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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
CHOICE OF HAIRPINs.
TOW to Select the Right Kind and
Show Good Taste.

III S'SW aoou dot0s
10 not get into the habit Of thinking
.nut a suitable haispin is anything
nat VIII hold up the hair. If this no
.ioi We're not so widespread there
would not be so many freakish look
'ns heads and cut and split hair.
halrplns may be wrong. in several
ways They may be too ornate, which
- poor taste, or too rough and cheap,
winch Is ruination to the hair
some women will wear nothing but
tortoise Shell pins In their hair. This
Is undoubtedly luxury, as most hair
Is given to shedding pins at wholesale
rates. There is nothing, however, that
10 so little injurious to the hair from
the absolute smoothness of the sur.
face.
When you cannot afford real shell
.tne next choice is a good celluloid pin.
Inns is smoother and less unsightly
tnan rubber and not so ugly nor so
Injurious as metal pins. The latter
should not be worn by women whose
halr is very fine or whose scalps per-
spire.
Where a pin shows, as is the case
with the present style of braids, if
possible buy real shells. though your
smaller pins are imitation, If care
fuliy handled kept from extreme heat
and cold and securely inserted these
pins should last for years.
DO not overcrowd your head with
pins. Most women wear more than is
necessary. Learn to adjust a pin prop
erly, and the number may be sensiby
decreased Overpinning breaks the
hair and may irritate sensitive scalps.
Good taste in hair pins is shown by
those that are inconspicuous,
both in size and texture. Some women
affect huge knots on the ends of their
pins, or they are studded with jewels !
Or ablaze with gold
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
HANGING OF HAMMOCKS.
How to Accomplish This and Make
Them Comfortable. i

Them Comfortable.
A seasoned camper who has learned
many things to make outdoor living
comfortable has given this rule for
hanging a hammock:
The head should be two feet higher
than the foot This gives a comfort
able curve. The proper distance is
about six feet from the ground for the
head end and four feet for the foot.
Another important point is to have
the head rope shorter than that at the
foot of the hammock. If the head one
is about a foot long and the other four
and a half feet, the head of the per-
son will feel little movement while the
body swings This overcomes that
feeling of nausea which keeps many
persons out of hammock.
There are many improved hammocks
these days. Those with stiffening for
both ends give almost the effect of an
open air bed. Some of them have
Slightly raised sides to prevent falling
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
CLEANING OF FURS.
How It Can De Done by the Use of
Simple Remedies.

| TOW IL Gan lie Done by the Use OF
Simple Remedies.
Ermine and miniver are best clean
ed with soft flannel. Rub the fur well
against the grain. then dip the flannel
into common -four and rub the fur un.
til clean; shake the fur and again rub
it with a fresh piece of soft. clean, new
flannel till the -four is out By this
process the color of the ermine is pre-
served and the lining need not be re.
moved. Sable chinchilla. squirrel, ETC.,
are cleaned with new bran, which
must be warmed very carefully in a
pan, but not burnt: therefore while
waiting stir it frequently. Rub the
warm bran into the fur for some time,
shake it and brush until free from
bran. The fur will clean better if the
stuffing and lining are removed and
the article laid as straight and fiat as
possible on table or board.
Well brush the fur before it is clean.
ed, and if there are any moth eaten
parts they must be removed and re.
placed with new pieces. The follow.
ing method is said to be adopted in
Russia: Some rye -four is put into a
pan upon the stove and heated, being
stirred constantly with the hand as
long as the heat can be borne. Then
the flour is spread all over the fur and
rubbed in well. 1t is then brushed
gently with very clean brush or beat
en- softly till all the -four is removed.
+ jI1n1 ~
make the fur appear almost new.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Keep Finqers Smooth.

