know how the system
worked Accordingly he interviewed
the gunner and asked how he knew
when to fire the signal. "Oh, | look
at my watch" said the official. "And
how do you correct your watch?" ask
ed the captain. II take it to the max
er in Cairo and he tells me the error"
Forthwith Captain Lyons interviewed
the matchmaker and asked him how
he checked the error of the watch. Il
get the correct time from the gun"
said that simple craftsman. And thus
time was told in Egypt. - London
Standard
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
WHY THE STATESMAN GOES.

AS announced on the first page of
this paper, the Evening Statesman is
merging with the Morning Union after
this issue, and as an evening paper
will be suspended. The reason for this
is told in the news story, but it Will do
no harm to more fully elucidate the
situation.
1t is in response to the suggestions
after a careful consideration of the
reasons they have presented, that this
step is taken. They have asked that
the newspaper field be cleared, and the
Washington Printing & Book Manu-
featuring company Isl doing all in it's
power to comply with these requests.
The Evening Statesman, the oldest
publication in eastern Washington, il
not in the entire state, will be suspend
ed, and all the energies of the news
department of the firm will be devoted
TO getting out one paper, which will
be published every morning.
Suggestions of the representative
men of the city. and representatives
of the Commercial club who have tried,
in following the ''get-together' spirit,
to clear the field, have actuated the
move. We are doing our share, per-
. haps more. It is willingly done in the
interests of Walla Walla, and We trust
that our many friends VIII appreciate
the move and will patronize the
greater paper even more than they
have the two from which it is now
formed. The plant was originally
equipped to conduct two papers. If the
suggestions of these business men
aided and abetted by the Washington
Printing and Book Manufacturing COM
pany in the suspension of the States
man, shall in the end prove unsuccess-
full, it VIII be an easy matter, as can
be readily seen, for the publishers to
reenter the evening field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
The chinaman's VILLA Puzzle.

A Chinaman. dying. left eleven
sheep and three sons and, making a
will, left one-half of his estate to his
eldest boy, one-fourth to the next and
one-sixth to the third son. They wish
ed to divide without killing a sheep,
but could not see how to do it, so they
sent for a wise man. Sending to his
own fold for sheep, he put it in with
the eleven Now take your half-six.
said he to the eldest, and he did So;
the second. take your fourth-three;
the younger. take your sixth and be-
gone-two. and they all did so. when
the wise man drove his own sheep
home
Was the division according to the
will?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-16
Considerate,

"What shall we do. john" said the
farmers wife. who had retained much
of her sentiment through twenty-five
years Of married life-"what shall we
do to celebrate our silver wedding"
Reckon up where all the silver's
gone to in bringing up our family"
grumbled he
''Oh. no. John; it must be something
real good and out Of the ordinary. |
tell you what. Let us kill the latest
pig and give banquet"
Maria" said the husband solemnly.
st don't see how the unfortunate ami
NAL is to blame for what happened
twenty-five years ago."