The bane of the average sewer or
embroiderer is the roughened first fin
ger. This is particularly trying when
one is using embroidery silks which
catch and roughen easily. To keep the
hands in good condition wash them
carefully before beginning work and
rub off ali roughness with fine
pumice stone. Then wash off with a
little acetic acid, which can be bought
at any drug store. If this is not at
hand good cider vinegar answers the
same purpose and makes the skin soft
and smooth.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
ART OF COOKING RICE.
How to Master 1t With Little Trouble
and Careful Washing.

How to Master 1t With Little Trouble
and Careful Washing.
Cooking rice is a great art which is
easily mastered by those who are will
ing to take the trouble. In the first
place, do not get inexpensive rice.
Even the best grade is not especially
dear. Always ask for the very best
quality, and you will find the grains
are whole and there is 20 chaff, unlike
the rice one gets in some lunch rooms,
boarding houses and restaurants, which
IS soft and wet like mush and full of
little pieces Of debris. This cheaper
quality is neither so nourishing nor so
palatable.
Rice cannot be cooked properly I'LL
less it has been washed carefully. Put
it in a coarse strainer, set the strainer
in a basin of cold water pick out all
pieces of foreign matter and change
the water again and again until it re-
mains clear. Then the rice is ready to
be cooked.
Take one and onefourth cupfuls of
boiling water, one-half teaSpoonful of
salt and half cupful of rice. Put it
into boiling water and salt, in the up
per half of double boiler, and steam
for about three-quarters of an hour,
or until there is no grittiness left in
the grains, which should be quite soft.
Add a little water if the rice becomes
too dry when cooking. When done
pour into a colandeP and set on the
back of the stove or in the oven for
two or three minutes until all damp
ness is absorbed and each grain of rice
stands out from its fellow.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
PRUNING GARDEN SHRUBS.
How the Process Must Be Accom-
pished TO Get Best Results.

How the Process Must Be Accom-
pished to Get Best Results.
AS ornamental trees and shrubs are
pruned to aid in the production of
flowers and foliage, the Towering sea-
son necessarily controls the time of
pruning.
Many of the early blooming shrubs
develop their flowers the year before,
and with these heavy pruning should
be delayed until just after their flow
ering season. DeutZia. .spirea, forsy-
thia and many other popular shrubs
are of this character. Soon after their
Towering season is over they begin
to develop buds for the next year.
Shrubs needing heavy trimming
should be pruned in early winter. This
will result in larger blooms on the re-
naming buds, Such plants as the
hydrangea and the clematis, which
make their Towering buds ON shoots
grown the same year. should be prun-
ed heavily while dormant. as this will
give greater profusion of shoots on
which to develop new buds.
When pruning hardy deciduous flow
ering shrubs all dead wood should be
cut out, struggling branches either
shortened or removed. and all suckers
arising from the roots should be de-
strOyed. Where shrubs are planted
in clumps branches that interfere with
other branches should be cut out. 1t
is good idea to, cover the wounds
with white lead or grating wax, as
if stub is left uncovered the healing
of the wound will be left until the stub
is rooted out and the rotting stub will
be lodging place for bacteria and
fungus. Cut the branch off clean and
close to the main stem. avoiding any |
stub, and cover the wound with graft
ing wax melted and applied hot.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Strengthen Facial MueeIe.

How to Strengthen Facial Muscles.
When one is very tired and the IA
cial muscles. seem 10 be twisted into a
tight knot, try mopptng them with a
soft sponge or cloth wet with very
cold water Besides resting the mus
cles of the face, the cold water acts
as a tonic. Here is a tip for the wo-
man who feels herself sight" from
fatigue. Not only will she feel rested
after her cold hopping, but the tiny
wrinkles and tired lines will disappear
and she will Ieok years younger. Quite
as strengthening as the cold water is
the ice rubbing. Put a small lump in
a clean linen cloth and pass it across
the face in opposite directions to the
wrinkles or fatigue lines.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
CARE OF FURNITURE.
How Upholstered Pieces Can Be Clean
ed by Simple Method.

ed ny simple methoo.
1t is not always possible to take up
holstered furniture into the open for a
thorough cleaning and beating. In
cities or where there is neither yard
keepers make this lack an excuse for
letting furniture get into a condition
that would horrify them could they
realize the germs and dirt concealed.
This is the less eXcusable as even
heavy tufted furniture can be kept
clean indoors without raising a tornado
of dust.
Here is q simple plan:
Wiring out of warm water a cloth
that is large enough to cover a large
portion of the furniture. The cloth
should not be linty and should be just
damp and not wet.
Beat the cloth we'll with rattan
beaten. When one side has become
dusty the cloth can be turned. Some
times it VIII be necessary to use sew
eral cloths on single piece. Continue
until the cloth is not soiled. The dust
sticks to the wet surface, and the fur-
niture is freshened by the treatment.
If the color of the furniture is not too
delicate the cloths can be wrung from
hot ammonia water to still further
brighten the covering.
If the beating has not removed dust
from the corners of tufted furniture it
should be attacked with small, stiff
toothbrush. Better yet, two can be
used, first a dry one to get out the
worst of the dirt and then one just
moistened with hot water to act like
the damp cloth.
Remember moistening does not mean
wet. Make a mistake and your furni-
ture is streaked, possibly ruined.
When the upholstery is clean. rub up
the woodwork with a polish.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Wise Little Bows,

The uncle is telling the wise little
boy fairy tale.
"Then the princess came closer to
the sleeping youth and kissed him on
his lips"
Gee" cried the wise little boy.
wasn't she afraid of germs?"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Workinn Tonether

The Actor-I want to engage you as
my assistant in this sketch. ~
The Amateur-At lastI Do I have
many lines? =
The Actor-None at all. All Won
have to do is to stay init gallery
and punch the first man that hollers
sect the hookp'-Cleveland Leader.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Wash Ruchinos

Put the ruching in a wide mouthed
bottle or jar and cover with gasoline.
Cover and let it set about two hours.
Shake thoroughly and pour off the gas
oline, rubbing a little between the
hands if necessary. If little stiff
ness is desired, rinse in clear water to
which a spoonful Of sugar has been
added and dry without wringing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Fssten Handles on Umbrellas.

Sometimes a person would like to
change some expensive umbrella
handle to another umbrella and fasten
it on solid. This can be done by clean
ing out the hole left in the handle
from the old rod and filling the hole
with powdered sulphur. Place the
handle in solid, upright position, and
after heating the umbrella rod red hot
push the rod down into the hole con
tanning the sulphur. The hot rod
fuses the sulphur. and when cold it
will hold the rod solid. This method
may be applied to fastening rods into
stone, iron or wood.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How 70 Clean White Straw Hat.

Put a teaspoonful of salts of lemon
into a saucer of hot water and when
1t has thoroughly dissolved clean the
hat by scrubbing it with a brush dip
ped in the mixture, rinse and let it dry
in the open air. preferably in the sun.
Another method is to scrub the hat
with a brush dipped in flowers of sui
phur and lemon juice and then rinse
in clear cold water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20

Ids, Mimi.
Brookville, Ohio.-"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to me and have
become regular and my nerves are
much better. Mrs. R. KINNIsON,
Brookyille, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'LL
ceration. displacements, fibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinlzham, Lynn, Mass, for it,
1t is free and always helpful.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How :. n..n speetaeIes clear.

To prevent eyeglasses from steaming
in cold Weather rub the glasses thor
oughly on both sides with little vase
line or cold cream, then rub with It's
sue paper or cloth to clear the glasses.
treated this way will not cloud
or steam in the coldest weather for
twenty-fOur hours.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Quite the Contrary.

Rankin-Do you have any trouble In
assimiating the fruit and vegetable
meals you are eating nowadays?
Fyle-Great Scott. no! After getting
up from eatiag one of them I'm hun
grier than when | sat down.-Chicago
Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How 70 Clan Net.

To clean delicate net yokes and
waists make thick paste of flour and
gasoline. Use the paste with a small
stiff brush and rub well. Leave a
thick coating of the paste on to dry.
When the gasoline has evaporated the
-four will brush out, leaving the net
clean and white. g9~-,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Can Corn,

To eight pints Of corn cut from the
cob put one pint of salt. Cover with
water, heat thoroughly and can with
water to cover corn. Put sugar to It
before it goes to the table, as it i'm.
proves it, -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
just as Good,

"Have you any postage stamps?"
asked the man entering the drug
store.
81 have not" replied the druggist.
"but I've got plasters that stick just
as good."-Yonkers Statesman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
The Reason.

Woggs-How can these fellows af.
ford to run these ''all you can eat fof
a quarter" restaurants?
Boggs-Because the customer Is
ready to quit after he has had about 8
cents worth.-Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
The Tramp.

He came from where he started
And was going where he went.
He hadn't had a smell of food,
Not even had a scent.
He never even muttered once
Till he began to talk.
And when he left the Kitchen door
He took the garden walk.
Ben King.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How 10 clear Sweet Grass Baskets.

When the fragrant sweet grass bas-
kets that are bought in such quanti-
ties by summer tourists become soiled
and lose their sweet scent. try cleaning
them off with a cloth wrung out of
lukewarm water. Do not use soap on
them. The dampness not only cleans
the reeds, but restores their fresh
pdoT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Moonshine In the South.

There's always moonshine somewhere in
the south.
Valley or stream or meadow-mile or hill |;
There's always moonshine somewhere,
rain or drouth-
CABIN or hut or humble mountain still.
Baltimore Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How 20 Improve Baked Potatoes.

Let them stand in a pan of cold wa
ter for about an hour, then put them
in the oven while wet. This seems to
steam them and cook them much
quicker.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Wash coIored Embroidery

One meth9d of washing colored en-
broidery is to put a handful of bran
into warm water and leave the ar
ticle to be cleaned in the water to
soak, pressing it gently from time to
time, but not rubbing it. When it is
clean hang it until it is nearly dry
and then stretch it on a frame and
iron f.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Personal.

ct disagree with the scientists who
claim that the brain is the seat of rea-
son."
Don't get excited about it. They
probably don't mean your BRAIN
Houston Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
AFTER
SUFFERING
FORYEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Park Rapids, Minn.-"I was sick T

years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able to be
around. After TAX
ing six bottles of
Lydia e. Pinkham's
V e ge t a bic Com
pound 1 gained 20
pounds S, am now
able to do my own
W ork and fe Ell
W IL" - Mrs. ED.
LA DOU, Park Rap
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Easy to Estimate.

She doesn't care If people know
How old she is. -
She doesn't bid inquirers go xsaki
About their biz 49,
We needn't ask her to confess 49, =,
Her age, l ween.
The same is very safe to guess a
At seventeen.
Louisville Courier-Journai.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20

Don't think that piles can't be cured.
Thousands of obstinate cases have been
cured by Doan's Ointment. 80 cents at
any drug store.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
How to Remove Ink Spots on Waist

How to Remove IHK OPU0S OF WdTSI'
A handsome white embroidered
waist apparently ruined with ink was
given a bath Of kerosene oil, rubbing
the ink spots well with common yellow
soap. At the end of half an hour it
was washed with soap and water, and
not a trace of ink was to be seen.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
The Amateur Nimrod.

"Tm afraid l will lose my head"
Said>Binks as he aimed at a rail,
While the poor pointer dog
Whined up from the bog.
I'm afraid 1 will lose my tailI''
Chicago News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
10 Cc-ln Hin.

I'm a great lover OF practical things,
| dote on practical folks,
But I'd like to go after the hide and the
hair
OF the chap who plays practical jokes.
-Browning's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20

How to lren Waists In an Easy Way
If the shoulder part of the waist is
placed over the end of the ironing
board It is easily ironed and saves
many a frown.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
That Would Do IL.

Howell-Not a very brilliant fellow.
Powell = No. If were going to
knock his brains out shouldn't need
any club bigger than a toothpick.-
New York Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-04-20
Old World Doesn't Care.

Laugh and the world laughs with you.
And il doesn't care at that
What in the blooming blazes
1t is you are laughing at.
Newark IN. j. Star.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
OAKLAND 'SFOURTH
AT BUSHROD PARK
Park Commission Decides to
Hold Official Celebration on
New Playground

OAKLAND, June 25.-The official cele-
bration of the fourth of July in Oak
land this year will be held at Bushrod
park, Sixtieth street and Shattuck ave-
nue., instead of on the shores of Lake
Merritt as heretofore.
This decision was reached at a meet
ing of the playground commission this
morning, when it was decided to7invite
all the residents Of Alameda county to
the exercises. The proximity of Bush
rod park to Berkeley is expected to at
tract big crowd from the college city,
and the Oakland traction company is
making arrangements to transport
throngs from Oakland, Alameda and
other sections of the county.
The celebration will be under the
supervision of E. NJ. Vail, director of
the Bushrod park playground, who has
made arrangements to have students
in various courses at the University of
California summer school take charge
of the different features of the pro-
gram.
In the absence of frecrackers, which
have been prohibited by the sane
fourth of July" ordinance recently
passed by the city council. the festivi-
ties will be confined chiefly to athletic
games and exhibitions of skill.
The new playground at the park has
been equipped with modern gymnastic
apparatus, and all sorts of UP TO date
outdoor amusements have been pro-
vided for the pleasure of the children
A baseball diamond has been laid off
in the athletic field and several exhi-
bitions of the national game Will be
given on the national holiday. The
celebration at Bushrod park will not
interfere with those at the Garfield and
Tompkins Fairgrounds, which will be
held in accordance with the arrange
nents made earlier in the season by
the playground commissioners.
Mayor Frank X. Mott will address
the young patriots at Bushrod park,
and an extensive program of literary
and patriotic exercises will be carried
out.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
MRS.E R. MARRIOTT
SECURES DIVORCE
InterIocutory Decree Follows
Three Suits and Two Agree
ments for Reconciliation

OAKLAND, June 25.-In the third
divorce suit she has filed against her
husband, Edwin r. Marriott son of a
San Francisco publisher. Mrs. Julia
Bacon Marriott was so far successful
and persevering that Judge Ellsworth
granted her an interlocutory decree to-
day. She repented of her two previous
attempts to secure freedom from the
man she accused of cruelty and took
him back. They have both been promi-
nent in society about the bay for years.
Mrs. Marriott is the granddaughter
of the late Henry D. Bacon, a pioneer
san Francisco banker, who founded the
Bacon art gallery of the University of
California, and who left large estate.
She is a niece. of Prof Frank Soule of
the university.
The couple were brought up together
as children in Alameda, where Mrs
Marriott's father, Frank Page Bacon.
lived in the old home of Governor
Haight. Their wedding in 1898 was a
social event, but their happiness did
not last long.
Mrs Marriott accused her husband
of physical brutality and of attempting
to defraud her of her. property. She
lived at. 1915 Fourth street. Alameda.
which was part of the old Haight
place. Her father gave her this home
and Marriott wanted her to sell it.
After many quarrels she consented to
mortgage of $1,000 and Marriott paid
her $500. declaring that he had bor-
rowed no more. The record showed
otherwise.
Part of the decree handed down to-
day is an order for the husband to pay
Mrs Marriott the other $500.
A few weeks ago warrant was
sworn to for Marriott's arrest on the
charge of embeszlement. He is accused
of keeping $500 that belonged to q San
Francisco automobile dealer.
According to the Oakland police
Marriott is in Honolulu. but inasmuch
a no one has put up the. cost of ex-
traditing him. he has not been brought
back to stand trial.